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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/158
Title	To Lady Newhaven, from Aberdeen
Date	13 January 1779
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	Lady (Frances) Mayne, later Lady Newhaven [d. 1801]. Wife of Sir William Mayne. Formerly Frances Allen, the heiress of a considerable estate in Ireland. She kept up a correspondence with Beattie and his wife for some years
Description	On family life and Mrs Beattie's health issues. These have prevented him from taking more active part in anything but duties of office. About the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland and their view on the American rebellion. The role of John Witherspoon [1723-94], who became the principal ofthe University of Princeton, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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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