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Cheque to the order of Sir William Forbes
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Cheque, Edinburgh, 3 November 1777, to the order of Sir William Forbes for £574 drawn on Thomas Coutts, London, signed David Hume. With a covering letter from J. Hume (grand nephew) to James Maidment. Tipped in to a copy of The Life of David Hume, Esq. Written By Himself. London, 1777. The volume also contains contemporary newspaper clippings relating to Hume including the announcement of his death pasted in.