Letter of David Hume to Reverend Robert Traill.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13962
Content Description
concerns Traill's recent published sermon attacking Hume for his observations on the Scottish clergy.
Dates
- Creation: 1755.
Creator
- Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 (Person)
- Traill, Robert, Reverend, Church of Scotland Minister and university lecturer, 1720-1775 (Recipient, Person)
Extent
2 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, July 2018, Sotheby's, London, lot 307.
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries.
Genre / Form
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk