Autograph Letter Signed from George Combe to Dr Robert Carruthers, Inverness Courier editor, 27 February 1851

Autograph Letter Signed from Scottish phrenologist and lawyer George Combe to Inverness Courier editor Dr Robert Carruthers, regarding the attribution of an Edinburgh Review article on "The Ethics of Phrenology" to "Mr. A. Smith, Banff", when the author might in fact be Sir William Hamilton: "In your notice of the late Mr. A. Smith, Banff, you mention that he wrote "The Ethics of Phrenology" an article in the Edinburgh Review. As this article was generally ascribed to Sir William Hamilton, I should be obliged by your mentioning whether you have full reliance on your authority in ascribing it to Mr. Smith? My only reason for asking the question is to do justice to Sir William Hamilton, if he is not the author." Edinburgh, 27 February 1851.