In Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, he refers to:
``(See Sir John Sinclair's History of the Revenue.)''

Which Sir John Sinclair was this?

Dear John: The History of the Public Revenue of the British Empire by Sir John Sinclair, Baronet M.P. London, 1785, 1790 and 1803.

It is in 3 volumes. I own a reprint by Kelly Publishers, New York, 1966 in their Reprints of Economic Classics series

Generally, anything with John Sinclair as author will be our Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster ancestor of the current Lord Thurso whose name is also John. He, the modern John, is a newly elected MP and thus follows in the footsteps of Sir John and indeed his Grandfather, Archibald who was Minister for Air in Churchill's war cabinet and was made the first Viscount Thurso.

Sir John was indefatiguable and wrote and published something almost every day of his adult life.

Rory in Toronto.

Dear John:

The following titles I have culled from Rosalind Mitchison's book Agricultural Sir John: The Life of Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster 1754-1835 (1962)

I have heard of many more in passing, some pamphlets and small works on such things as "On the Treatment of Impetago" and "Travelling in Eastern Europe" (published as a pamphlet after a 2 week tour of Poland, Austria et al.) and some of which I have seen for sale in various book sales.

• General View of the Agriculture of the Northern Counties
• Account of the Systems of Husbandry Adopted in the More Improved Districts of Scotland
• The Statistical Account of Scotland.
• A History of the Public Revenue of the British Empire
• Code of Agriculture (I have a copy dedicated to Lord Tweed and signed by Sir John with the date 1832)
• Code of Health and Longevity
• Dissertation on the Authenticity of Ossian (Sir John believed that Macpherson's poetry originated with Ossian)
• General Report on Scotland
• Observations on the Scottish Dialect
• Thoughts on the Naval Strength of the British Empire

He wrote thousands of letters and was a correspondent of Burke, Pitt the younger, Jefferson and just about anybody who was anybody during his day. His correspondence still exists at Thurso East Mains in Thurso, the house occupied by his descendant John Thurso and his wife Lady Marian Thurso.

Rory