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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/1/218
TitleTo the Duchess of Gordon, from Aberdeen
Date4 March 1783
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryJane 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
DescriptionAbout moving to a new house. Three hundred and thirty quarto pages of his new book now printed, about one half. Strahan says it will be ready for the end of May.
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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