Life of Adam Smith

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• Abbeville, Smith at, 213
• Abercromby, Professor, expected resignation of chair of Law of Nature, 132
• Absence of mind, Smith's,
  • in childhood, 4;
  • at Glasgow, 60;
  • exaggerated, 66;
  • Glasgow anecdote of, 147;
  • London anecdote, 237;
  • Dalkeith anecdotes, 245;
  • Kirkcaldy anecdote, 259;
  • the story of "La Roche," 314;
  • Custom House anecdotes, 330;
  • unobserved by Samuel Rogers, 422
• Academy of Dancing, Fencing, and Riding in Glasgow College, 79
• Academy of Design,
  • Glasgow, 72;
  • Smith's interest in, 74
• Adam, Robert, architect, schoolfellow of Smith, 7
• Adam, William, M.P., Smith's remark on Bentham's Defence of Usury, 422
• Addington, H. (Lord Sidmouth), writes an ode to Smith, 406
• Alison, Rev. Archibald, effects of Smith's habit of dictating, 261
• American Intercourse Bill, Smith's opinion, 385
• American question, Smith's views, 281
• Anderson, Dr. James, paper to R.S.E., 421
• Anderson, Professor John,
  • his classes for working men, 72;
  • voting for his own appointment to Natural Philosophy chair, 83;
  • tutorial engagement abroad, 85
• Anderston Club, 97
• Armed Neutrality, the, Smith on, 382
• Astronomy, Smith's history of, 262
• Auckland, Lord, see Eden, W.
• Bagpipe competition,
  • Smith at, 372;
  • Professor Saint Pond's description of, 373
• Balfour, Colonel Nesbit, 395
• Balliol College, Oxford,
  • Smith enters, 18;
  • state of learning at, 22;
  • Smith's reading at, 24;
  • confiscation of Hume's Treatise, 24;
  • treatment of Scotch students, 25;
  • complaints of Snell exhibitioners, 26;
  • correspondence between heads of Balliol and Glasgow Colleges, 27
• Banks, Sir Joseph, Smith's letter to, 413
• Barnard, Dean, verses on Smith and other members of "the club," 268
• Barré, Colonel, with Smith at Bordeaux, 179
• Beatson, Robert, Smith's letter introducing, 402
• Beattie's Minstrel, Smith's opinion of, 368
• Beauclerk, Topham, on Smith's conversation, 269
• Bellamy, Mrs.,
  • invited to open Glasgow theatre, 80;
  • on beauty of Glasgow, 88
• Beneficence, Smith's, 437
• Bentham, Jeremy,
  • on state of learning at Oxford, 21;
  • Smith on his Defence of Usury, 422
• Berkeley, Mrs. Prebendary, her dinners, 97
• Black, Dr. Joseph,
  • professorial losses by light guineas, 49;
  • Smith's opinion of, 336;
  • Robison's account of, 336;
  • appointed Smith's literary executor, 434
• Blair, Dr. Hugh,
  • his indebtedness to Smith's lectures on rhetoric, 32;
  • his preaching, 420;
  • Smith on, 421
• Blank verse, Smith on, 35
• Bogle, Robert, of Daldowie, 418
• Bogle, Robert, of Shettleston, promoter of Glasgow theatre, 79
• Bonar, James,
  • on Smith's manifesto of 1755, 65;
  • Smith's library, 327
• Bonnet, Charles, of Geneva, friendship with Smith, 191
• Bordeaux,
  • Smith at, 179;
  • condition of people, 180
• Boswell, James,
  • Smith's teaching on blank verse, 35;
  • pupil of Smith, 58
  • Johnson's remark about Glasgow, 88;
  • Smith's altercation with Johnson, 155;
  • on Smith's admission to "the club," 268
• Boufflers-Rouvel, Comtesse de,
  • Smith's visits to her salon, 198;
  • her purpose to translate his Theory, 199
• Brienne, Loménie de, Archbishop of Toulouse, 177;
  • his refusal to give Morellet help to publish his translation of Wealth of Nations, 359
• British Coffee-House, Smith's headquarters in London, 267
• British Fisheries Society,
  • Smith on, 408;
  • his prognostication confirmed, 409
• Brougham, Lord, on Dr. J. Black, 336
• Buccleugh, Duke of,
  • Smith tutor to, 165;
  • illness at Compiègne, 222;
  • character, 227;
  • marriage, 238;
  • home-coming to Dalkeith, 243;
  • memorial on medical degrees, 272;
  • Mickle's complaint against, 318
• Buchan, Earl of,
  • on Smith's love for his mother, 4;
  • pupil of Smith, 51;
  • Smith's remark about, 52;
  • learns etching in Glasgow College, 72;
