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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/2/720
TitleWilliam Farquhar to James Beattie from Peterhead
Date16 August 1794
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryWilliam Farquhar. Poet, not further identified
DescriptionThough not acquainted with Beattie, sends his 'performance' in the hope that Beattie will peruse it and permit him to inscribe it with Beattie's name. Though obscure, unfortunate and unknown, acould nowhere meet with so suitable patron. [William Farquhar, Poem on Several Occasions (Edinburgh, 1794). A poem of thirty-four lines 'To Dr Beattie' on p. 63 praises Beattie and thanks him for allowing the author to grace the poems with his name]
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