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(‘In Petty's list of his own writings … the entry “Verbum Sapienti, and the value of People” stands opposite the year 1665, and the internal evidence makes it probable that the booklet was written in the latter part of that year.’ (The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty, ed. C. H. Hull (1899), vol. i.))

Criticizes Hume's 'Dialogues concerning natural religion'

Further criticism of Hume's 'Dialogues concerning natural religion'

Jack's Land, Edinburgh. Commiserates regarding illness and discusses the work of the Long Parliament.

Groningen. Discusses Mr Gordon and his advisers, ceremonials of the Dutch, subject of previous letter (undisclosed), request to be addressed without clerical titles "for I am a downright layman"

Lisle Street, Leicester Field. Discusses business with Lord Hopton.

Caldwell. Discusses new taxes in the colonies, possibility of George Brown settling in the area.

Edinburgh. Ferguson is reading AS's work and is complimentary but the work has provoked the Church, the University, the merchants and the militia, illness of Hume

Kirkaldy. Apologises for the letter sent the previous day

Edinburgh. Discusses revenues from tobacco, Hair Powder Act, consolidation of customs and excise

Edinburgh: scheme to improve the fishing trade in Scotland

Argenteuil. Suggests d'Ormessan should be deprived of his powers

Sackville Street. Anticipation of the payment of the Austrian loan, suspicion of a misinterpretation by Pitt of the terms of the loan

Sackville Street. Declares his opposition to the interest on the Austrian loan being set below 5%

Sackville Street. Gives a defence of the Austrian loan

Queen's Square Place, Westminster. Expresses concern for the health of the inhabitants of the [London] timber docks including Earl Spencer's property

Queen's Square Place, Westminster. Plans for the improvement of the area around the timber docks

Sackville Street. Encloses a paper [missing] relating to the scarcity of money and speculation as to WB's role in it.

Queen's Square Place, Westminster. Regrets that the copy of 'Scotch Reform' that he had presented was deficient with proposals for correcting this