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MS 30 - James Beattie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, poet, essayist and moral philosopher: papers
1 - James Beattie's copy letters
Collection
GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref No
MS 30/1/227
Title
To Lady Newhaven, from Peterhead
Date
2 July 1783
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
Thanks for approval of book and news of Lady Dashwood. An octavo of select passages as short essays might have done better. Beattie had intended sea voyage to London this summer, but too weak to attempt that or journey by land
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