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MS 30 - James Beattie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, poet, essayist and moral philosopher: papers
2 - Correspondence to James Beattie
Collection
GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref No
MS 30/2/243
Title
Lady Mayne to James Beattie from St James's Square, London
Date
28 November 1775
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
Epidemical disease raging in town. Delighted with lines Beattie was so good as to transcribe for her about Lord C- [Chesterfield: letter AUL MS 30/1/94A]. Will do honour to writer and to cause of religion which Lord C. has so impertinently insulted
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