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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/1/179
TitleTo Lady Newhaven, from Aberdeen
Date22 January 1780
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryLady (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
DescriptionVery depressed letter on the state of Mrs Beattie's health and his own state. He tries to keep alive for the sake of children. He attends to duties in college and transcribing papers, but had to shut himself out from society. He rejoices at the good reception of the New Act of Parliament in Irland.
Access StatusOpen
Physical Description1 leaf folded
Publication NotePublished in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson
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