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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/387
TitleMrs M Wright to James Beattie from Lawton
Date26 October 1782
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryMrs M Wright. Of a family of Lawton in Perthshire, and apparently a cousin of Beattie. Beattie sometimes visited them, and Margaret Valentine took Montagu to stay with them
DescriptionEnquires after health of Beattie and young folk. Disappointed Beattie did not call [on way back from Peterhead?] always welcome. Their friend Dr Playfair obliged for Beattie's good opinion of book [probably James Playfair's A system of chronology, though this was not published till 1784]. Grief at death of her young daughter
Access StatusOpen
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