This volume is a collection of personal correspondence and first-person recollections that focus on Ricardo's life outside of his political economic endeavors. These missives concern the aspects of Ricardo's life that surround his character, his amiable and generous nature, his successful business dealings, and his personal relationships. It includes a memoir written by one of his brothers that sheds light about his family, his formative youth, and his education. There are chapters on his entrance into the stock market as a mere teenager and records of his meteoric climb within the financial community to an extremely successful station.The entire series includes: Volume 1 "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" Volume 2 "Notes on Malthus's Principles of Political Economy" Volume 3 "Pamphlets and Papers 1809-1811 " Volume 4 "Pamphlets and Papers 1815-1823" Volume 5 "Speeches and Evidence" Volume 6 "Letters 1810-1815" Volume 7 "Letters 1816-1818" Volume 8 "Letters 1819-1821" Volume 9 "Letters 1821-1823" Volume 10 "Biographical Miscellany" Volume 11 "General Index"