  • on Smith's religious views, 130;
  • on Smith's dislike of publicity, 370;
  • Smith's declining health, 431;
  • Smith's character, 433
• Buckle, T.H., on Wealth of Nations, 288
• Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, Smith's remark, 343
• Burke, Edmund,
  • reported candidature for Glasgow Logic chair, 46;
  • his high opinion of the Theory, 144;
  • his review of it, 145;
  • Smith's defence of, 369;
  • his visit to Scotland in 1789, 387;
  • his remark on Smith, 387;
  • Smith's remark on him, 387;
  • in Edinburgh, 388;
  • conversation, with Smith at Hatton, 389;
  • rectorial installation at Glasgow, 390;
  • Did he break down? 390;
  • made F.R.S.E., 393;
  • again in Edinburgh in 1785, 394;
  • dinner at Smith's, 395;
  • visits John Logan, the poet, 396
• Burns, Robert, his letter of introduction to Smith, 402
• Butler, Bishop, on state of learning at Oxford, 20
• Calas case,the, 186;
  • Smith on, 187, 429
• Campbell, Dr., of the Political Survey, 366
• Carlisle, Earl of, Smith's letter to, on free trade for Ireland, 350
• Carlyle, Dr. A.,
  • on spirit of inquiry among Glasgow students, 9;
  • on Earl of Buchan, 52;
  • takes part in theatricals in Glasgow College, 79;
  • on Smith's obligations to Provost Cochrane, 90;
  • on the Glasgow Political Economy Club, 91;
  • on "Mr. Robin Simson's Club," 99;
  • on Smith's elocution, 108;
  • on Smith's appointment as travelling tutor, 226;
  • thought Hume a Theist, 313;
  • on Smith's jealousy, 433
• Chambers, Robert, on Smith's habits of composition, 260
• Chicken-broth, 97
• Club, Glasgow Political Economy, 92;
  • Professor Robert Simson's, 96;
  • the Literary, London, 267;
  • Edinburgh Oyster, 334
• Cochrane, Provost Andrew,
  • Smith's obligations to, 90;
  • Political Economy Club, 91;
  • spirited conduct during Rebellion, 91;
  • attempt to break his bank, 92;
  • correspondence with Oswald on duty on iron, 93;
  • views on bank notes, 94
• Cockburn, Lord,
  • on current belief in danger of political economy, 292;
  • on Dr. Black, 336;
  • on appreciation of Smith by young Edinburgh, 436
• Colbert, the French minister, claim to descent from Scotch Cuthberts, 176
• Colbert, Abbé (Bishop of Rodez), 175;
  • on Smith, 176
• College administrator, Smith as, 66
• Colonial incorporation, Smith's views, 281
• Colonies,
  • Roman, 236;
  • American, 381;
  • when not valuable, in Smith's opinion, 383
• Compiègne, Smith at, 222
• Composition, Smith's habits of, 260
• Conversation, Smith's, 268
• Conyers, Lady, at Geneva, 191, 193
• Cooper, Sir Grey, helps Smith to Commissionership of Customs, 320, 323
• Craufurd, William, friend of Hamilton of Bangour, 40
• Critic, Smith as, 34
• Cullen, Professor W.,
  • letter from Smith to, 44;
  • letter from Smith to, 45;
  • Smith's letter to, on medical degrees, 273;
  • Smith's interest in his family, 433
• Custom dues in Glasgow meal-market on students' meal, 67
• Customs,
  • salaries of officers, 2;
  • Smith made Commissioner, 320;
  • his work in Custom House, 330
• Daer, Lord, 334
• D'Alembert, intimacy with Smith, 202
• Dalrymple, Alexander, hydrographer, Smith's recommendation of, to Shelburne, 235
• Dalrymple, Sir David, see Hailes
• Dalrymple, Sir John,
  • on dedication of Hamilton's poems, 40;
  • Smith's connection with Foulis's Academy of Design, 75;
  • fortunes of Glasgow merchants, 90
• Dalzel, Professor A.,
  • on Smith's knowledge of Greek, 23;
  • on Burke, 391;
  • on Windham, 394
• Dancing, Academy of, in Glasgow College, 79
• Death of Smith, 435;
  • Romilly on, 435
• Design, Academy of,
  • in Glasgow College, 79
  • Smith's interest in this academy, 74
• Dictation, Smith's habit of, in composition, 260
• Dillon, Cardinal, 184
  • Douglas, Home's tragedy, Smith's interest in, 82, 130
• Douglas, Bishop,
  • friend of Smith at Balliol, 28;
  • his Criterion of Miracles, said to be addressed to Smith, 129;
