East India Company, Smith on, 242;
  Smith mentioned for supervisorship, 253

Economists, the French sect of, 216;
  their great activity in 1766, 219

Eden, William (Lord Auckland), applies for Smith’s opinion on free
    trade for Ireland, 352;
  Smith’s opinion of, 384;
  Smith’s letter to, on American affairs, 385

Edinburgh, Smith’s lectures in, 30;
  Smith made freeman of burgh, 251;
  Smith’s permanent residence there, 325;
  Royal Society of, 375;
  Smith on, 417;
  New College possesses part of Smith’s books, 439

Edinburgh Review, 120;
  Smith’s review of Johnson’s Dictionary, 121;
  his review of contemporary literature, 122;
  death of, 124;
  Hume’s exclusion from, 125

Elliot, Sir Gilbert, M.P., reported candidature for chair of Moral
    Philosophy, 46

Enville, Duchesse d’, hospitality to Smith at Geneva, 191;
  on Smith’s French, 192

Erskine, Henry, Lord Advocate, pupil of Smith, 58

Espinasse, Mademoiselle de 1’, Smith’s visits to her salon, 201

Fencing, Academy of, in Glasgow College, 79

Ferguson, Dr. Adam, was he the object of Smith’s 1755 manifesto? 65;
  on a national militia, 138;
  candidate for Indian supervisorship, 255;
  appointed tutor to Lord Chesterfield on Smith’s recommendation, 258;
  his announcement in 1773 of the Wealth of Nations, 264;
  intermediary between Lord Carlisle and Smith, 350;
  reconciliation with Smith, 433

Fitzmaurice, Hon. T., pupil of Smith, 154

Foulis, Robert, University press, 71;
  Academy of Design, 72;
  economic publications, 76

Fox, Charles James, quotes Wealth of Nations, 289;
  on Smith, 289;
  Smith’s approbation of his East India Bill, 386

France, Smith’s account of condition of the people of, 229;
  sobriety of southern, 180

Franklin, Benjamin, makes Smith’s acquaintance, 150;
  alleged assistance to Smith in composing
    Wealth of Nations, 264

Free trade, Smith’s advocacy of, in 1750, 36;
  his conversion of the Glasgow merchants to, 60;
  his 1755 manifesto about, 62;
  alleged revolutionary character of the doctrine, 292;
  for Ireland, 349;
  Smith’s opinion, 350, 353

French principles and the Wealth of Nations, 291

Funeral expenses, Smith’s father’s, 3

Garrick, David, letter introducing Smith to, 211;
  on Smith’s conversation, 269

Geneva, Smith at, 188;
  the constitutional struggle then proceeding, 188

Gibbon, Edward, on state of learning at Oxford, 20;
  on Wealth of Nations, 287;
  obtains Smith’s opinion as to continuation of his
    History, 371;
  Smith’s admiration for his work, 414

Gibraltar, Smith against retaining, 382