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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 30/2/562
Title
Thomas Percival to James Beattie from Manchester
Date
4 February 1788
Extent
1 Item
Administrative History
Thomas Percival [1750-1804] Physician in Manchester. Officer of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. Active in the anti-slavery campaign
Description
Sends printed two-page report from Society for Abolition of Slave Trade, signed Granville Sharp. Urges Beattie to publish his interesting work. Quotes evidence that the trade harms the wealth of nations
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