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1. See the introduction by Raphael and Macfie to their edition of TMS, p. 23 where they
seem to claim that the 1755 paper or MS [which formed the basis of his lectures from 1750
onwards] and to which Dugald Stewart refers, was burned shortly before Smith's death at
his request. This is in the context of their addressing the Adam Smith 'problem'. They
also imply that the 1760's reports by the students and therefore Smith's later lectures
were based on those earlier lectures, although they may have been altered.
 
2. You have probably already looked at it, but a possible reference might be: Richard F.
Teichgraeber, 1981. "Rethinking Das Adam Smith Problem," J. Brit. Studies 20, pp. 337-66.
 
Sumitra Shah 
 
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