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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/191
Alt Ref NoMS 30 c. 191
TitleThomas Blacklock to James Beattie from Edinburgh
Date7 May 1774
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryThomas Blacklock [1721-1791] Poet and writer. He was blind from smallpox at the age of 6 months, but in spite of his handicap he showed an early taste for poetry. He published his first volume of verse in 1746, and another in 1756. He became a Church of Scotland minister in 1759, but he later gave up and took pupils. He introduced himself to Beattie in 1765 by sending him a copy of his 1756 poems. For some time he was an important confidant and poetic adviser to Beattie. Beattie secured a honorary DD of Marischal College for him in 1767
DescriptionThanks and praise for second book of Minstrel, sent by Creech. Had hoped Beattie might be joining their university. Mr Davies declines Blacklock's own publication because of annihilation of literary property [ see letter AUL MS 30/1/58]
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