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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/2/149
Title	James Beattie to Lord Hailes (MS copy) from Aberdeen
Date	20 August 1778
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes [1726-1796]. Lawyer and historian, living at Newhailes, near Edinburgh. Enthusiastic supporter of Beattie and his writings. He succesfully persuaded Beattie to be a candidate for the Chair of Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh in 1774
Description	Has just received from Edinburgh the valuable present of Remains of Christian Antiquity. Feel he must account for the use of his time. His doctors tell him that a return to former studies would lead to inevitable destruction. Composition brings on pains and nervous complaints, but he has been transcribing a few things written a long ago and read to his class. Moral essays on a variety of subjects relating to politics, criticism and the philosophy of human nature. Will send Lord Hailes a copy of pamphlet on psalmody. Beatty is impatient for another volume of Annals of Scotland.
Access Status	Open

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