GB 0103 MS ANGL 11 - Ricardo Letterbook

1 volume containing 52 letters

GB 0103 MS ANGL 11 1813-1823 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 52 letters Ricardo , David , 1772-1823 , economist

Born, 1772; son of a Jew born in Holland, who settled in England early in life and became a successful member of the stock exchange; educated in England and Holland; employed in his father's business at the age of fourteen; after his marriage, set up in business for himself and was highly successful; influenced by Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and became interested in economics; author of a number of influential pamphlets and a leading authority on economic questions; a close friend of both Malthus and John Stuart Mill; a radical, he served as MP for Portarlington, Ireland; died, 1823.

Presented to University College London by Hutches Trower's widow in 1844.

Fifty-two letters, 1813-1823, from David Ricardo to Hutches Trower concerning economics.

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Green leather binding with stamped decoration.

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Correspondence and papers of Ricardo are also held at the British Library of Political and Economic Science; British Library, Manuscript Collections; Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives; Cambridge University, Trinity College Library; University of Illinois Library, Chicago, USA. Papers of Hutches Trower are held at the Surrey History Centre. For further details see the National Register of Archives.

Published in James Bonar and J H Hollander, Letters of David Ricardo to Hutches Trower (Oxford, 1899). Ricardo's entry in the Dictionary of National Biography states that some of these published letters were held privately.

Source: National Register of Archives. Revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. 30 June 1999, revised Sep 2001 Economics Economists Ricardo , David , 1772-1823 , economist Social scientists Trower , Hutches , 1777-1833 , political economist

Presented to University College London by Hutches Trower's widow in 1844.

Fifty-two letters, 1813-1823, from David Ricardo to Hutches Trower concerning economics.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

English

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Correspondence and papers of Ricardo are also held at the British Library of Political and Economic Science; British Library, Manuscript Collections; Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives; Cambridge University, Trinity College Library; University of Illinois Library, Chicago, USA. Papers of Hutches Trower are held at the Surrey History Centre. For further details see the National Register of Archives.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English