| Administrative History | Mary (Mally Beattie) (1744 - 1807), Beattie's wife. Beattie met her when he boarded with her father on first coming to Aberdeen in 1758. They married in 1767. |
| Description | Letters from Mrs Beattie to Dr James Dun [father of Mary Beattie and rector of Aberdeen Grammar School, Aberdeen], Lady Mayne, The Duchess of Gordon and Mrs Montagu. Also, one letter from Lady Mayne to Mrs Beattie. Letters relate to the state of the Beatties' health; the Beatties' meeting, seeing and staying with their friends; the Beatties' travelling, including trips to Peterhead and Mr Beattie's works and business at Marischal College. |