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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/1/269
TitleTo Margaret Valentine from Edinburgh
Date26 June 1787
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryMargaret Valentine [1763-1836]. Beattie's niece, daughter of his sister Jean Valentine. From 1783 she spent increasing amount of time managing Beattie's household, and became his housekeeper in the 1790s. She married George Glennie - Beattie's assistant -in 1797. She inherited Beattie's possessions, including Reynolds portrait
DescriptionPresumes she is still at Lawton with Montagu. Beattie setting out for London. Duchess of Gordon says Lord Sydney has laid James Hay Beattie affair before the King and all is settled. She praises Pitt, who not only knows Minstrel, but repeated great part of it from memory.
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