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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/1/297
TitleTo the Duchess of Gordon from Peterhead
Date20 September 1789
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
DescriptionThanks Duchess for letter. As promised he has written to Peckard Master of Magdalen College Cambridge about Lord Huntly. Congratulations on Lady Madelina Sinclair's marriage [Lady Madelina Gordon, born 1772, second daughter of the Duke and Duchess, married Robert Sinclair on 2 April 1789]. Could not accept Duchess invitation for anniversary because of want to horses, sore throat and fever. Business in Aberdeen and Montrose will make him leave in two or three days.
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