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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/2/167
Alt Ref No	MS 30 c.167
Title	Lady Mayne to James Beattie
Date	24 December 1773
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	The subscription affair promises exeeding well. Majendie says the Queen warmly approves of it. Archbishop of Canterbury is recommending it to the bishops, but there is a party opposed to it. She understands there are also parties for and against Beattie in Scotland, but a Christian philosopher will be contented that the enemies of religion should be his enemies. One of these groups involves Hume's firends, who accused Beattie of ingratitude and rancour towards him, because Hume was instrumental in procuring Beattie's professorship for him
Access Status	Open

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