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There is a famous letter -- at least it is cited a lot -- from Adam Smith regarding the
American revolution.  I've only seen the reference to it in The Correspondence of Adam
Smith
 
Is there anything more in the letter?  Has anyone seen the context in which Smith is
writing?
 
Mossner, Ernest Campbell, and Ian Simpson Ross, eds. 1977. The Correspondence of Adam
Smith (Oxford: Clarendon Press; citing Sinclair 1831, vol. 1, pp. 390-1). 262n: When
Sinclair lamented the misfortunes of the American war, Smith responded "Be assured, my
young friend, there is a great deal of ruin in a nation." The Correspondence of John
Sinclair. 1831, i, pp. 390-1.
 
Michael Perelman 
 
 
 
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