Henry Home, Lord Kames

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(b. 1696, Kames House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland – d. Dec. 27, 1782, New Street, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland )

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Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782), judge and writer, was a correspondent of Elizabeth Montagu. He had sent her the first volume of his Sketches of the History of Man (London, 1774).

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Henry Home
Lord Kames

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Mentioned in 11 letters

Title	EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson	1764
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson	1781
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson	1795
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie	1872
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	1991
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	2030
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie	2187
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	3328
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	3329
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	3330
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to John Burrows	4535

Recipient of 24 letters

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Title	Sent	EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Henry Home, Lord Kames	Aug. 28, 1772	3014
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Henry Home, Lord Kames	Oct. 27, 1773	3015
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Henry Home, Lord Kames	Sept. 12, 1774	3016
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Henry Home, Lord Kames	May 7, 1776	3017

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