  • letter from Smith to, 403
• Douglas cause, the, Smith on, 249, 249
• Douglas, David (Lord Reston), Smith's heir, 436
• Douglas Heron and Company, bankruptcy of, 254
• Douglas of Strathendry, Smith's mother's family, 4
• Drysdale, Dr. John, schoolfellow of Smith, 7
• Dundas, Henry (Lord Melville),
  • letter to Smith on free trade for Ireland, 352;
  • Smith's reply, 353;
  • dinner to Smith, 405
• Dupont de Nemours,
  • reminiscences of Smith in Paris, 215;
  • recollection of Smith's views on taxation of the poor, 220
• East India Bill, Smith on, 386
• East India Company,
  • Smith on, 242;
  • Smith mentioned for supervisorship, 253
• Economists, the French sect of, 216;
  • their great activity in 1766, 219
• Eden, William (Lord Auckland),
  • applies for Smith's opinion on free trade for Ireland, 352;
  • Smith's opinion of, 384;
  • Smith's letter to, on American affairs, 385
• Edinburgh,
  • Smith's lectures in, 30;
  • Smith made freeman of burgh, 251;
  • Smith's permanent residence there, 325;
  • Royal Society of, 375;
  • Smith on, 417;
  • New College possesses part of Smith's books, 439
• Edinburgh Review, 120;
  • Smith's review of Johnson's Dictionary, 121;
  • his review of contemporary literature, 122;
  • death of, 124;
  • Hume's exclusion from, 125
• Elliot, Sir Gilbert, M.P., reported candidature for chair of Moral Philosophy, 46
• Enville, Duchesse d',
  • hospitality to Smith at Geneva, 191;
  • on Smith's French, 192
• Erskine, Henry, Lord Advocate, pupil of Smith, 58
• Espinasse, Mademoiselle de 1', Smith's visits to her salon, 201
• Fencing, Academy of, in Glasgow College, 79
• Ferguson, Dr. Adam,
  • was he the object of Smith's 1755 manifesto? 65;
  • on a national militia, 138;
  • candidate for Indian supervisorship, 255;
  • appointed tutor to Lord Chesterfield on Smith's recommendation, 258;
  • his announcement in 1773 of the Wealth of Nations, 264;
  • intermediary between Lord Carlisle and Smith, 350;
  • reconciliation with Smith, 433
• Fitzmaurice, Hon. T., pupil of Smith, 154
• Foulis, Robert,
  • University press, 71;
  • Academy of Design, 72;
  • economic publications, 76
• Fox, Charles James,
  • quotes Wealth of Nations, 289;
  • on Smith, 289;
  • Smith's approbation of his East India Bill, 386
• France,
  • Smith's account of condition of the people of, 229;
  • sobriety of southern, 180
• Franklin, Benjamin,
  • makes Smith's acquaintance, 150;
  • alleged assistance to Smith in composing Wealth of Nations, 264
• Free trade,
  • Smith's advocacy of, in 1750, 36;
  • his conversion of the Glasgow merchants to, 60;
  • his 1755 manifesto about, 62;
  • alleged revolutionary character of the doctrine, 292;
  • for Ireland, 349;
  • Smith's opinion, 350, 353
• French principles and the Wealth of Nations, 291
• Funeral expenses, Smith's father's, 3
• Garrick, David,
  • letter introducing Smith to, 211;
  • on Smith's conversation, 269
• Geneva,
  • Smith at, 188;
  • the constitutional struggle then proceeding, 188
• Gibbon, Edward,
  • on state of learning at Oxford, 20;
  • on Wealth of Nations, 287;
  • obtains Smith's opinion as to continuation of his History, 371;
  • Smith's admiration for his work, 414
• Gibraltar, Smith against retaining, 382
• Gipsies, Smith stolen by, 4
• Glasgow
  • in Smith's time, 87;
  • its beauty, 88;
  • passage between Johnson and Smith about, 88
  • Mrs. Montagu, Mrs. Bellamy, Dr. Johnson on, 88;
  • its trade, 88;
  • its industries, 89;
  • its merchants, 90
• Glasgow College,
  • Smith a student at, 9;
  • its professors then, 10;
  • his companions there, 10;
  • correspondence of Senate with Balliol College about Snell exhibitioners, 26;
  • Smith Professor of Logic at, 42;
  • Professor of Moral Philosophy, 43;
  • Smith's courses at, 43;
  • fees and classes, 49;
  • students, 57;
  • Rector's Court, 68;
  • divisions in Senate, 69;
