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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/1/227
TitleTo Lady Newhaven, from Peterhead
Date2 July 1783
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
DescriptionThanks for approval of book and news of Lady Dashwood. An octavo of select passages as short essays might have done better. Beattie had intended sea voyage to London this summer, but too weak to attempt that or journey by land
Access StatusOpen
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