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MS 4024 - James Beattie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, Marischal College, poet, essayist and moral philosopher: letter to Hannah More and manuscript copy of The Minstrel (in an unknown hand)
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GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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MS 4024/1
Title
James Beattie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic: letter to Hannah More
Date
5 August 1794
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1 item
Administrative History
Hannah More (1745-1833) author, social reformer, and anti-slavery campaigner
Description
Letter from James Beattie at Peterhead to Hannah Moore, Cowslip Green near Bristol, dated 5 August 1794. Letter introducing Mrs Forbes of Seaton who was visiting the West Country. Beattie also mentions that he has sent her his book about his son James Hay Beattie (Life, Essays and Fragments). This has not yet been published, but several copies have been printed for distribtion to friends.
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