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David Ricardo was born in London in 1772. His father, a successful stockbroker, introduced him to the Stock Exchange at the formative age of fourteen. During his career in finance, he amassed a personal fortune, which allowed him to retire at the age of forty-two. Thereafter, he pursued a political career and further developed his economic ideas and policy proposals. A man of very little formal education, Ricardo arguably became, with the exception of Adam Smith, the most influential political economist of all time.

Ricardo was the first economist to make extensive use of deductive reasoning and arithmetical models to illustrate the anticipated reactions to juxtaposed market forces and responsive human action. His modes of analysis have become identified with economics as an academic discipline.

Like Smith, Ricardo believed that minimal government intervention best served an economy. His contributions to economics are numerous and include the theory of “hard money” to hedge inflation, the law of diminishing returns, developed along with his close friend the classical economist T. R. Malthus, and the labor theory of value.

One of Ricardo’s most significant contributions to economics is the law of comparative advantage as applied to international commerce, which grew out of Adam Smith’s division of labor and has become the central argument for free trade and open markets. It implies that countries best serve themselves when they trade with other countries abiding by their respective scales of efficiency. Besides being the most efficient method of international commerce, the comparative-advantage mode of trade also encourages international stability through multilateral business interests and global interdependencies. As Frédéric Bastiat, the French journalist and politician, wrote, “If goods do not cross borders, armies will.”

Throughout the years, several economists have elaborated on fundamental Ricardo themes and developed compelling theorems. Using Ricardo’s assertions about the interrelationships among capital, labor, output, and investment, the Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek posed the Ricardo effect, a retort to John Maynard Keynes’s accelerator principle. Robert Barro of Harvard University used Ricardo’s equivalence theorem to argue that the distinction between government taxing its citizens or deficit spending on credit is inconsequential to the long-term aggregate economy. Gordon Tullock, one of the founders of the public choice school, built upon Ricardo’s rent theory to explain his “rent-seeking” phenomenon, which illuminates the inequitable and monopolistic distribution of excessive gains derived through discriminate government subsidies.

This eleven-volume set of The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo contains all of Ricardo’s published and unpublished writings, and provides great insight into the early era of political economics by chronicling Ricardo’s significant contributions to modern economics. The edition has been widely acclaimed as the best example, prior to the Glasgow edition of Adam Smith’s writings, of scholarly editing applied to the work of an economist. It contains a general index and includes four volumes dedicated to his personal correspondence with such economic luminaries as Malthus, Jean-Baptiste Say, and James Mill, the father of John Stuart Mill. Complete sets of the edition have not been available for many years. This publication is an affordable paperback version of the hardcover edition prepared under the auspices of the Royal Economic Society by Piero Sraffa and printed by Cambridge University Press in 1951–1973.

The entire series includes:

Volume 1: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
Volume 2: Notes on Malthus’s Principles of Political Economy
Volume 3: Pamphlets and Papers 1809-1811
Volume 4: Pamphlets and Papers 1815-1823
Volume 5: Speeches and Evidence
Volume 6: Letters 1810-1815
Volume 7: Letters 1816-1818
Volume 8: Letters 1819-1821
Volume 9: Letters 1821-1823
Volume 10: Biographical Miscellany
Volume 11: General Index

Reviews

This archive of correspondence, speeches, pamphlets, and economic works was edited by Piero Sraffa and published in hardcover by Cambridge U. Press between 1951-1973, for the Royal Economic Society. Now in an affordable paperbound edition, the 11-volume set begins with two lengthy economic studies: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, published in three editions in 1817, 1819, and 1821 (a concordance of the editions is included), with a lengthy introduction by Sraffa: and Notes on Malthus’s Principles of Political Economy, also with an introduction by Sraffa. Four of the volumes contain Ricardo’s correspondence, both personal and professional, dating from 1810-1823. Sraffa has annotated the entire collection and provides various supporting tables and other material. Some facsimiles of the publications and correspondence are included.

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Table of Contents

Volume I
General Preface page vii
Introduction xiii
Table of Section-Headings of Chapter I in eds. 2 and 3 lxiii
Tables of Concordance for part of Chapter I in
eds. 1, 2 and 3 lxiv
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL
ECONOMY, AND TAXATION page 1
Preface 5
Advertisement to the Third Edition 8
Contents 9
Index 430
Table of corresponding pages in various editions 443
FACSIMILIES
Pages of edition 1 showing double numbering of
Chapters V and VIII (reduced) xxvii, xxix
Title-pages of editions 1, 2 and 3 1–3


Volume II
Introduction (Notes 1–2) 5
Chapter I. On the Definitions of Wealth and
Productive Labour
I. On the Definitions of Wealth (Note 3) 13
II. On Productive and Unproductive Labour (Notes
4–8) 15
Chapter II. On the Nature and
Measures of Value
I. Of the Different Sorts of Value (Notes 9–12) 24
II. Of Demand and Supply, as they affect Exchangeable
Value (Notes 13–15) 36
III. Of the Cost of Production as it affects Exchangeable
Value (Notes 16–21) 43
IV. Of the Labour which a Commodity has cost,
considered as a Measure of Exchangeable Value
(Notes 22–34) 55
V. Of Money, when uniform in its Cost, considered
as a Measure of Value (Notes 35–37) 79
VI. Of the Labour which a Commodity will command,
considered as a Measure of real Value in Exchange
(Notes 38–40) 89
VII. Of a Mean between Corn and Labour considered
as a Measure of real Value in Exchange (Notes
41–44) 95
Chapter III. Of the Rent of Land
I. Of the Nature and Causes of Rent (Notes
45–58) 103
II. On the necessary Separation of the Rent of Land
from the Profits of the Cultivator and the Wages
of the Labourer (Notes 59–70) 120
III. Of the Causes which tend to raise Rents in the
ordinary Progress of Society (Notes 71–90) 133
IV. Of the Causes which tend to lower Rents (Notes
91–95) 161
V. On the Dependance of the actual Quantity of
Produce obtained from the Land, upon the
existing Rents and the existing Prices (Notes
96–103) 166
VI. Of the Connexion between great comparative
Wealth, and a high comparative Price of raw
Produce (Notes 104–105) 179
VII. On the Causes which may mislead the Landlord
in letting his Lands, to the Injury both of himself
and the Country (Notes 106–108) 182
VIII. On the strict and necessary Connexion of the
Interests of the Landlord and of the State in a
Country which supports its own Population
(Notes 109–116) 185
IX. On the Connexion of the Interests of the Landlord
and of the State, in Countries which import
Corn (Notes 117–125) 198
X. General Remarks on the Surplus Produce of the
Land (Notes 126–142) 208
Chapter IV. Of the Wages of Labour
I. Of the Dependance of the Wages of Labour upon
Supply and Demand (Notes 143–144) 224
II. Of the Causes which principally affect the Habits
of the Labouring Classes (Note 145) 227
III. Of the Causes which principally influence the
Demand for Labour, and the Increase of the
Population (Notes 146–157) 229
IV. Of the Effect of a Fall in the Value of Money upon
the Demand for Labour, and the Condition of
the Labourer 245
V. On the Conclusions to be drawn from the pre-ceding
Review of the Prices of Corn and
Labour during the Five last Centuries (Notes
158–160) 246
Chapter V. Of the Profits of Capital
I. Of Profits as affected by the increasing Difficulty
of procuring the Means of Subsistence (Notes
161–164) 251
II. Of Profits as affected by the Proportion which
Capital bears to Labour (Notes 165–171) 258
III. Of Profits as affected by the Causes practically in
operation (Notes 172–185) 271
IV. Remarks on Mr Ricardo’s Theory of Profits
(Notes 186–193) 285
Chapter VI. Of the Distinction between
Wealth and Value (Notes 194–195) 297
Chapter VII. On the Immediate Causes of
the Progress of Wealth
I. Statement of the particular Object of Inquiry 300
II. Of an Increase of Population considered as a
Stimulus to the continued Increase of Wealth 300
III. Of Accumulation, or the Saving from Revenue to
add to Capital, considered as a Stimulus to the
Increase of Wealth (Notes 196–219) 301
IV. Of the Fertility of the Soil considered as a
Stimulus to the continued Increase of Wealth
(Notes 220–235) 331
V. Of Inventions to abridge Labour, considered as a
Stimulus to the continued Increase of Wealth
(Notes 236–243) 350
VI. Of the Necessity of a Union of the Powers of
Production with the Means of Distribution, in
order to ensure a continued Increase of Wealth
(Notes 244–258) 367
VII. Of the Distribution occasioned by the Division
of landed Property considered as the Means of
increasing the exchangeable Value of the whole
Produce (Notes 259–262) 383
VIII. Of the Distribution occasioned by Commerce,
internal and external, considered as the Means of
increasing the exchangeable Value of Produce
(Notes 263–283) 388
IX. Of the Distribution occasioned by unproductive
Consumers, considered as the Means of in-creasing
the exchangeable Value of the whole
Produce (Notes 284–300) 421
X. Application of some of the preceding Principles to
the Distresses of the Labouring Classes since
1815, with General Observations (Notes 301–
315) 437

