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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/1/273
TitleTo Margaret Valentine from Aberdeen
Date25 September 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
DescriptionJames Hay Beattie weak and heavy. Beattie must go to Gordon Castle. Patent appointing James Hay Beattie as Beattie's assistant and successor laid before the college. To be admitted to chair on 28 September at 2 p.m. followed by dinner at Mason's, to which Beattie must invite upwards of thirty people. Beattie had meant to visit Wrights at Lawton in Perthshire, but James Hay Beattie's health prevented this. Had also intended to visit Mavisbank in mid-Lothian, and Scot of Harden on Tweedside.
Access StatusOpen
Publication NotePublished in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson
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