McCulloch, John Ramsay: letter, 23 Mar 1863

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 AL271
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: McCulloch, John Ramsay: letter, 23 Mar 1863
Date(s)	: 1863
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 4 leaves (2 blank)
Name of creator(s)	: McCulloch | John Ramsay | 1789-1864 | Scots statistician and economist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Ramsay McCulloch was born Whithorn, Wigtownshire, in 1789. He was a prolific Scottish journalist, and one of the most ardent expositors of the Classical Ricardian School of Economics. He was economics editor for the Whiggish Edinburgh Review, and used this platform to popularise Classical theories and promote the repeal of the Corn Laws. McCulloch was also the editor of the 1828 edition of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and the 1846 edition of David Ricardo's Works, and composed some of the earliest accounts of the history of economic thought. His main work was Principles (1825), perhaps the first successful 'serious' textbook in economics. McCulloch served as a Professor in Political Economy at University College London from 1828 to 1832. In the later part of his life, he became the Comptroller of HM Stationery Office. He died in 1864.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from John Ramsay McCulloch of the Stationery Office to [S J Loyd], Baron Overstone, 23 Mar 1863. Covering letter accompanying a proof copy of the 3rd edition of McCulloch's Treatise on the principles and practical influence of taxation and the funding system (1863); McCulloch has 'marked the passages which I think would answer best for reference'. Written in another hand and signed by McCulloch.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Finding aids:

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Archival Information

Archival history:

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Found inserted in the Goldsmith's Library copy of the 1863 edition of McCulloch's Treatise [labelled as Taxation and Funding - no 2 copy] - classmark [G.L.] 1845.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
July 2008