  • peculiarities of constitution, 69;
  • advanced educational policy, 71;
  • Smith's resignation of chair, 172;
  • Smith Rector, 410;
  • his letter of acceptance, 411;
  • installation, 412
• Glassford, John, Glasgow,
  • his wealth, 90;
  • views on bank notes, 94
• Grattan, Henry, motion on free trade for Ireland, 348
• Gray's Odes, Smith on, 369
• Gray, J.M., on Tassie's medallion of Smith, 438
• Hailes, Lord, letters of Smith to, 247
• Hamilton, Duke of, Smith and tutorship to, 258
• Hamilton, William, of Bangour,
  • poems edited by Smith, 38;
  • dedication to second edition written by Smith, 40;
  • Kames's friendship with, 41
• Hamilton, Professor J., Dr. J. Moore's verses on, 100
• Hamlet, Smith on, 368
• Helvetius, his dinners, 200
• Hepburn, Miss, 133
• Herbert, Henry, introduced by Smith to Hume, 161
• Herbert, Nicolas, his remarkable memory, 162
• Highlands, depopulation of, 401
• Holbach, Baron d',
  • gets Theory of Moral Sentiments translated, 164;
  • his dinners, 199
• Home, Henry, see Kames
• Home, John, poet,
  • Smith's interest in Douglas, 82, 130;
  • journey north with Smith, 295
• Home, John, of Ninewells,
  • correspondence with Smith about Hume's legacy,
  • and about the Dialogues, 305
• Hope, Henry, banker, Amsterdam, Smith's acknowledgment to, 401
• Home, Bishop, the "Letter to Adam Smith", 312
• Horne Tooke, J., visits Smith at Montpellier, 183
• Horsley, Bishop, disapproval of Sunday schools, 407
• Hostellaries in Scotland, Smith on, 247
• Hume, David,
  • presents Smith with his Treatise, 15;
  • candidature for Logic chair, Glasgow, 46;
  • Essays on Commerce, subject of paper by Smith, 95;
  • friendship with Smith, 105;
  • descriptions of Select Society, 109;
  • exclusion from Edinburgh Review, 125;
  • letter to Smith on chair of Law of Mature and Nations, 132;
  • letters on Theory of Moral Sentiments, 141;
  • Secretary of Legation at Paris, 162;
  • reception in Paris, 163;
  • perplexity where to fix his abode, 195;
  • quarrel with Rousseau, 206;
  • Smith's letter on quarrel, 208;
  • Smith on his idea of residing in France, 225;
  • Smith on his continuing his History, 233;
  • appointed by Smith his literary executor, 262;
  • letter on Wealth of Nations, 286;
  • correspondence with Smith about publication of Dialogues on Natural Religion, 296, 299;
  • farewell dinner with his friends, 299;
  • death, 302;
  • Smith on his monument in Calton Cemetery, 302;
  • Smith's letter to Strahan on his death, 304, 307, 311;
  • proposal to publish selection from his letters, 309;
  • Smith's objection to this, 310;
  • Was Hume a Theist? 313;
  • Smith's opinion of Hume as historian, 368
• Hutcheson, Francis,
  • influence over Smith, 11;
  • power as lecturer, 11;
  • author of phrase, "greatest happiness of greatest number," 12;
  • specific influences on Smith in theology, 13;
  • in ethics, 14;
  • in political economy, 14;
  • taught doctrine of industrial liberty, 15
• Hutchinson, Hely, report on free trade for Ireland, 349
• Hutton, Dr. James, geologist, 339;
  • Smith's literary executor, 434
• India Company, East,
  • Smith on, 242;
  • Smith mentioned for supervisorship, 253;
  • Smith on Fox's Bill, 386
• Indignation, Smith's dislike of the man without, 245
• Ireland,
  • free trade for, 346;
  • discontent in, 347;
  • Smith's letter to Lord-Lieutenant on free trade for, 350;
  • Dundas on free trade for, 352;
  • Smith's reply to Dundas's letter, 353
• Jardine, Rev. Dr., a writer in Edinburgh Review, 125
• Jeffrey, Francis (Lord),
  • on the Johnson and Smith altercation, 156;
  • his opposition to Smith's election as Rector, 411
• Johnson, Dr. Samuel,
  • on Smith's views of blank verse, 35;
  • on Glasgow, 88;
  • Dictionary, reviewed by Smith, 121;
  • altercation with Smith, 154;
  • on Wealth of Nations, 288;
  • Smith's opinion of, 366
• Johnstone, William, see Pulteney, Sir W.
