David RICARDO (1772–1823), English philosopher and economist, stockbroker, and Member of Parliament. L.A.S. (signed at the top in the third person), [August 24, 1812], to bookseller John Stockdale in Piccadilly; half-page in-4, address (slight tear); in English. He asks that his journal be sent, until further notice, to Ramsgate, Albion House. Enclosed is a P.S., Mile End, January 1, 1812, a proxy for voting as governor of the Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Children (1 p., obl., in-12, partly printed); plus an address “as is” to Miss L. Clerk; and an engraved portrait.