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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/1/247
TitleTo the Duchess of Gordon from Edinburgh
Date11 August 1785
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
DescriptionRegret he cannot accept Duchess' invitation for some weeks. He came to Perthshire to settle Montagu for prescribed course of Pitcaithly waters. He saw Mrs Siddons in Glasgow in 'Mrs Beverley and the fine lady in Lethe'.
Access StatusOpen
Publication NotePublished in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson
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