• Judge Advocate, nature of office, 1
• Junius, Smith on authorship of letters by, 420
• Kames, Lord,
  • patron of Smith, 31;
  • place in literature, 31;
  • letter from Smith to, on sympathy, 341
• Kay, John, portraits of Smith, 439
• Kirkcaldy,
  • inhabitants and industries in last century, 8;
  • Smith's residence 1767-73, 238
• Knox, John, bookseller, his plan for improving Scotch Highlands, 408
• Laing, David, Smith's editing Hamilton's poems, 39
• Langton, Bennet, on Smith's conversation, 268
• Languedoc, the States of, 183
• Lansdowne, Marquis of, see Shelburne
• Lauderdale, Earl of,
  • conversation with Fox on Smith, 289;
  • entertains Burke and Smith at Hatton, 389;
  • his democratic sentiments in early life, 390
• Lecturer, Smith as, 56
• Le Sage, Professor G.L., Geneva, friendship with Smith, 191
• Leslie, Sir John,
  • tutor to Smith's cousin and heir, 412;
  • introduced by Smith to Sir Joseph Banks, 413
• L'Espinasse, see Espinasse
• Library, Smith's, 327, 439
• Lindsay, Professor Hercules,
  • takes Smith's classes, 42;
  • gives up lecturing in Latin, 99
• Literary Club, see Club
• Literary Society, Glasgow, see Society
• Livy, Smith's opinion of, 367
• Lloyd, Captain, reminiscences of Smith in Abbeville, 212
• Logan, John, poet,
  • Burke's visit to, 396;
  • Smith's admiration for, 396;
  • introduced by Smith to Andrew Strahan, 396
• Loménie de Brienne, Archbishop of Toulouse, 177
• London,
  • Smith's first visit to, 152;
  • Smith's residence there 1766-67, 252;
  • his residence there 1773-76, 262;
  • residence there again 1777, 314
• Loudon, Earl of, 1
• M'Culloch, J.R.,
  • on Smith's failure to foresee French Revolution, 229;
  • on Smith's habit of dictating to amanuensis, 260;
  • on Smith's books, 329
• Macdonald, Sir James,
  • in Paris, 174;
  • his death, 225
• M'Gowan, John, antiquary, 335
• Mackenzie, Henry,
  • on Smith's wealth of conversation, 33, 269;
  • his story of "La Roche" and Hume's religious opinions, 313;
  • account of Smith's last words to his friends, 435
• Mackinnon of Mackinnon, letter from Smith to, 380
• Mackintosh, Sir James,
  • on the Edinburgh Review, 124;
  • remark on Smith, 437
• Maclaine, Dr. Archibald,
  • college friend of Smith, 17;
  • Smith's remark about, 17;
  • acts in college theatricals, 79
• Magee, Archbishop,
  • on suppressed passage in Theory of Moral Sentiments
  • about the Atonement, 428
• Manifesto of doctrine, Smith's, in 1755, 62
• Market women on Smith, 329
• Marseilles, Smith at, 188
• Medical degrees,
  • freedom of, 271;
  • Smith's letter to Cullen on, 273
• Mickle, translator of Lusiad, takes offence at Smith, 316
• Militia question in Poker Club, 135;
  • Smith's views, 137
• Millar, David,
  • Smith's schoolmaster, 5;
  • his play, 6
• Millar, Professor John,
  • pupil of Smith, 43, 53;
  • Jeffrey on, 53;
  • on Smith as lecturer, 56
• Miller, Sir Thomas, Rector of Glasgow College, 68
• Milton's shorter poems, Smith on, 369
• Mirabeau, Marquis de, on state of France, 218
• Montagu, Mrs.,
  • on beauty of Glasgow, 88;
  • on culture of Glasgow merchants, 90
• Montesquieu, Smith's reported book on, 431
• Montpellier, Smith at, 181
• Moor, Professor James, 99
• Moral Philosophy,
  • Smith professor of, 43;
  • fees and classes, 49;
  • students, 57;
  • his parting with them, 170;
  • his resignation, 172
• Moral Sentiments, Theory of, 141;
  • Hume on its reception, 142;
  • translated into French, 196;
  • author's last revision, 425;
  • suppressed passage on Atonement, 428
• Morellet, Abbé,
  • intimacy with Smith, 200;
  • opinion of Smith, 201;
  • on Madame Necker's salon, 206;
  • on the French translations of Smith's works, 359;
  • his own translation of Wealth of Nations, 359
• Mother, death of Smith's, 393
• Mure, Baron,
  • correspondence of Hume and Oswald on Balance of Trade, 38;
