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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/155
Title	To Lord Hailes, Edinburgh, from Aberdeen
Date	22 November 1778
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes [1726-1796]. Lawyer and historian, living at Newhailes, near Edinburgh. Enthusiastic supporter of Beattie and his writings. He succesfully persuaded Beattie to be a candidate for the Chair of Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh in 1774
Description	Glad Lord Hailes has thoughts of publishing the Parerga of Arthur Johnston with notes. Reference to Brydone's Travels. Death of so many infidels writers furnish an opportunity to friends of religion. Hume was a heavy writer, but Voltaire appeals because of the jokes. Pleased Hailes approved 'The Hermit'. Poem with lines on Brutus too commonplace and sing song ['Triumph of Melancholy']. He was asked to write the ode that alludes to Loncarty ['Ode on Lord Hay's birth-day']. He had never doubted the truth of what recorded of the battle.
Access Status	Open
Physical Description	1 leaf folded
Publication Note	Published in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson

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