Index 453


Volume III
Prefatory Note to Volumes III and IV page vii
PAMPHLETS AND PAPERS WRITTEN FOR
PUBLICATION 1809–1811
Note on the Bullion Essays 3
The Price of Gold, Three Contributions to the
Morning Chronicle, 1809 13
The Price of Gold 15
First Reply to ‘A Friend to Bank-Notes’ 21
Second Reply to ‘A Friend to Bank-Notes’ 28
Appendix 33
A Reply by Trower 34
A Further Reply by Ricardo 36
The High Price of Bullion, A Proof of the Depreciation
of Bank Notes, 1810–1811 47
Appendix 99

Three Letters to the Morning Chronicle on the
Bullion Report, 1810 129
Report of the Bullion Committee 131
On Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Observations’ 139
On Mr Randle Jackson’s Speech 145

Reply to Mr. Bosanquet’s ‘Practical Observations
on the Report of the Bullion Committee’, 1811 155
Contents 157
NOTES FROM RICARDO’S MANUSCRIPTS 1810–1811
Notes on Bentham’s ‘Sur les Prix’, 1810–11 page 259
Contents 267
Notes on the Bullion Report and Evidence, 1810 343
(A) Notes on the Report of the Bullion Committee 347
(B) Rough Notes on the First Part of the
Minutes of Evidence 350
(C) Notes on the Minutes of Evidence 352
Notes on Trotter’s ‘Principles of Currency
and Exchanges’, 1810 379
Observations on Trower’s Notes on Trotter, 1811 405
Observations on Vansittart’s Propositions Respecting Money,
Bullion and Exchanges, 1811 411
APPENDIX
‘Mr.______ ’ of the Bullion Report 425
Tables of Corresponding Pages for Ricardo’s Pamphlets
in Various Editions 435
FACSIMILES
Title-pages of High Price of Bullion, eds. 1 and 4 48–49
Title-page of the separate issue of Appendix to ed. 4 of
High Price of Bullion 50
Title-page of Reply to Mr. Bosanquet 155

Volume IV
PAMPHLETS AND PAPERS WRITTEN FOR
PUBLICATION 1815–1823
An Essay on the Influence of a low Price of Corn on the
Profits of Stock, 1815 page 1
Proposals for an Economical and Secure Currency, 1816 43
Contents 49
Funding System, 1820 143
On Protection to Agriculture, 1822 201
Contents 207
Plan for the Establishment of a National Bank 271

NOTES FROM RICARDO’S MANUSCRIPTS
1818–1823
Fragments on Torrens concerning Value, 1818 303
(A1) Ricardo on Torrens 309
(A2) Torrens on Ricardo 314
(B) An Entry in Ricardo’s Commonplace Book 315
A Note on Prices and Taxation, 1821 319
On Blake’s ‘Observations on the Effects produced by the
Expenditure of Government’, 1823 323
Notes on Blake, with Blake’s Replies 327
An Unfinished Review 353
Absolute Value and Exchangeable Value, 1823 page 357
A Rough Draft 361
Later Version—Unfinished 398

APPENDIX
The ‘Ingenious Calculator’ 413
Tables of Corresponding Pages for Ricardo’s Pamphlets
in Various Editions 419

FACSIMILES
Title-pages of Essay on Profits, eds. 1 and 2 1–2
Title-page of Ricardo’s copy of West’s Essay on the Application
of Capital to Land (from the Library at Gatcombe) facing p. 6.
Title-pages of Economical and Secure Currency,
eds. 1 and 2 pages 43–44
Title-pages of Protection to Agriculture, eds. 1 and 4 201–202
Title-page of Plan for a National Bank 271


Volume V
List of Speeches page vii
Prefatory Note xi
Introduction to the Speeches in Parliament xiii
Lord Brougham’s Sketch of Ricardo in Parliament xxxii
SPEECHES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
Session 1819 1
Session 1819–1820 28
Session 1820 42
Session 1821 70
Session 1822 123
Session 1823 246
EVIDENCE ON THE USURY LAWS, 1818 333
Note on the Evidence on the Usury Laws 335
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee
on the Usury Laws, 30 April 1818 337
EVIDENCE ON THE RESUMPTION OF
CASH PAYMENTS, 1819 349
Notes on the Evidence on the Resumption of Cash
Payments 350
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Secret Committee
[of the House of Commons] on the Expediency of
the Bank resuming Cash Payments, 4 March 1819 371
19 March 1819 401
EVIDENCE ON THE RESUMPTION OF
CASH PAYMENTS, 1819 (cont.)
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Lords Committees
appointed a Secret Committee to enquire into the
Resumption of Cash Payments, 24 March 1819 page 416
26 March 1819 439
SPEECHES ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS, 1811–1823 459
TWO PAPERS ON PARLIAMENTARY
REFORM, 1818 487
Note on two Papers on Parliamentary Reform 489
Observations on Parliamentary Reform 495
Defence of the Plan of Voting by Ballot 504
APPENDICES
I. Draft of a Letter to a Newspaper on the Effects of
Peel’s Bill 515
II. Notes on Western’s ‘Second Address to the
Landowners’, 1822 522
Index of Persons in Volume V 529
PLATES
David Ricardo, from a marble bust made at Florence in
the studio of Vincenzo Bonelli in 1822 (photograph
taken in the hall at Gatcombe in 1932) facing p. xxxiv
Ricardo’s autograph transcript of his speech of 24 May
1819 on the Resumption of Cash Payments, as
prepared by him for Hansard with the aid of
newspaper cuttings (from a volume of autographs
described on p. xxx, n. 2) facing p. 332


