Hume, Joseph (1777-1855)

Twelve Authograph letters numbered 1-12.

1. Letter to Dr. Taylor, 27 January 1814

2. Letter to David Russel, 26 December 1828

3. Letter to Hume from John Johnstone, 20 February 1828

4. Letter to Lord Teynham, 30 November 183?

5. Letter in third person, 24 June 1834

6. Letter to Messrs. Howard Gibson and Co, chemist, 14 November 1834

7. Letter to John Black (1783-1855), journalist and newspaper editor, 14 November 1838

8. Letter to George Wheeler, 10 February 1840

9. Letter to James Anderton, with copy, 7 November 1843

10. Letter to J Smith, 18 july 1848

11. Letter in third person to Sir Robert Murchison, 3 April 1852

12. Letter to Sir Robert Murchison, 7 May 1853

Purchased from Stevens, London, August 1931 (acc.68229); Stevens, London, March 1931 (acc.68122); Charavay, Paris, May 1932 (acc.65655); Glendining, London, August 1934 (acc.67912); Sotheby's, London, December 1934 (acc.67487); Glendining, London, August 1935, possibly an error for 1934, (acc.67877); Purchased either from Desgranges, Paris, January 1936, or Glendining, London, c.1932 (acc.69291)

Joseph Hume was a Scottish radical and politician; He studied medicine and was awarded the MRCS Ed. in 1796, the certificate of the London Company of Surgeons in 1797, and the degree of MD of Marischal College, Aberdeen in 1799; In 1812 Hume purchased the parliamentary seat of Weymouth and voted as a tory; He was a successful politician who initiated a number of reforms and changes; He was particularly interested in public expenditure.