The Correspondence of Richard Price, Vol. 3

412 Pages·1983·14.311 MB·English

by  D. O. Thomas (editor), Bernard Peach (editor)

The Correspondence of Richard Price
Volume III: February 1786—February
1791 Edited, by W. Bernard Peach
Duke University Press Durham, N.C.
University of Wales Press Cardiff
1994
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Richard Price (1723-1791). Portrait by Benjamin West, P.R.A., 1784. Repro­
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Price, Richard, 1723-1791.
The correspondence of Richard Price.
“A list of the short titles of the published
works of Richard Price.’’: v. 1, p. [xxviij-xxviii.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: v. 1. July 1748-March 1778 — v. 2.
March 1778-February 1786 — v. 3. February 1786 to
1 February 1791.
1. Price, Richard, 1723-1791. 2. Philosophers—
Great Britain—Correspondence. 1. Peach, Bernard,
1918- . II. Thomas, David Oswald, 1924- . III. Title.
B1382.P731 1983 192 b 82-14646
isbn 0-8223-0452-X (v. 1)
ISBN 0-8223-1203-4 (v. 2)
ISBN 0-8223-1327-8 (v. 3)
A catalogue record for this book is available from
the British Library; British isbn 0-7083-1180-6.
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Contents
Preface to Volume III xv
Introduction to Volume III xvii
Acknowledgments xxiii
Abbreviations XXV
A List of the Short Titles of the Published Works of Richard Price xxix
A Chronology of Richard Price’s Life for the Period Covered by This
Volume xxxi
The Correspondence, February 1786-February 1791 i
1786 February 6 To Sir Charles Blagden 3
February 12 To William Pitt 4
March 2 To John Adams 6
March 14 From John Howard 7
March 18 To Joseph Willard 91
March From John Lathrop 12
April 2 From James Bowdoin ‘4
April 6 From Joseph Willard >5
April 8 From Thomas Day 16
April 9 From S[amuel] Eliot *9
April 18 From B[enjamin] Webb 20
April 22 From Benjamin Rush 22
April 26 From B[enjamin] Webb 24
April 30 To Sir John Sinclair 26
May 2 From Le Marquis de Condorcet 27
May 11 To [an unidentified correspondent] 28
May 15 To Earl Stanhope 29
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May 25 From Benjamin Rush 30
April-May To Earl Stanhope 33
May Tojohn Clarke 36
June 22 From John Howard 3; 7
July 5 To Thomas Day 39
July 18 From John Clarke 40
July 24 To [James Bowdoin] 42
July 24 To Joseph Willard 43
July 26 To Sylvanus Urban, Editor of the Gentleman’s
Magazine 45
July 26 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 47
July 27 From Edward Wigglesworth 49
July 29 From Joseph Willard 51
July 29 From Benjamin Franklin 53
July 30 To Benjamin Rush 54
August 2 From Benjamin Rush 58
September 20 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 59
September 21 From the Marquis of Lansdowne 59
September 21 Tojohn Adams 61
September 27 To George Cadogan Morgan 61
September 29 From the Marquis of Lansdowne 63
October 2 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 65
October 5 Tojohn Adams 66
October 9 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 67
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October 13 From John Howard 69
October 16 From James Sullivan 7i
October 23 From Joseph Priestley 72
October 25 From John Howard 74
October 27 From Benjamin Rush 75
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November 3 To John Coakley Lettsom 78
November 4 From Samuel Vaughan, Jr. 80
November 8 To John Coakley Lettsom 83
November 20 To John Acland 84
November 22 From the Marquis of Lansdowne 86
November 25 To John Jay 89
November 25 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 90
November 29 From the Marquis of Lansdowne 92
December 1 From William Bingham 95
December 10 From Mrs. Hester Chapone 97
December 10 To William Adams 99
December 11 To John Acland 100
December 14 From John Howard 100
December 19 From the Marquis of Lansdowne 101
December 21 From William Adams 104
December 30 To the Marquis of Lansdowne •05
December 30 Tojames Playfair 107
1787 January 7 From Joseph Priestley 108
January 18 From John Howard 110
January 22 Tojames Bowdoin 111
January 22 To Joseph Willard >13
January 26 To Benjamin Rush 1'4
January 26 To Benjamin Franklin 116
February 4 To Joel Barlow 118
February 4 To [Arthur Lee] 1'9
February 4 From John Adams 121
February 8 To John Adams 123
February 17 To William Adams '24
April 2 From Jan Ingenhousz 126
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April 3 To Isaac Hawkins Browne the Younger 1 28
April 6 From Benjamin Rush 129
May 18 From Benjamin Franklin >3°
June 2 From Benjamin Rush 131
June 9 From Benjamin Franklin 134
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July 13 To William Adams 136
