The Correspondence of Adam Ferguson Vol 2

Vincenzo Merolle, Jane B Fagg

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040250259
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

This Pickering edition of Adam Ferguson's correspondence contains over 400 letters, most of which have never before been published. The correspondence includes letters between Ferguson and Adam Smith, David Hume and Alexander Carlyle and many other central figures of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Frontmatter
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• THE LETTERS 194–419
• Appendix A: Memorial soliciting the principalship of the University of Edinburgh
• Appendix B: Ferguson appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy
• Appendix C: Baron d’Holbach on the Civil Society
• Appendix D: James Beattie, Thomas Gray, Lord Kames, Mrs Montagu on the Essay
• Appendix E: David Hume recommends Ferguson for an appointment to the Commission for the East Indies
• Appendix F: Ferguson recommends James Ferguson as tutor to the Earl of Morton’s sons
• Appendix G: To the President and other Members of Congress
• Appendix H: Memorial respecting the measures to be pursued on the prospect of the final separation of the American Colonies
• Appendix I: Notes on the Enquiry into General Howe’s conduct in the American war
• Appendix J: Report upon the circumstances of the contested election, in which Major General Fletcher Campbell was engaged in the year 1780
• Appendix K: Documents concerning the Roman Republic
• Appendix L: Ferguson in Rome
• Appendix M: Letters of Sir Adam concerning the annuity of Captain Robert Ferguson
• Appendix N: Ferguson appointed Professor of Mathematics in conjunction with John Leslie
• Appendix O: The epitaph of Ferguson
• Appendix P: Letters concerning the last years of Ferguson and events immediately following his death
• Appendix Q: Isabella, Mary and Margaret Ferguson on their pension
• Index