Talk:Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
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[edit] Friendship with Adam Smith & David Hume
Copies of Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments were distributed to influential people by David Hume and Alexander Wedderburn. Edmund Burke got a copy.
Regarding the American War, Wedderburn wrote to Adam Smith: "I have a strong persuasion that in spite of all our wretched Conduct, the mere force of government clumsily and unsteadily applied will beat down the more unsteady and unmanageable Force of a democratical Rebellion." (Correspondence, Letter 159.) Smith's exact views on the American War are not known, though Correspondence includes an interesting memo that is thought to have been by him.
Wedderburn is a very interesting character. He'd be an excellent subject for a biography, having been close to a lot of the most interesting characters in an intersting age.
--GwydionM 18:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