Volume VI
Preface to Volumes VI–IX page xi
Introductory Notes to the Correspondence xiii
Calendars for 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814 and 1815 xlii
Abbreviations xlv
LETTERS 1810–1815
*denotes letters not previously published
1 Ricardo to Horner 5 February 1810 1
*2 Ricardo to Horner 6 February 1810 8
*3 Ricardo to Sir P. Francis 24 April 1810 10
*4 Mill to Ricardo 25 December 1810 13
*5 Ricardo to Mill 1 January 1811 14
*6 Mill to Ricardo 4 January 1811 18
7 Ricardo to Dumont 6 January 1811 20
*8 Malthus to Ricardo 16 June 1811 21
9 Ricardo to Malthus 18 June 1811 23
*10 Malthus to Ricardo 20 June 1811 28
*11 Malthus to Ricardo 21 June 1811 29
*12 Ricardo to [Malthus] 23 June 1811 (Fragment) 29
*13 Malthus to Ricardo 7 July 1811 31
*14 Ricardo to [Malthus] [July 1811] (A Note on the
Jamaica Exchange) 31
*15 Malthus to Ricardo 14 July 1811 33
16 Ricardo to Malthus 17 July 1811 35
*17 Malthus to Ricardo 26 July 1811 40
*18 Ricardo to Perceval 27 July 1811 43
*19 Perceval (by Rosenhagen) to Ricardo, 2 August 1811 46
20 Ricardo to Bentham 14 August 1811 46
*21 Malthus to Ricardo 14 August 1811 47
*22 Mill to Ricardo 22 September 1811 48
*23 Ricardo to Mill [26 September 1811] 51
*24 Mill to Ricardo 15 October 1811 57
25 Ricardo to Malthus 17 October 1811 60
*26 Malthus to Ricardo [ca. 20 October 1811] 61
27 Ricardo to Malthus 22 October 1811 63
*28 Malthus to Ricardo 3 December 1811 65
*29 Ricardo to Tierney 11 December 1811 67
*30 Tierney to Ricardo 12 December 1811 71
*31 Malthus to Ricardo 12 December 1811 72
32 Ricardo to Malthus 22 December 1811 72
*33 Malthus to Ricardo 1 January [1812] 76
*34 Ricardo to Horner 4 January 1812 78
*35 Malthus to Ricardo 23 February 1812 81
36 Ricardo to Malthus [Summer 1812 or 1813] (Fragment) 84
37 Ricardo to Malthus 29 August 1812 85
38 Ricardo to Malthus 17 December 1812 87
39 Ricardo to Malthus 25 February 1813 88
40 Ricardo to Malthus 22 March 1813 90
41 Ricardo to Malthus 24 March 1813 91
42 Ricardo to Malthus 10 August 1813 92
43 Ricardo to Malthus 17 August 1813 94
44 Ricardo to Trower 8 November 1813 96
45 Ricardo to Malthus 30 December 1813 97
46 Ricardo to Malthus 1 January 1814 100
*47 Trower to Ricardo 2 March 1814 102
48 Ricardo to Trower 8 March 1814 103
*49 Mill to Ricardo [18 April 1814] 105
50 Ricardo to Malthus 26 June 1814 107
*51 Malthus to Ricardo 6 July 1814 109
*52 Ricardo to Bentham and Mill 15 July 1814 112
53 Ricardo to Malthus 25 July 1814 113
*54 Malthus to Ricardo 5 August 1814 115
55 Ricardo to Malthus 11 August 1814 118
*56 Malthus to Ricardo 19 August 1814 122
*57 Mill to Ricardo 28 August 1814 124
58 Ricardo to Malthus 30 August 1814 128
*59 Malthus to Ricardo 11 September 1814 130
60 Ricardo to Malthus 16 September 1814 133
*61 Mill to Ricardo 30 September 1814 136
62 Malthus to Ricardo 9 October 1814 139
*63 Sinclair to Ricardo 19 October 1814 143
64 Ricardo to Malthus 23 October 1814 144
*65 Sinclair to Ricardo 29 October 1814 149
66 Ricardo to Sinclair 31 October 1814 150
*67 Malthus to Ricardo 23 November 1814 151
*68 Mill to Ricardo 24 November 1814 156
*69 Place to Ricardo 7 December 1814 160
70 Ricardo to Malthus 18 December 1814 161
*71 Ricardo to Say 24 December 1814 165
*72 Malthus to Ricardo 29 December 1814 167
73 Ricardo to Malthus 13 January 1815 169
74 Ricardo to Malthus [6 February 1815] 172
*75 Malthus to Ricardo 12 February 1815 174
76 Ricardo to Malthus 13 February 1815 176