July 23 To Edward Wigglesworth 137
July 25 From John Howard 138
July 29 From Benjamin Rush 139
July 31 From William White 140
August 23 To [James Phillips] 141
September 23 To the Marquis of Lansdowne >42
September 24 To Benjamin Rush 145
September 26 To Benjamin Franklin 148
October 10 To Joseph Willard 150
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November 10 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 152
November 13 To William Adams 155
December 4 From Joseph Priestley 157
December 12 To William Adams 159
[17871 To Elhanan Winchester 161
1788 March 4 To Sir Charles Blagden 1161
March 22 To [Ezra Stiles] 163
March 22 To [Nathaneal Emmons] 166
March 23 From John Howard 167
March 24 To [Arthur Lee] 169
March 24 To Joel Barlow 171
j April 4 To John Adams 172
c. April To Thomas Jefferson 173
May 26 To Theophilus Lindsey 174
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May/June From Theophilus Lindsey 176
June 2 To Theophilus Lindsey '77
June 17 To William Adams 178
June 27 From Mathon de la Cour 178
July 11 From Thomas Jefferson '79
July 17 To Christopher Harris 180
September 26 From Sir William Jones 181
October 26 To Thomas Jefferson 182
October 30 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 184
November ig From Joseph Willard 187
December 16 To William Adams '89
December 22 From John Howard '9*
1789 c. January 5—10 To Benjamin Franklin '93
January 8 From Thomas Jefferson *95
January 18 From Ezra Stiles 200
January 21 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 201
January 30 Fromjedidiah Morse 202
c. January 31 To John Howard 204
March 2 To Theophilus Lindsey 206
March 5 To John Adams 207
April 4 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 209
April 6 Fromjedidiah Morse 211
April 10 From Ezra Stiles 212
April 13 From Ezra Stiles 2*4
May 4 To Thomas Jefferson 218
May 12 From Thomas Belsham 2'9
Between May 12 To Thomas Belsham 220
andJune 4
May 18 Tojedidiah Morse 222
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May 19 From Thomas Jefferson 223
May 20 From John Adams 225
May 31 From Benjamin Franklin 228
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July 1 To Mathon de la Cour 229
July 2, 4 To Le Comte de Mirabeau 229
July 12 From Thomas Jefferson 231
July 17 From Thomas Jefferson 231
July 28 To [William Stephens] Smith 237
July 28 To John Broome 239
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July 31 To Ezra Stiles 241
August 3 To Thomas Jefferson 247
August 11 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 249
J August 13 From George Cadogan Morgan 250
August 16 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 25*
August 28 Fromjedidiah Morse 252
September 5 To [Ezra Stiles] (“B. Vaughan for Dr Price”)
254
September 9 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 255
September 13 From Thomas Jefferson 257
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September 22 From John Howard 258
December 2 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 259
December 5 To the Marquis of Lansdowne 260
1790 January5 To [an unidentified correspondent] 262
January 8 From Ezra Stiles 263
January 12 From T. Procter 264
January 13 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 266
i January 20 To [James Wodrow] 269
February 1 To John Adams 271
March 1 To [William Smith] 272
March 13 To J. Parker 274
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March 29 Tojedidiah Morse 275
March 29 To John Lathrop 276
March 31 To John Adams 276
April 1 From Alexander Christie 277
April 2 To Ezra Stiles 278
April 17 To Sir Joseph Banks 279
April 19 From John Adams 2: 81
April 20 To Ezra Stiles 284
April 24 From Benjamin Rush 285
April 27 To [Sir Joseph Banks] 287
May 2 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 288
May 11 To Alexander Christie 290
May 14 To Theophilus Lindsey 292
May 15 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 292
May 20 To John Dun 294
May 20 From Alexander Christie 295
May 29 From Louis-Felix Guinement de Keralio 297
c. May 30 To Benjamin Franklin 298
June 6 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 3°°
June 19 To [Isaac] Ledyard 302
June 19 To Benjamin Rush 303
June 21 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 3°5
July 2 To Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 306
July 15 To Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 307
July 29 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 3°9
[August 2] To Alexander Christie 312
August 4 From Citizens of the District of Quimper in the
Department of Finisterre 3 13
August 6 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 3’4
August 24 From Le Due de la Rochefoucauld 3l5