  • in Glasgow Literary Society, 95;
  • connection with Douglas cause, 258;
  • desires Smith for tutor to Duke of Hamilton, 258
• Mure, Miss, of Caldwell, on Hume's superstition, 313
• Music,
  • Smith's alleged absence of ear for, 214;
  • his criticism of, 214
• Necker,
  • Smith's acquaintance with, 206;
  • and opinion of, 206
• Neutrality, the Armed, Smith on, 382
• New College, Edinburgh, possessor of Smith's economic books, 439
• Nicholson, Professor Shield, on Smith's books, 327
• North, Lord,
  • adopts suggestions for his budget from Wealth of Nations, 294, 310;
  • rewards the author with Commissionership of Customs, 320
• Opera, French, Smith on, 214
• Oswald, James, Treasurer of Navy,
  • home friend of Smith, 6;
  • influence on Smith, 37;
  • correspondence with Hume on Balance of Trade, 38;
  • works for removal of duty on American iron, 93
• Oxford,
  • Smith's matriculation, 18;
  • expenses of education there then, 19;
  • Did Smith graduate? 20;
  • state of learning there, 20;
  • Smith on, 21;
  • his friendlessness at, 27;
  • never revisited by him, 29
• Oyster Club,
  • Edinburgh, 334;
  • Samuel Rogers at, 418
• Panmure House, Smith's Edinburgh residence, 325
• Paris, Smith in, 175, 194
• Pastor Fido, Smith's opinion of, 369
• Percy's Reliques, Smith's opinion of, 369
• Physiocrats, the, 216
• Pitt, William,
  • disciple of Smith, 404;
  • his remark to Smith at Dundas's, 405;
  • Smith's remark on, 405;
  • consults Smith on public affairs, 406
• Plagiarism,
  • Smith's alleged accusation of Blair, 32;
  • his alleged fear of, 64, 269
• Playfair, Professor John,
  • on Oyster Club, 335;
  • on Dr. Hutton, 337
• Playfair, William,
  • on Smith's conversation, 268;
  • on Smith's declining health, 405
• Poker Club, 134
• Pope, Alexander, Smith on, 369, 370
• Population question, 398
• Portraits of Smith, 438
• Pownall, Governor, Smith's letter to, 319
• Price, Dr. Richard,
  • on decline of population, 398;
  • Smith's opinion of, 400
• Pringle, Sir John, on Wealth of Nations, 288
• Pulteney, Sir William,
  • attends Smith's lectures, 32;
  • introduced by Smith to Oswald, 103;
  • Smith's letter to, on Indian supervisorship, 253
• Quacks in medicine, 276, 279
• Quæstor of Glasgow College, office held by Smith, 68
• Quesnay, Dr. F.,
  • Smith not his disciple, 215;
  • Smith's admiration for, 215;
  • refusal of farmer-generalship for his son, 218;
  • discussions in his room, 219;
  • called in by Smith to treat Duke of Buccleugh, 222
• Ramsay, Allan, Smith on Gentle Shepherd, 369
• Ramsay, Allan, painter, founder of Select Society, 107
• Ramsay, John, of Ochtertyre,
  • on Kames's friendship with Bangour, 41;
  • on Smith's religious views, 60;
  • on Smith at whist, 97;
  • on Smith's smartening during his foreign travels, 227;
  • on Smith's depression after his mother's death, 393]
• Rector of Glasgow University, Smith's appointment, 410
• Reid, Dr. Thomas, on students of Moral Philosophy class, Glasgow, 58
• Religion,
  • Smith's views suspected in Glasgow, 60;
  • his views obliged to be controverted by Bishop Douglas, 393;
  • his final testimony, 429
• Republicanism, Smith's, 124
• Reston, Lord, see Douglas, David
• Reviews, Smith's opinion of the, 370
• Revolution, French, Did Smith foresee? 229
• Reynolds, Sir Joshua, on Smith's conversation, 269
• Riccoboni, Madame,
  • friendship with Smith, 210;
  • Smith's opinion of, 210;
  • introduces him to Garrick, 211
• Richardson, Professor, on Smith's political lectures, 55
• Richelieu, Duc de,
  • visited by Smith, 181;
  • Voltaire on, 190
• Riding, Academy of, in Glasgow College, 79
• Ritchie, James, merchant, Glasgow, on the spread of Smith's opinions among Glasgow merchants, 60
• Rivière, Mercier de la, on condition of France, 218
