Smith's Networks in Occitania - March 1764-October 1765

Les réseaux de Smith en Occitanie - Mars 1764-Octobre 1765

Alain Alcouffe and Andew Moore ()

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Abstract: From March 1764 to October 1765, Smith and Henry Scott, heir to the Dukedom of Buccleugh, made Toulouse their home port. During this period they were in permanent contact with many French people, and others from Scotland, Ireland, England or Norway. These networks (Scottish, British, Protestant, and Freemasons) aided travel and made life more enjoyable. Facilitated by David Hume, Smith and his pupil became familiar with one Seignelay Colbert of Castlehill, himself a Scottish immigrant, who was at the start of a career that saw him play an important part in the lead up to, the events of, and the aftermath of the Revolution. His letters to the Scottish visitors enlighten us on the social life of the upper classes in the last decades of Ancient Regime as well on the sentimental life of the protagonists.

Keywords: Scottish emigration; Scottish emigration Keywords : Adam Smith; Bagnères de Bigorre; Adam Smith; Duke of Buccleugh; Hume; Seignelay Colbert of Castlehill (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-07-17
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Published in 31st Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society Networks of Enlightenment, Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society, Jul 2018, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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