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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/253
TitleWilliam Creech to James Beattie from Edinburgh
Date7 May 1776
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryWilliam Creech [1745-1815] Bookseller in Edinburgh. He attended Edinburgh University, and originally intended to enter medicine, but was apprenticed to bookseller Alexander Kincaid in 1764, becoming Kincaid partner when the latter's partnership with John Bell dissolved in 1771 - just after the firm had published the first edition of the first book of the Minstrel. His shop became a well-known meeting place, and he published the work of many of the Scottish literati. Beattie had a long and generally happy relationship with him from 1771, both personally and in business matters
DescriptionThanks Beattie for letter of 6th. Plans for printing. 750 copies will cost about £185 or £190. Could be finished in four months. Will be accurately printed, but if Beattie does not trust this, Creech will transmit proofs to Aberdeen. Will send the intelligence Beattie conveyed to Hume. People say it is Beattie's Essay which is killing Hume. Hopes Beattie will be spared to kill a few more sceptics
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