| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | MS 30/52/3 |
| Title | Poem on Beattie's Essay on Truth |
| Date | 18th century |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Creator Name | William Cameron (1751–1811), poet, was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, where he was a pupil of James Beattie, with whom he later continued to correspond. Having been licensed a preacher of the Church of Scotland, he was ordained minister of the parish of Kirknewton, Edinburgh, in 1786. In 1780 Cameron published anonymously Poems on Various Occasions. |
| Description | [Rev. William Cameron]: Poem on reading Dr. Beattie's Essay on Truth
Manuscript, 16 pages. A longer version of the poem in MS 30/52/2, with footnotes, unsigned and undated. On the first page a note in Beattie's hand: "I wrote to the Author & requested him as delicately as I could not to publish this", |
| Access Status | Open |