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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/179
Title	To Lady Newhaven, from Aberdeen
Date	22 January 1780
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	Lady (Frances) Mayne, later Lady Newhaven [d. 1801]. Wife of Sir William Mayne. Formerly Frances Allen, the heiress of a considerable estate in Ireland. She kept up a correspondence with Beattie and his wife for some years
Description	Very depressed letter on the state of Mrs Beattie's health and his own state. He tries to keep alive for the sake of children. He attends to duties in college and transcribing papers, but had to shut himself out from society. He rejoices at the good reception of the New Act of Parliament in Irland.
Access Status	Open
Physical Description	1 leaf folded
Publication Note	Published in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson

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