77 Ricardo to Malthus 9 March 1815 178
*78 Malthus to Ricardo [10] March 1815 181
*79 Trower to Ricardo 10 March [1815] 183
*80 Malthus to Ricardo 12 March 1815 185
* Malthus to Horner 14 March 1815 186
81 Ricardo to Malthus 14 March 1815 188
*82 Malthus to Ricardo 15 March 1815 190
83 Ricardo to Malthus 17 March 1815 192
*84 Malthus to Ricardo 19 March [1815] 194
85 Ricardo to Malthus 21 March 1815 196
*86 Malthus to Ricardo 24 March [1815] 199
87 Ricardo to Malthus 27 March 1815 202
*88 Malthus to Ricardo 2 April 1815 207
89 Ricardo to Malthus 4 April 1815 209
*90 Malthus to Ricardo 5 April 1815 211
91 Ricardo to Malthus 17 April 1815 212
*92 Malthus to Ricardo [18 April 1815] 215
93 Ricardo to Malthus 21 April 1815 219
*94 Malthus to Ricardo 23 April 1815 221
*95 Malthus to Ricardo 5 May 1815 223
96 Ricardo to Malthus [8 May 1815] 226
*97 Malthus to Ricardo 11 June 1815 229
*98 Ricardo to Murray 12 June 1815 230
*99 Malthus to Ricardo 19 June 1815 231
100 Ricardo to Malthus 27 June 1815 232
*101 Malthus to Ricardo 16 July 1815 235
*102 Trower to Ricardo [ca. 23 July 1815] 237
103 Ricardo to Malthus 30 July 1815 239
*104 Grenfell to Ricardo 1 August 1815 241
*105 Whishaw to Ricardo 8 August 1815 243
*106 Say to Ricardo 2 August 1815 (rec^d. 14 August) 245
107 Ricardo to Say 18 August 1815 246
*108 Ricardo to [Say] 26 August 1815 250
*109 Mill to Ricardo 23 August 1815 (rec^d. 26 August) 250
*110 Malthus to Ricardo 26 August 1815 254
*111 Grenfell to Ricardo 27 August 1815 257
*112 Grenfell to Ricardo[ca. 29 August 1815] (Fragment) 259
*113 Grenfell to Ricardo 25 August 1815 (received after
29 August) 260
*114 Ricardo to Mill 30 August 1815 261
*115 Grenfell to Ricardo 8 September 1815 265
116 Ricardo to Malthus 10 September 1815 267
*117 Say to Ricardo 10 September 1815 270
Say to Ricardo 2 December 1815 (another version
of the preceding letter) 273
*118 Grenfell to Ricardo 20 September 1815 275
*119 Grenfell to Ricardo 21 September 1815 277
*120 Trower to Ricardo 21 September 1815 278
*121 Grenfell to Ricardo 24 September 1815 281
*122 Grenfell to Ricardo 27 September 1815 284
*123 Grenfell to Ricardo 28 September 1815 285
*124 Grenfell to Ricardo 28 September 1815 287
*125 Grenfell to Ricardo [30 September 1815] 288
*126 Malthus to Ricardo 1 October [1815] 288
127 Ricardo to Malthus 7 October 1815 292
*128 Malthus to Ricardo 11 October 1815 295
*129 Malthus to Ricardo 15 October 1815 298
130 Ricardo to Malthus 17 October 1815 300
*131 Malthus to Ricardo 16 October 1815 (rec^d. 17 October) 302
132 Ricardo to Malthus 17 October 1815 304
*133 Grenfell to Ricardo 17 October 1815 305
*134 Mill to Ricardo 10 October 1815 (rec^d. 20 October) 306
*135 Ricardo to Mill 24 October 1815 310
136 Ricardo to Trower 29 October 1815 314
*137 Malthus to Ricardo 30 October [1815] 317
*138 Mill to Ricardo 9 November 1815 320
*139 Malthus to Ricardo 13 November 1815 322
*140 Ricardo to Mill 27 November 1815 323
*141 Trower to Ricardo 26 November 1815 325
*142 Mill to Ricardo 1 December 1815 329
*143 Ricardo to Mill 9 December 1815 332
144 Ricardo to Malthus 24 December 1815 334
*145 Mill to Ricardo 22 Dec. 1815 (rec^d. 24 Dec. or after) 337
*146 Malthus to Ricardo 22 Dec. 1815 (rec^d. 24 Dec. or after) 341
147 Ricardo to Trower 25 December 1815 343
*148 Malthus to Ricardo 28 December 1815 345
*149 Ricardo to Mill [30 December 1815] 347
Index of Correspondents, 1810–1815 351

