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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/2/731
TitleAlexander Fraser Tytler to James Beattie from Edinburgh?
Date4 February 1795
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryAlexander Fraser Tytler [1747-1813] historian, writer and lawyer, son of William Tytler, later Lord Woodhouselee
DescriptionReleases Beattie from obligation to do life of his father [William tytler] because of poor health. Thanks for James Hay beattie works - praises them, and will refer to translation of Pope's Messiah in his Essay on Translation. Asks Beattie's approval. 'In him the author of the Minstrel saw his Edwin realized'.
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