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    • Adam Smith
    • Alexander Carlyle
    • Archibald Grant
    • James Macpherson
    • James Thomson
    • James Adams (1737-1802)
    • John Ainslie (1745-1828)
    • James Beattie (1735-1803)
    • Hugh Blair (1718-1800)
    • William Brodie, known as Deacon Brodie, (1746-1788)
    • James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799)
    • Alexander Carlyle (1722-1805)
    • James Craig (1739-1795)
    • William Creech (1745-1815)
    • George Drummond (1687-1766)
    • Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto (1722-1777)
    • Adam Ferguson (1723-1816)
    • Robert Fergusson (1750-1774)
    • Sir Archibald Grant (1696-1778)
    • Alexander Geddes (1737-1802)
    • John Home (1722-1808)
    • David Hume (1711-1776)
    • Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
    • Malcolm Laing (1762-1818)
    • Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831)
    • James Macpherson (1736-1796)
    • Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823)
    • Allan Ramsay (1713-1784)
    • William Shaw (1749-1831)
    • Thomas Sheridan (1719-1788)
    • Sir John Sinclair (1754–1835)
    • Adam Smith (1723-1790)
    • James Thomson (1700-1748)
  • Town
    Planning
    • Source 1: A proposal for keeping the streets clean, 1734-5
    • Source 2: Proposals for improving the city of Edinburgh, 1752
    • Source 3: Proposals for improving the city of Edinburgh, 1752
    • Source 4: James Craig’s design for the New Town, 1768
    • Source 5: Map showing the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, 1780
    • Source 6: James Craig’s proposal for improving the eastern approach to the Old Town, 1786
    • Source 7: Description of Edinburgh from the Statistical Account of Scotland, 1791-1799
  • Encyclopaedia
    Britannica
    • Source 1: Title page to volume 1 of the first edition.
    • Source 2: Agriculture, volume 1 A-B, page 40
    • Source 3: Agriculture Plate IV, volume 1 A-B, page 41
    • Source 4: Mechanics, volume 1 M-Z, page 38
    • Source 5: Mechanics, volume 1 M-Z, plate CV
    • Source 6: Camelus or Camel, volume 1 A-B, page 13
    • Source 7: Bactrianus or Bactrian Camel, volume 1 A-B, Plate EIX
    • Source 8: Caricature of Andrew Bell and William Smellie by John Kay
  • Scotticisms
    • Source 1 : A list of Scotticisms by David Hume, first printed 1752
    • Source 2 : Lectures on the art of speaking English, 1761
    • Source 3 : A society for promoting the reading and speaking of English, 1761
    • Source 4 : Observations on the Scottish dialect by Sir John Sinclair, 1782
    • Source 5 : Teaching correct English to the young, 1799
    • Source 6 : The richness of the Scots language, 1792
    • Source 7 : In support of the Scots language, 1799
  • Statistical
    Account
    • Source 1: Sir John Sinclair’s description of compiling the ‘Statistical Account’
    • Source 2: Sir John Sinclair’s discussion of the term ‘statistics’
    • Source 3: Part of the report for the Parish of Monymusk
    • Source 4: Part of the report for the Parish of Wick
    • Source 5: Statistical table for the Parish of Culross
    • Source 6: Report for the Parish of East Kilbride
    • Source 7: Report for the Parish of Smailholm
  • Ossian
    • Source 1: Preface to ‘Fragments of ancient poetry’, 1760
    • Source 2: Preface to ‘Fingal’, 1761
    • Source 3: Letter from David Hume, 1763
    • Source 4: Samuel Johnson’s opinion of the poems, 1775
    • Source 5: An enquiry into the authenticity of the poems, 1781
    • Source 6: ‘Poems of Ossian’ edited by Malcolm Laing, 1805
    • Source 7: Highland Society of Scotland report, 1805
  • Clubs and
    Societies
    • Source 1: List of members of the Select Society
    • Source 2: Questions debated by the Select Society
    • Source 3: The aims of the Edinburgh Society
    • Source 4: A description of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, 1754