PLATE
56, Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Ricardo’s house
in London, 1812–1823 (photograph taken in 1932) facing p. 1
N.B. The date of five letters to Malthus, formerly published as of 1810,
has been corrected to 1813.


Volume VII
Calendars for 1816, 1817 and 1818 page x
Abbreviations xi
LETTERS 1816–1818
*denotes letters not previously published
150 Ricardo to Malthus 2 January 1816 1
*151 Mill to Ricardo 3 January 1816 4
*152 Malthus to Ricardo 8 January 1816 8
153 Ricardo to Malthus 10 January 1816 9
*154 Trower to Ricardo 19 January 1816 11
*155 Ricardo to Murray 2 February 1816 13
156 Ricardo to Trower [ca. 4 February 1816] 15
157 Ricardo to Malthus 7 February 1816 18
*158 Malthus to Ricardo 9 February 1816 20
*159 Trower to Ricardo 20 February 1816 21
160 Ricardo to Malthus 23 February 1816 23
161 Ricardo to Trower 9 March 1816 25
162 Ricardo to Malthus 24 April 1816 27
*163 Malthus to Ricardo 28 April 1816 29
*164 Crombie to Ricardo 1 May 1816 31
*165 Trower to Ricardo 24 May 1816 33
166 Ricardo to Malthus 28 May 1816 35
167 Ricardo to M c Culloch 9 June 1816 37
*168 Broadley to Ricardo 3 June 1816 (rec^d. 10 June) 39
*169 Ricardo to Broadley 14 June 1816 41
*170 Trower to Ricardo 1 July 1816 44
171 Ricardo to Trower 15 July 1816 47
*172 Malthus to Ricardo 6 August [1816] 51
*173 Ricardo to Mill 8 August 1816 53
174 Ricardo to Malthus 9 August 1816 55
*175 Mill to Ricardo 14 August 1816 58
*176 Trower to Ricardo 20 August 1816 62
*177 Ricardo to Mill 8 September 1816 65
*178 Malthus to Ricardo 8 September 1816 68
179 Ricardo to Malthus 5 October 1816 70
*180 Mill to Ricardo 6 October 1816 73
*181 Malthus to Ricardo 9 October 1816 76
182 Ricardo to Malthus 11 October 1816 77
*183 Malthus to Ricardo 13 October [1816] 79
184 Ricardo to Malthus 14 October 1816 80
*185 Ricardo to Mill 14 October 1816 82
*186 Mill to Ricardo [23 October 1816] 85
*187 Mill to Ricardo 25 October 1816 86
*188 Ricardo to Mill 17 November 1816 87
*189 Ricardo to Mill 20 November 1816 90
*190 M c Culloch to Ricardo 19 Nov. 1816 (rec^d. 26 Nov.) 93
*191 Trower to Ricardo 19 Nov. 1816 (rec^d. 28 Nov.) 94
*192 Mill to Ricardo 18 Nov. 1816 (rec^d. 29 Nov.) 97
*193 Ricardo to Mill 2 December 1816 100
194 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 4 December 1816 102
*195 Mill to Ricardo 16 December 1816 106
*196 Ricardo to Mill 20 December 1816 111
197 Ricardo to Malthus 3 January 1817 114
*198 Trower to Ricardo 17 January 1817 116
199 Ricardo to Malthus 24 January 1817 119
*200 Malthus to Ricardo 26 January [1817] 121
201 Ricardo to Trower 27 January 1817 124
202 Ricardo to Malthus 8 February 1817 126
*203 Trower to Ricardo 9 February 1817 128
204 Ricardo to Malthus 21 February 1817 130
205 Ricardo to Trower 24 February 1817 133
206 Ricardo to Malthus 5 March [1817] 135
*207 Malthus to Ricardo 7 March 1817 137
208 Ricardo to Malthus 9 March 1817 139
*209 Trower to Ricardo 18 March 1817 141
210 Ricardo to Malthus 22 March 1817 143
211 Ricardo to Malthus 26 March 1817 144
212 Ricardo to Trower 30 March 1817 146
213 Ricardo to Malthus 3 [April] 1817 148
*214 Trower to Ricardo 28 April 1817 148
215 Ricardo to Sinclair 4 May 1817 151
*216 Trower to Ricardo 7 May 1817 152
217 Ricardo to Trower 9 May 1817 153
218 Ricardo to Barton 20 May 1817 155
219 Ricardo to Trower 15 June 1817 160
*220 Ricardo to Mill 2 July 1817 163
*221 Say to Ricardo 21 July [1817] 166
222 Ricardo to Malthus 25 July 1817 167
*223 Ricardo to Mill 7 August 1817 169
*224 Trower to Ricardo 8 August [1817] 172
*225 Malthus to Ricardo 17 August 1817 174
226 Ricardo to Trower 23 August 1817 177
*227 Mill to Ricardo 24 August 1817 181
228 Ricardo to Malthus 4 September 1817 184
*229 Ricardo to Mill 12 September 1817 188
230 Ricardo to Malthus 10 October 1817 191
*231 Malthus to Ricardo 12 October 1817 192
*232 Mill to Ricardo 19 October 1817 194
233 Ricardo to Malthus 21 October 1817 199
*234 Ricardo to Mill 9 November 1817 204
*235 Trower to Ricardo 9 November 1817 207
*236 Mill to Ricardo 3 December 1817 210
*237 Malthus to Ricardo 3 December 1817 213
*238 Wakefield to Ricardo 7 December 1817 216
239 Ricardo to Trower 10 December 1817 218
240 Ricardo to Malthus 16 December 1817 221
*241 Say to Ricardo 8 Dec. 1817 (rec^d. 17 Dec.) 224
*242 Ricardo to Mill 18 December 1817 227
243 Ricardo to Say 18 December 1817 230
*244 Wakefield to Ricardo 24 December 1817 232
*245 Mill to Ricardo 27 December 1817 233
*246 Ricardo to Mill 30 December 1817 236
*247 Ricardo to Mill 6 January [1818] 240
248 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 13 January 1818 244
249 Ricardo to Trower 26 January 1818 245
250 Ricardo to Malthus 30 January [1818] 250
*251 Grenfell to Ricardo 15 February 1818 252
*252 Malthus to Ricardo 24 February [1818] 253
*253 Wakefield to Ricardo 28 February 1818 254
*254 Trower to Ricardo 28 February 1818 255
255 Ricardo to Trower 22 March 1818 258
256 Ricardo to Malthus 25 May 1818 262
*257 Whishaw to Ricardo 27 May 1818 264
*258 Malthus to Ricardo 31 May 1818 265
*259 Trower to Ricardo 7 June 1818 266
260 Ricardo to Malthus 24 June 1818 268
261 Ricardo to Trower 27 June 1818 272
*262 Warburton to Ricardo 8 July 1818 275
*263 Ricardo to Mill 12 August 1818 276
*264 Malthus to Ricardo 16 August 1818 278
*265 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 15 July 1818 (rec^d. 20 August) 280
266 Ricardo to Malthus [20 August 1818] 282
267 Ricardo to M c Culloch 22 August 1818 285
*268 Trower to Ricardo 23 August 1818 287
*269 Ricardo to Sharp 27 August 1818 291
*270 Ricardo to Mill 8 September 1818 292
*271 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 3 September 1818 (rec^d. 294
8 September or after)
272 Ricardo to Trower 18 September 1818 296
*273 Mill to Ricardo 23 September 1818 300
*274 Ricardo to Mill 29 September 1818 304
*275 Ricardo to Mill 15 October 1818 307
*276 Trower to Ricardo 18 October 1818 308
*277 Malthus to Ricardo 21 October 1818 311
*278 Mill to Ricardo 26 October 1818 313
279 Ricardo to Trower 2 November 1818 318
*280 Ricardo to Mill 8 November 1818 324
*281 Ricardo to Murray 18 November 1818 328
*282 Mill to Ricardo 18 November 1818 329
*283 Ricardo to Murray 23 November 1818 331
*284 Ricardo to Mill 23 November 1818 332
285 Ricardo to M c Culloch 24 November 1818 337
*286 Ricardo to Murray 24 November 1818 339
*287 Trower to Ricardo 24 November 1818 340
*288 Wakefield to Ricardo 4 December 1818 346
*289 Mill to Ricardo 4 December 1818 348
*290 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 6 December 1818 351
*291 Mill to Ricardo 7 December 1818 355
*292 Ricardo to Mill 12 December 1818 358
*293 Ricardo to Murray 13 December 1818 362
*294 Mill to Ricardo 18 December 1818 362
295 Ricardo to Trower 20 December 1818 365
*296 Ricardo to Mill 22 December 1818 371
*297 Mill to Ricardo 24 December 1818 373
*298 Ricardo to Mill 28 December 1818 376
*299 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 27 December 1818 383
Index of Correspondents, 1816–1818 385

PLATES
Gatcomb Park, Ricardo’s country seat near Minchinhampton,
1814–1823 (from an engraving dated 1 Feb. 1825, in J. and
H. S. Storer’s Delineations of the County of Gloucester) facing p. 1
Autograph of Ricardo’s letter to Mill, 20 Nov. 1816 (letter 189)
at the end of the volume


