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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/2/486
TitleThomas Gordon to James Beattie from Edinburgh
Date5 September 1785
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryThomas Gordon [1721- 1784] Minister of Speymouth, Elgin, from 1758. Graduate of king's Wrote An Enquiry into the Power of Ecclesiastics (London 1776) and contributions to Weekly Magazine by 'Urbanus'. Posthumous Plain Sermons on Practical Subjects (1786), as Account of the Author by James Beattie
DescriptionAnswers Beattie's queries about the writer's father, of whom Beattie has said he will write a memoir. He was born 24 January 1722 at Lonmay, where his father was minister. Witnessed battle of Culloden. [Thomas Gordon senior's posthmous Plain Sermons on Practical Subjects (2 vols, Edinburgh 1786) has 'Account on the Author by James Beattie]
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