Record

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/183
Title	To Lady Newhaven, Edinburgh, from Peterhead
Date	8 August 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	Sad letter about Mrs Beattie's mental disorder. He was advised to leave home, but college business prevented him from doing it at the time. He spent five weeks at Gordon Castle, than he went to Edinburgh for five or six weeks and returned to Aberdeen a week ago. When he found out that he could not live at home he and his son left for Peterhead where he intend to stay for a month or until he can think a plan of future arrangements for his family. He has not seen Mrs Beattie for four months.
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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