Volume VIII
Calendars for 1819, 1820 and 1821 (Jan.–June) page x
Abbreviations xi
LETTERS July 1819–June 1821
*denotes letters not previously published
300 Ricardo to McCulloch 3 January 1819 1
*301 Ricardo to Murray 3 January 1819 5
*302 Ricardo to Mill 13 January 1819 6
*303 Mill to Ricardo 14 January 1819 7
*304 Trower to Ricardo 17 January 1819 11
*305 Ricardo to Place 17 February 1819 16
*306 Sharp to Ricardo [25 February 1819] 17
307 Ricardo to Trower 28 February 1819 18
308 Ricardo to McCulloch 7 April 1819 20
*309 McCulloch to Ricardo 18 April 1819 23
310 Ricardo to McCulloch 8 May 1819 26
*311 Trower to Ricardo 21 May 1819 29
312 Ricardo to Trower 28 May 1819 31
313 Ricardo to Trower 1 June 1819 33
*314 McCulloch to Ricardo 30 May 1819 35
315 Ricardo to McCulloch 22 June 1819 38
*316 Trower to Ricardo [ca. 4 July 1819] 41
317 Ricardo to Trower 8 July 1819 44
*318 Ricardo to Mill 10 August 1819 47
*319 Mill to Ricardo 14 August 1819 51
*320 Mill to Ricardo 24 [August] 1819 54
*321 Ricardo to Mill 6 September 1819 54
*322 Mill to Ricardo 7 September 1819 57
*323 Ricardo to Mill 9 September 1819 60
*324 Malthus to Ricardo 10 September 1819 64
*325 Mill to Ricardo 11 September 1819 66
*326 Ricardo to Place 18 September 1819 69
*327 Trower to Ricardo 19 September 1819 69
328 Ricardo to Malthus 21 September 1819 72
*329 Ricardo to Mill 23 September 1819 75
330 Ricardo to Trower 25 September 1819 77
*331 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 25 September 1819 81
*332 Mill to Ricardo 28 September 1819 83
333 Ricardo to McCulloch [2 October 1819]
(Notes on McCulloch’s article ‘Exchange’) 85
*334 Brown to Ricardo 25 September 1819
(rec^d 10 Oct.) 94
*335 Brown to Ricardo 28–29 September 1819
(rec^d 10 Oct.) 96
*336 Ricardo to Brown 13 October 1819 100
*337 Mill to Ricardo [13 October 1819] 105
*338 Malthus to Ricardo 14 October 1819 107
*339 Trower to Ricardo 26 October 1819 109
*340 Bentham to Ricardo 28 October 1819 113
341 Ricardo to Place 1 November 1819 118
*342 Place to Ricardo 1 November 1819 123
343 Ricardo to Place 3 November 1819 124
344 McCulloch to Ricardo 2 November 1819 125
345 Ricardo to Malthus 9 November 1819 128
346 Ricardo to Trower 12 November 1819 131
*347 Say to Ricardo 10 October 1819
(rec^d 22 Nov.) 136
348 McCulloch to Ricardo 5 December 1819 137
349 Ricardo to McCulloch 18 December 1819 140
350 Ricardo to Heathfield 19 December 1819 143
351 Ricardo to Trower 28 December 1819 146
352 Ricardo to Say 11 January 1820 149
*353 Lord Grenville to Ricardo 11 January 1820 150
354 Ricardo to Trower 28 January 1820 152
355 Ricardo to McCulloch 28 February [1820] 156
356 Say to Ricardo 2 March 1820 161
357 Ricardo to Trower 13 March 1820 162
358 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 19 March 1820 165
359 Ricardo to McCulloch 29 March 1820 168
360 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 2 April [1820] 174
361 Ricardo to McCulloch 8 April 1820 176
362 Ricardo to McCulloch 2 May 1820 178
363 Ricardo to Malthus 4 May 1820 183
364 Ricardo to Sinclair 11 May 1820 186
365 Ricardo to Napier 15 May 1820 188
366 McCulloch to Ricardo 15 May 1820 188
*367 Ricardo to Bentham 18 May [1820] 191
368 Ricardo to McCulloch 13 June 1820 191
*369 Bentham to Ricardo 17 June 1820 197
*370 Ricardo to Mill 3 July 1820 198
*371 Trower to Ricardo 5 July 1820 199
*372 McCulloch to Ricardo 16 July 1820 203
373 Ricardo to Trower 21 July 1820 206
*374 Ricardo to Mill 27 July 1820 210
375 Ricardo to McCulloch 2 August 1820 213
*376 Trower to Ricardo 13 August 1820 217
*377 McCulloch to Ricardo 24 August 1820 222
*378 Malthus to Ricardo 28 August 1820 224
379 Ricardo to Malthus 4 September 1820 226
380 Ricardo to Trower 15 September 1820 230
381 Ricardo to McCulloch 15 September 1820 237
*382 Mill to Ricardo 16 September 1820 240
*383 Ricardo to Mill 18 September 1820 242
*384 Trower to Ricardo 20 September 1820 244
*385 Mill to Ricardo 23 September 1820 250
*386 Ricardo to Mill 25 September 1820 252
387 Ricardo to Trower 26 September 1820 255
*388 Malthus to Ricardo 25 September [1820] 259
*389 Mill to Ricardo [26–27 September 1820] 262
*390 Trower to Ricardo 29 September 1820 264
391 Ricardo to Trower 3 October 1820 271
392 Ricardo to Malthus [9] October 1820 276
*393 Say to Ricardo 10 Aug. 1820 (rec^d 14 Oct.) 280
*394 Ricardo to Mill 14 October 1820 281
*395 Malthus to Ricardo 26 October [1820] 285
*396 Grenfell to Ricardo [10 November 1820] 287
*397 Trower to Ricardo 12 November 1820 287
*398 Mill to Ricardo 13 November 1820 290
*399 Mill to Ricardo [14 November 1820] 293
*400 Ricardo to Mill 16 November 1820 294
401 Ricardo to McCulloch 23 November 1820 297
402 Ricardo to Malthus 24 November 1820 300
403 Ricardo to Trower 26 November 1820 303
*404 Malthus to Ricardo [27 November 1820] 308
405 Ricardo to Malthus [29 November 1820] 310
*406 McCulloch to Ricardo 28 November 1820 312
407 Ricardo to McCulloch 4 December 1820 314
*408 Malthus to Ricardo 7 December 1820 317
409 Ricardo to McCulloch 13 December 1820 318
*410 Trower to Ricardo 11 December 1820 319
*411 Malthus to Ricardo 12 December 1820 324
412 McCulloch to Ricardo 25 December 1820 325
413 Mill to Ricardo 28 December 1820 326
*414 Ricardo to Mill 1 January 1821 329
415 Ricardo to Trower 14 January 1821 332
416 Ricardo to McCulloch 17 January 1821 335
417 McCulloch to Ricardo 22 January 1821 338
418 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 25 January 1821 342
*419 Trower to Ricardo 16 February 1821 345
420 Ricardo to Trower 2 March 1821 348
421 McCulloch to Ricardo 13 March 1821 351
422 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 23 March 1821 355
*423 Trower to [Ricardo] 1 April 1821 360
424 McCulloch to Ricardo 2 April 1821 364
*425 Tooke to Ricardo [19 April 1821] 366
426 Ricardo to Trower 21 April 1821 368
*427 Tooke to Ricardo [22 April 1821] 371
428 Ricardo to McCulloch 25 April 1821 373
Malthus to Sismondi 12 March 1821 375
*429 McCulloch to Ricardo 23 April 1821 (rec^d 26 April) 378
430 Ricardo to Say 8 May 1821 379
*431 McCulloch to Ricardo 5 June 1821 381
432 Ricardo to Sinclair 15 June 1821 386
433 Ricardo to McCulloch 18 June 1821 386
*434 McCulloch to Ricardo 21 June 1821 391
*435 Trower to Ricardo 24 June 1821 393
436 Ricardo to McCulloch 30 June 1821 396
Index of Correspondents, 1819–June 1821 401

PLATE
David Ricardo, 1820, from the miniature by Thomas Heaphy
(reproduced by permission of the late Lt.-Col. H. G.
Ricardo) facing p. 1


