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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/1/26
TitleTo Mr James Williamson, St Alban Hall, Oxford, from Aberdeen
Date30 July 1770
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryJames Williamson [1743-1813] was a pupil of Beattie at Marischal College, probably around 1759-1763. Listed in the Marischal Fasti as becoming a minister in the Church of Scotland. He was at St Alban's Hall, Oxford, in 1768-1772. He was Fellow of Hertoford College in 1783. He studied Mathematics and wrote a treatise on Euclid. He was a strong admirer of Beattie, who in return advised Williamson on his studies
DescriptionRe: JB's resolution to publish a letter in the London Chronicle and in an Edinburgh paper, in which he proposes to explain his mistake in his note relating to the preface of Mr Hume's account of his dispute with Rousseau
Access StatusOpen
Physical Description1 leaf folded; seal
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