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320.: mill to ricardo1 - David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, Vol. 8 Letters 1819-June 1821 [1819]

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The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. Piero Sraffa with the Collaboration of M.H. Dobb (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). Vol. 8 Letters 1819-1821.

Part of: The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, 11 vols (Sraffa ed.)

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320.

mill to ricardo1

You recollect that when I rummaged for my copy of your letter to Perceval on the Economical currency,2 I was unsuccessful.—I found it in a snug concealment on replacing my papers yesterday after the disturbance they had undergone to make way for the workmen. There was however an envelope to the copy, which had on it a few words, and that I cannot find.

I cannot enter upon the important topics on which I should like to converse with you—because I have neither time nor room. You who have both ought to send me a long letter.

J. M.

[1 ]Addressed: ‘David Ricardo Esq. / M.P. / Minchinhampton / Glostershire’.—MS in R.P.

[2 ]Letter 18.

[3 ]In MS ‘July’; London postmark, 24 Aug. 1819. The ‘important topics’ no doubt refers to ‘Peterloo’ (16 August).