Volume IX
Calendars for 1821 (July–Dec.), 1822 and 1823 page x
Abbreviations xi
LETTERS July 1821–1823
* denotes letters not previously published
437 Ricardo to Trower 4 July 1821 1
*438 Mill to Ricardo 5 July 1821 5
439 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 8 July 1821 7
*440 Malthus to Ricardo [7] July [1821] 9
*441 Ricardo to Mill 9 July 1821 11
442 Ricardo to Malthus 9 July 1821 14
*443 Malthus to Ricardo 16 July 1821 18
444 Ricardo to Malthus 21 July 1821 23
*445 Trower to Ricardo 22 July 1821 28
446 Say to Ricardo [19] July 1821 31
447 Ricardo to Trower 22 August 1821 37
*448 Mill to Ricardo 23 August 1821 41
*449 Ricardo to Mill 28 August 1821 43
*450 Mill to Ricardo 31 August 1821 47
*450A Place to Ricardo [ca. 3 September 1821] 48
*451 Ricardo to Place 9 September 1821
(Notes to Place’s book on Population) 49
*452 Ricardo to Murray 9 September 1821 58
*453 Ricardo to Mill 9 September 1821 59
454 Ricardo to Malthus 10 September 1821 61
*455 Malthus to Ricardo 13 September 1821 63
*456 Trower to Ricardo 13 September 1821 66
457 Ricardo to Wheatley 18 September 1821 71
458 Ricardo to Malthus 18 September 1821 74
*459 Malthus to Ricardo 25 September 1821 77
460 Ricardo to Malthus [28 September 1821] 80
461 Ricardo to Trower 4 October 1821 86
*462 Malthus to Ricardo [ca. 9 October 1821] 90
463 Ricardo to Malthus 11 October 1821 95
*464 Ricardo to Mill 14 October 1821 102
*465 Tooke to Ricardo 13 October 1821 104
*466 Trower to Ricardo 2 November 1821 107
*467 Malthus to Ricardo 25 November 1821 111
468 Ricardo to Malthus 27 November 1821 113
*469 Mill to Ricardo 30 November 1821 114
*470 Ricardo to Mill 10 December 1821 117
471 Ricardo to Trower 11 December 1821 120
472 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 14 December 1821 124
*473 Ricardo to Mill 18 December 1821
(Notes on Mill’s Elements of Political Economy) 125
*474 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 23 December 1821 133
*475 Maria Edgeworth to Ricardo 27 December 1821 137
476 Ricardo to McCulloch 3 January 1822 138
*477 Maria Edgeworth to Ricardo 7 January [1822] 143
*478 Trower to Ricardo 10 January 1822 144
479 McCulloch to Ricardo 13 January 1822 148
*480 McCulloch to Ricardo [13 January 1822] 150
* J. A. Murray to McCulloch [13 January 1822] 151
481 Ricardo to Trower 25 January 1822 151
482 Ricardo to Sinclair 29 January 1822 156
483 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 8 February 1822 156
484 McCulloch to Ricardo 12 February 1822 159
485 McCulloch to Ricardo 13 February 1822 162
486 Ricardo to McCulloch 19 February 1822 163
487 Ricardo to Trower 20 February 1822 165
488 Ricardo to Say 5 March 1822 168
*489 Ricardo to Foster 5 March 1822 173
490 Ricardo to Trower 5 March 1822 174
491 Ricardo to McCulloch 19 March 1822 177
492 Ricardo to Trower 25 March 1822 179
*493 Ricardo to Hodgson 30 March 1822 182
494 Ricardo to McCulloch 19 April 1822 183
495 McCulloch to Ricardo 17 April 1822
(rec^d after 19 April) 184
496 Say to Ricardo 1 May 1822 188
497 Ricardo to McCulloch 7 May 1822 192
498 Say to Ricardo 8 May 1822 195
499 Ricardo to Trower 20 May 1822 196
*500 Ricardo to [Cowell] 21 May [1822] 199
501 Ricardo to Trower 9 June 1822 201
*502 Ricardo to Maria Edgeworth 20 June 1822 203
503 McCulloch to Ricardo 22 June 1822 204
504 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 26 June 1822 207
*505 Ricardo to Mill 6 July 1822 208
*506 Ricardo to Mill 4 August 1822 209
*507 Ricardo to Mill 17 September 1822 214
*508 Ricardo to Mill 10 October 1822 220
*509 Ricardo to Mill 3–4 November 1822 225
510 Maria Edgeworth to Ricardo 9 July 1822 (rec^d 8 Dec.) 229
511 Ricardo to Maria Edgeworth 13 December 1822 233
512 Ricardo to Trower 14 December 1822 241
513 Ricardo to Malthus 16 December 1822 247
514 Maria Edgeworth to Ricardo 28 December 1822 251
515 Ricardo to Maria Edgeworth 11 January 1823 257
*516 Ricardo to Mill 14 January 1823 263
517 Ricardo to Trower 30 January 1823 266
518 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 21 March 1823 271
*519 Maria Edgeworth to Ricardo 22 March 1823 273
520 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 25 March 1823 275
521 Ricardo to Goldsmid 4 April 1823 277
*522 Ricardo to Mill 12 April 1823 279
523 Ricardo to Malthus 29 April 1823 280
524 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 3 May 1823 284
525 Ricardo to Grote [May] 1823 288
526 Mc Culloch to Ricardo 11 May 1823 289
*527 Trower to Ricardo 25 May 1823 291
528 Ricardo to Maria Edgeworth 26 May 1823 294
529 Ricardo to Malthus 28 May 1823 297
530 Ricardo to Mc Culloch 8 July 1823 300
* Blake to Mc Culloch 30 June 1823 302
531 Ricardo to Malthus 13 July 1823 303
*532 Malthus to Ricardo [ca. 21 July 1823] 306
533 Ricardo to Trower 24 July 1823 311
534 Trower to Ricardo 20 July 1823 (rec^d
24 July) 315
535 Ricardo to Trower 24 July 1823 318
536 Ricardo to Malthus [3 August 1823] 320
*537 Ricardo to Mill 7 August 1823 326
538 Ricardo to McCulloch 8 August 1823 330
539 Mill to Ricardo 8 August 1823 331
540 Malthus to Ricardo 11 August 1823 336
*541 McCulloch to Ricardo 11 August 1823 342
542 Ricardo to Malthus 15 August 1823 345
543 Ricardo to McCulloch 15 August 1823 353
* Ricardo to McCulloch [15 August 1823]
(An unfinished draft) 353
544 Ricardo to McCulloch 21 August 1823 358
*545 Malthus to Ricardo 25 August 1823 363
*546 McCulloch to Ricardo 24 August 1823 366
547 Trower to Ricardo 26 August 1823 370
*548 Ricardo to Mill 30 August 1823 373
549 Ricardo to Trower 31 August 1823 376
550 Ricardo to Malthus 31 August 1823 380
*551 Trower to Ricardo 3 September 1823 382
*552 Ricardo to Mill 5 September 1823 385
553 A. Austin to Trower 6 September 1823 388
554 A. Austin to Trower 12 September 1823 388
555 Mill to McCulloch 19 September 1823 390
Index of Correspondents in Volumes VI–IX, 1810–1823 393
PLATES
David Ricardo, circa 1821, from the painting by Thomas
Phillips, R.A. (reproduced by permission of Mr Frank
Ricardo) facing p. 1
Autograph of Ricardo’s letter to Malthus, 31 August 1823
(letter 550) at the end of the volume


