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MS 30 - James Beattie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, poet, essayist and moral philosopher: papers
2 - Correspondence to James Beattie
Collection
GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref No
MS 30/2/335
Title
Lady Newhaven to James Beattie from London
Date
31 January 1780
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
Does not know how to respond to Beattie's mournful tale. Great Sympathy. Miss Graham is sixteen, and very beautiful and accomplished. References to Sir Joshua Reynolds, Mrs Montagu, Lord Carysford
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