Biographical Miscellany Vol 10 (Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo)

This volume is a collection of personal correspondence and first-person recollections that focus on Ricardo's life outside of his political economic endeavors. These missives concern the aspects of Ricardo's life that surround his character, his amiable and generous nature, his successful business dealings, and his personal relationships. It includes a memoir written by one of his brothers that sheds light about his family, his formative youth, and his education. There are chapters on his entrance into the stock market as a mere teenager and records of his meteoric climb within the financial community to an extremely successful station. 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… (more)