Volume X
Preface page ix
A MEMOIR OF DAVID RICARDO,
by one of his Brothers 1
Note on the Authorship of the Memoir 14
ADDENDA TO THE MEMOIR
I. Introductory 16
II. The Family of Abraham Ricardo 17
III. The Delvalle Family 26
IV. Ricardo’s Childhood and Education 29
V. Independence and Marriage 36
VI. The Wilkinsons 43
Three Notes
Where Ricardo lived in London 46
A Note on Clubs and Societies 49
A Note on Portraits 51
A Family Who’s Who
I. David Ricardo’s Brothers and Sisters 54
II. Ricardo’s Children 61
RICARDO IN BUSINESS
I. As a Jobber on the Stock Exchange 67
II. As Loan Contractor 75
III. A Canard 91
IV. Investments and Estates 95
V. Ricardo’s Will 104
A SELECTION OF FAMILY AND
PRIVATE LETTERS
I. Early Letters to J. H. Wilkinson page 109
1. Brighton, 10 September 1795 109
2. [Brighton, 20 September 1795] 111
3. [London, 17 September 1798] 113
4. Stock Exchange, 29 November 1802 113
5. Mile End, [1 December 1802] 114
6. Upper Brook Street, 31 March 1815 115
Other Correspondence with J. H. Wilkinson 117
II. ‘Ricardo’s Letter to the Old Doctor’,
12 September 1803 119
III. The Fraud of 5 May 1803 (A letter of 1806) 123
IV. The Loan of 1807 (Two letters of 1808) 125
V. Jacob Ricardo 129
VI. Two Sisters Decline a Present
Esther and Sarah Ricardo to David Ricardo 133
VII. A Visit to Cambridge, 24 October 1812 136
VIII. A Letter to a Wine Merchant [1815] 141
IX. The Cumberland Affair 143
1. S. Cumberland to Ricardo, 22 Jan. 1816 144
2. S. Cumberland to Ricardo, 27 Jan. 1816 145
3. G. Cumberland to Ricardo, 28 Jan. 1816 146
4. Ricardo to G. Cumberland, 30 Jan. 1816 147
5. G. Cumberland to Ricardo, 2 Feb. 1816 150
6. Ricardo to G. Cumberland, 4 Feb. 1816 156
X. A Servant and Two Masters 159
Sheppard to Ricardo, 21 December 1816 160
Ricardo to Sheppard, 25 December 1816 160
XI. Fanny’s Marriage page 161
E. Austin Sen. to Ricardo, 30 November 1818 162
Ricardo to E. Austin Sen., 5 December 1818 163
XII. Ricardo to Miss Mary Ann, 20 April 1822 164
From Maria Edgeworth’s Letters to her Family
1. Gatcomb Park, 9 November 1821 167
2. Gatcomb Park, 10 November 1821 169
3. Gatcomb Park, 12 November 1821 170
4. London, 9 March 1822 172
JOURNAL OF A TOUR ON THE
CONTINENT, 1822
Introductory Note to the Journal 177
I. London to Brussels 181
II. Brussels to The Hague 191
III. The Hague to Amsterdam 199
IV. Amsterdam to Coblentz 210
V. Coblentz to Carlsruhe 219
VI. Carlsruhe to Zurich 230
VII. Zurich to Meyringen 243
VIII. Meyringen to Lausanne 253
IX. Geneva 264
X. Geneva, Chamouny, Coppet 268
XI. Geneva to Domodossola 280
XII. Domodossola to Verona 291
XIII. Verona to Florence 304
XIV. Florence to Genoa 316
XV. Genoa to Turin 329
XVI. Turin to Paris 339
XVII. Paris 348
APPENDICES
(A.) Bibliography of Ricardo’s Works page 355
(B.) A Survey of Ricardo Manuscripts 386
(C.) Commonplace Books 393
(D.) Ricardo’s Library 399
Supplement to Volume I. New Evidence on the Sub-division
of Chapter VIII of the ‘Principles’ 1817 403
Supplement to Volume IV. Notes on ‘A Reply to Mr. Say’s
Letters to Mr. Malthus’ 1820 405
Corrections to the First Printing of the Previous Volumes 411
Index of Persons and Places in Volume X 413
ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLE
Mrs David Ricardo, circa 1820, from the miniature by
Thomas Heaphy (reproduced by permission of the late
Lt.-Col. H. G. Ricardo) facing page x
Loans for Great Britain and Ireland, 1805–1820 (Table)
following page 80
Ricardo’s circular to the subscribers on his list for the
Loan of 1819 page 87
Autograph of Ricardo’s earliest extant letter (to J. H.
Wilkinson, 10 September 1795) following page 108
Four cancelled pages from the Principles, 1817
following page 404


Volume XI
ADDITIONAL LETTERS
3a Ricardo to S. Beckett 21 June 1810 ix
137a Ricardo to Joseph Hume 8 Nov. 1815 ix
197a Malthus to Ricardo 11 January 1817 x
259a Ricardo to Torrens 15 June 1818 xi
418a Ricardo to Miss Bayley 30 January 1821 xii
492a Ricardo to Thomas Booth 28 March 1822 xiii
516a Ricardo to Wilmot Horton 19 January 1823 xv
517a Mallet to Ricardo 24 February 1823 xvii
517b Ricardo to Mallet 25 February 1823 xxi
531a Townsend to Ricardo 20 July 1823 xxii
531b Ricardo to Townsend 25 July 1823 xxiv
Ricardo to Wright 22 August 1823 xxv
Tooke to John Murray 8 January 1824 xxvi

ADDITIONAL NOTES
David Hume’s supposed notes on the Wealth of Nations xxvii
Changes in location of Manuscripts xxvii
First publication of J. S. Mill’s letter on his studies xxvii
Identification of ‘Piercy Ravenstone’ xxviii
Authorship of ‘Life of Huskisson’ xxix
Marriage of Ricardo’s grandfather xxix
Pirated edition of ‘Plan for a National Bank’ xxix
Build-up of mistakes in French editions of ‘Principles’ xxix
Swift’s Church of England Man xxx
A second freak copy of ‘Principles’ xxx
Authorship of ‘Reply to Mr. Say’ xxx

corrections to volumes i – x
(additional to the list in Volume X, p. 411) xxxi

INDEX