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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/2/439
TitleThomas Blacklock to James Beattie from Edinburgh
Date24 November 1783
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 Dissertations. Extremely grateful for Beattie's regard and mention of his work [Dissertations, p. 73]. Such favours seldom done by his contemporaries
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