| Administrative History | Margaret 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 |
| Description | Dr Morgan very ill. Beattie has already received a letter on behalf of a possible candidate if Morgan dies. Peterhead doing him good, but not much company there. Asks her to make Montagu attend school regularly, and have as many private lessons as possible. Displeased with blunders in Montagu's Latin version, but more displeased he did not obey Beattie's orders. He had not done Latin excercise himself. Beattie and James Hay Beattie hoped his version would be as good as Tom Arbuthnot's, which was not good, but in fact Montagu had done nothing. Handwriting worse than two years ago. Some copies from Mr Lithgow might help him. Organ on which James Hay Beattie and Laing have been working plays sweetly and is nearly finished. |