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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/1/212
TitleTo Lord Hailes, Edinburgh, from Aberdeen
Date11 November 1782
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryDavid 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
DescriptionThanks Hailes for his writings. Read with pleasure Hailes's work on conduct of Gallio. Comments on translation of the Greek. Beattie has just sent large quarto to press. He thinks the title will be Dissertations Moral and Critical.
Access StatusOpen
Physical Description1 leaf folded
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