• Robison, Professor, on Dr. Black, 336
• Rochefoucauld's Maximes, Smith's allusion to, in Theory, 340, 428
• Rochefoucauld, Duc de la,
  • Smith's friendship with, in Geneva, 191;
  • letter to Smith from, 339
• Roebuck, Dr., anecdote of Wilkie, the poet, and, 102
• Rogers, Professor Thorold,
  • on Smith's obligations to Turgot, 203;
  • on the Indian supervisorship and the Wealth of Nations, 256
• Rogers, Samuel,
  • on Smith's absence of mind, 66, 422;
  • on Smith and Robertson, 228;
  • conversations with Smith in Edinburgh, 416
• Romilly, Sir S., on Smith's death, 435
• Ross, General Alexander, 395
• Ross, Colonel Patrick, 361
• Ross, Miss, on Smith's charities, 437
• Rouet, Professor,
  • expenses of journey to London, 19;
  • with young Tronchin, 59;
  • his absenteeism, 89
• Rousseau,
  • discourse on inequality reviewed by Smith, 123;
  • in Paris with Hume, 196;
  • quarrel with Hume, 206;
  • Smith's letter on the quarrel, 208;
  • Smith on his "Social Compact," 372
• Royal Society of London,
  • Smith elected, 238;
  • admitted, 263
• Royal Society of Edinburgh,
  • foundation of, 375;
  • Smith's participation, 376;
  • Smith at, with Rogers, 421
• Sabbath, the, Smith on, 342
• Saint Fond, Professor, his reminiscences of Smith, 372
• Saratoga, Smith's remark on the defeat at, 343
• Sarsfield, Count de, Smith's chief friend in France, 240
• Savage, Richard, Smith on, 366
• Say, Leon, on Smith and Turgot, 203
• School, Burgh, of Kirkcaldy, 5
• Scotland, people of, 401
• Scott, Hon. Hew Campbell,
  • joins Smith at Toulouse, 182;
  • his death, 226
• Scott, Sir Walter,
  • Smith's altercation with Johnson, 156;
  • anecdotes of Smith's absence of mind, 330
• Select Society, see Society
• Shakespeare, Smith on, 368
• Shelburne, Earl of (afterwards Marquis of Lansdowne),
  • his admiration of Smith's Theory, 144;
  • his conversion by Smith to free trade, 153;
  • Smith's opinion of his negotiations with Pitt for Bute, 162;
  • letter of Smith to, 235;
  • Smith's political distrust of, 379
• Sheridan, Thomas, elocution class at Edinburgh, 119
• Simson, Professor Robert,
  • influence on Smith, 10;
  • Smith's opinion of, 11;
  • his club, 96;
  • his Greek and Latin odes, 98
• Sinclair, Sir John,
  • his treatise on the Sabbath, 342;
  • conversation with Smith on Burgoyne's surrender, 343;
  • letter of Smith to, on Mémoires, 343;
  • letter of Smith on the Armed Neutrality, 382;
  • Windham's romantic attachment, 394;
  • Smith's opinion of Sinclair, 418
• Skene, Captain David, 243
• Smellie, William, printer, on Smith's books, 329
• Smith, Adam, W.S., Kirkcaldy, 1
• Smith, Adam, Collector of Customs, Alloa, 2
• Snell exhibitions at Oxford, 16
• Society, British Fisheries, Smith on, 408
• Society, Glasgow Literary, 94
  • Smith's paper on Home's Essays on Commerce, 95
• Society, Select, 107;
  • Smith's opening speech, 108;
  • its economic discussions, 110;
  • its work for improvement of Scots arts and manufactures, 112;
  • its dissolution, 118
• Stage-doctors, 276
• Stanhope, Earl,
  • friendship with Smith at Geneva, 191, 193;
  • consults Smith about Chesterfield tutorship, 266
• Steuart, Sir James, economist,
  • acts in school theatricals, 5;
  • on free trade among Glasgow merchants, 61
• Stewart, Professor Dugald,
  • on Smith's mathematical tastes, 10;
  • on Smith's judgment in art, 74;
  • on Smith's travelling tutorship, 217;
  • on Smith's being styled "Mr.," 234;
  • on Smith's conversation, 269, 270;
  • on alleged revolutionary character of free trade doctrine, 292
• Stewart, Professor Matthew,
  • college friend of Smith, 10;
  • Smith's taste for mathematics, 10;
  • Smith's opinion of, 11
• Strahan, William, printer,
  • letter from Smith to, about new edition of the Theory, 149;
  • friend of Franklin, 151;
  • Hume's literary executor, 298;