    • Source 5: Members of the Cape Club
    • Source 6: An account of the Cape Club
    • Source 7: Extract from the Highland Society of London Minute Book, 1784
    • Women and the Enlightenment
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Gallery

John Adam. Section and Plan of a Church at Inveraray (1752-77)
John Adam. Section and Plan of a Church at Inveraray (1752-77)
Matthew Boulton and James Watt. ‘Directions for Erecting and Working the Newly-invented Steam Engines’ London?: Boulton and Watt, 1780
Matthew Boulton and James Watt. ‘Directions for Erecting and Working the Newly-invented Steam Engines’ London?: Boulton and Watt, 1780
Adam Ferguson on the Militia Issue (1762)
Adam Ferguson on the Militia Issue (1762)
Letter from Alexander Carlyle on the Foulis Academy (c.1759)
Letter from Alexander Carlyle on the Foulis Academy (c.1759)
Letter from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop on Scottish literary achievement (1790)
Letter from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop on Scottish literary achievement (1790)
Letter from Hugh Blair to William Strahan on payment for his published work (1782)
Letter from Hugh Blair to William Strahan on payment for his published work (1782)
David Hume ‘Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion’ (c.1751) Letter from Adam Smith to David Hume on his new book (1764)
David Hume ‘Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion’ (c.1751) Letter from Adam Smith to David Hume on his new book (1764)
David Hume ‘Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion’ (c.1751)
David Hume ‘Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion’ (c.1751)
David Hume on the forced removal of his book purchases (1754)
David Hume on the forced removal of his book purchases (1754)
Letter from William Robertson to Margaret Hepburn on ‘The History of Scotland’ (1759)
Letter from William Robertson to Margaret Hepburn on ‘The History of Scotland’ (1759)
Letter from William King to Margaret Hepburn on learning Latin (1754)
Letter from William King to Margaret Hepburn on learning Latin (1754)
Appointment of William Rouet to act on behalf of the University of Glasgow (1757)
Appointment of William Rouet to act on behalf of the University of Glasgow (1757)
John Playfair to William Robertson on scientific experiments at Schiehallion (1774)
John Playfair to William Robertson on scientific experiments at Schiehallion (1774)
John Playfair to William Robertson on scientific experiments at Schiehallion (1774)
Letter from David Hume to Adam Smith on the ‘Theory of Moral Sentiments’ (1759)
Letter from Hugh Blair to Robert Burns on Scottish literary talent (1787)
Letter from Hugh Blair to Robert Burns on Scottish literary talent (1787)
Homer. Η του Ομηρου Ιλιαδος (1756)
Homer. Η του Ομηρου Ιλιαδος (1756)
Letter from Hugh Campbell, Earl of Loudoun to Sidney Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin on the Union between Scotland and England (1706)
Letter from Hugh Campbell, Earl of Loudoun to Sidney Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin on the Union between Scotland and England (1706)
‘Character of a certain popular historian’ (1779)
‘Character of a certain popular historian’ (1779)
Letter from Robert Burns to John Murdoch on his literary influences (1783)
Letter from Robert Burns to John Murdoch on his literary influences (1783)
Letter from Joanna Baillie to Henry Mackenzie on her new play (1809)
Letter from Joanna Baillie to Henry Mackenzie on her new play (1809)
Alison Cockburn
Alison Cockburn
Letter from Robert Drummond to Hugh Montgomerie on the Disaster at Darien (1699)
Letter from Robert Drummond to Hugh Montgomerie on the Disaster at Darien (1699)
Letter from David Hume to Rev. Robert Traill on religion (1755)
Letter from David Hume to Rev. Robert Traill on religion (1755)
Anna Gordon. Ballads (c.1783)
Anna Gordon. Ballads (c.1783)
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