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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/257
TitleSylvester Douglas to James Beattie from London
Date8 July 1776
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistorySylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie [1743-1823] He became Lord Glenbervie in 1800. He was student at King's College where he graduated with an MA in 1765. He took another degree in Leyden in 1766 before he moved to London where he had a distinguished career in law, politics and goverment. He married Lord North's daughter in 1789 and became a Lord of the Treasury. He was close friend to Beattie in the 1760s, and the two remained occasional correspondents after Douglas moved to London
DescriptionApologies for twelve month delay in replying to Beattie. Has sold his own two volume octavo work for 100 guineas. Hopes to publish one more volume. Looks forward to Beattie's Essay on Laughter. Every lover of true poetry longs for another part of the Minstrel. Refers to Gibbon
Access StatusOpen
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