| Description | Letter from James Beattie, Aberdeen, to Lord Hailes, ?Edinburgh, regarding the ancient part of the history of Scotland. Letter thanks Hailes for his positive opinion of the second part of Beattie's 'The Minstrel' and letter mentions briefly Beattie's opinion of it. Beattie writes about his poor health: "My health was a?te that time very bad, and indeed ?full continues to be so; and I am indeed by the Doctor to lose no time in going to Peterhead for the benefit?s ?ofe the waters, as Soon as ever the Season will permit". |