Record

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/186
Title	To the Duchess of Gordon, from London
Date	25 April 1781
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon from 1767, when she married the Duke. The nature of the relationship with Beattie with her is problematic, and one aspect of Mrs Beattie's mental disorder was thought to be the intense jealuousy for Beattie's attachement to the Duchess
Description	Arrived in London and he is now lodged in the apartment where Henry Laurens (1724-1792) a leading political figure in the American revolution, was confined before he was charged with treason. Letters to be directed to the house of Mr Scot, Middle Scotland Yard. Beattie called on Scott the quaker at Ware, author of the Moral Eclogues, and owner of fine little place and elegant grotto. He is about to pubblish a volume of very good poems.
Access Status	Open
Physical Description	1 leaf folded

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