| Title: | [Letter] 1777 November 26 [to] Adam Smith / Edward Gibbon. |
| Personal Author: | Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. |
| Date: | 1777 November 26. |
| Extent: | [1] leaf. |
| Accompanying Material: | See also the transcription which accompanies the letter with notes on its publication history. |
| Abstract: | Gibbon reports that he has heard the "strange news" that a Philosopher has been appointed Commissioner of Customs in Scotland, "But as I was told at the same time that this Philosopher was my particular friend, I found myself very forcibly inclined to believe what I most sincerely wished and desired." Gibbon reports that he spent a pleasant summer in Paris, and has returned to London where he has had an attack of the gout. He hopes Smith will visit him soon. A historian who wrote about topics like Christianity, and the Roman Empire, Gibbon's most famous work is his multi-volume Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776); he also served as a member of Parliament. The letter's recipient, Adam Smith, is best remembered for his economic treatise The Wealth of Nations which appeared in 1776. |
| Personal Subject: | Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794--Correspondence
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790--Correspondence. |
| Subject: | Friendship
Scotland--Commerce
Customs administration--Great Britain. |
| Geographical Subject: | Paris (France). |
| Recipient: | Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. |
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