Item 1 - Letter from Adam Ferguson to Adam Smith

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Sraffa MS/B/3/1

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Letter from Adam Ferguson to Adam Smith

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  • 14 Oct 1754 (Creation)

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Sraffa, Piero (1898-1983), economist
(1898-1983)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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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"

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