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3.: To his Mother - Adam Smith, Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 6 Correspondence of Adam Smith [1740]

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Correspondence of Adam Smith, ed. E. C. Mossner and I. S. Ross, vol. VI of the Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1987).

Part of: The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, 7 vols.

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3.

To his Mother

  • Address: To Mrs Smith at Kirkaldy

MS., GUL Gen. 1035/127; Scott 232.

Adderbury,1 23 Oct. 1741

Dear Mother

I have been these fourteen days last past here at Adderbury with Mr Smith;2 the Place is agreeable enough, and there is a great deal of good company in the town.

In my last Letter I desir’d you to send me some Stocking’s, the sooner you send ’em the better; I have taken this opportunity to write, to you, and to give my service to all friends, tho’ as you see, I have not very much to say,

I am Dear Mother, your most Affectionate son,

Adam Smith

[1 ]Adderbury House, some eighteen miles north of Oxford, was owned by the Duke of Argyll; it was formerly a residence of the Earl of Rochester (1647–80).

[2 ]William Smith; see Letter 1.