| 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 | Sent Beattie Annals of Scotland but fears it may not have reached him. [David Dalrymple (Lord Hailes), Annals of Scotland from Malcom III surnamed Canmore, to the Accession of Robert I. (vol. 2. From the Accession of Robert I, surnamed Bruce, to the accession of the House of Stewart). 2 vols, (Edinburgh, 1776) |