  • Smith's letter to, on Hume's illness and death, 304;
  • letter on Hume's Dialogues from Smith to, 305;
  • letter from Smith to, 308;
  • proposes publication of selection of Hume's letters, 309;
  • Smith's reply, 310;
  • correspondence of Smith with, on Commissionership of Customs, 321
• Stuart, Andrew, W.S. and M.P.,
  • candidate for Indian supervisorship, 255;
  • withdrawal from contest for Lanarkshire, 391;
  • letter of Smith, 392
• Sugar, Smith's fondness for, 338
• Sunday schools, Smith on, 407
• Sunday suppers, Smith's, 327
• Swediaur, Dr.,
  • on the Oyster Club, 334;
  • on Smith, 334
• Swift, Jonathan, Smith on, 367
• Tassie, J., his medallions of Smith, 438
• Taxation of poor, 220, 344;
  • in France, 230
• Theatre,
  • erection in Glasgow, 79;
  • opposition of Senatus and Smith, 79;
  • in France frequented by Smith, 213
• Theory of Moral Sentiments, 141;
  • of its reception in London, 142;
  • last revision, 425
• Thompson, Dr. W., historian, Smith on, 17
• Tooke, Horne, visits Smith at Montpellier, 183
• Toulouse,
  • Smith at, 175;
  • dulness of Smith at, 179;
  • its Parliament, 185;
  • the Calas case, 186
• Townshend, Charles,
  • his admiration for Smith's Theory, 144;
  • his proposal of tutorship for Smith, 144;
  • his visit to Glasgow, 147;
  • letter of Smith to, 148;
  • letter to Smith, 164;
  • letter of Smith from Compiègne to, 223
• Trained Bands of Edinburgh, Smith made Honorary Captain, 374
• Tronchin, Dr., sends son to be Smith's pupil, 59
• Turgot, M.,
  • friendship with Smith in Paris, 202;
  • their obligations to one another, 203;
  • their alleged correspondence, 204;
  • Smith's opinion of, 205;
  • procures copy of the Mémoires for Smith, 344
• Tutorships, travelling, Smith's views of, 166
• Union,
  • Smith on the Scotch, 150;
  • Smith on Irish, 355
• Urquhart, Mr., of Cromartie, 183
• Usury, Smith on Bentham's Defence, 423
• Utopia, Smith on, 282
• Vice-rector of Glasgow University, office held by Smith, 68
• Virgil's Eclogues, Smith on, 369
• Voltaire,
  • conversation with Smith in Geneva, 189;
  • Smith's admiration for, 190;
  • Smith's comparison of Rousseau and, 372
• Walpole, Horace,
  • Smith's acquaintance with, in Paris, 194;
  • reports remark of Smith, 263
• Ward, Rev. William, Smith on his Rational Grammar, 159
• Watt, James,
  • made mathematical instrument maker to Glasgow University, 71;
  • makes ivory bust of Smith with his sculpture machine, 74;
  • on Professor Simson's Club, 98
• Wealth of Nations,
  • various dates of composition toolmarked in the text, 256;
  • publication, 284;
  • reception, 285;
  • Hume's letter on, 286;
  • Gibbon on, 287;
  • quoted in Parliament, 290;
  • editions, 293;
  • early influence on public affairs, 294;
  • Danish translation, 356;
  • French translations, 359;
  • German, 359;
  • Spanish, 360;
  • letter of Smith to Cadell about third edition, 362
• Webster, Dr. A., lists of examinable persons, 399, 400
• Wedderburn, Alexander (Earl of Rosslyn),
  • attends Smith's lectures, 32;
  • connection with Foulis's Academy of Design, 75;
  • editor of Edinburgh Review, 121
• Whiggism, Smith's, 162, 379, 389, 410
• Whist, Smith at, 97
• Wilberforce, Bishop, account of Smith's altercation with Johnson, 156
• Wilberforce, William,
  • opinion of Smith, 447;
  • promoter of British Fisheries Society, 408
• Wilkes, John, Smith on, 163
• Wilkie, the poet, on Smith, 102
• Will, Smith's, 436
• Wilson, Professor A.,
  • his type-foundry, 71;
  • Smith's interest in the foundry, 77;
  • new foundry in Glasgow College grounds, 78
• Windham, William,
  • on Smith's house in Edinburgh, 326;
  • romantic incident, 394;
  • on Smith's family circle, 395
• Windischgraetz, Count J.N. de, his proposed reform of legal terminology, 376
• Wordsworth, William, on Smith as a critic, 34