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MS 30 - James Beattie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, poet, essayist and moral philosopher: papers
- 1 - James Beattie's copy letters

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/343
Title	To Elizabeth Montagu from Aberdeen
Date	4 November 1793
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	Elizabeth Montagu [1720-1800] She met Dr Gregory in 1766, and he introduced her to Beattie's Poems on Several Subjects, which she admired. Beattie met her in 1771, during his visit to London, and they remained close friends until her death. She was an active promoter of Beattie's advancement and she became his principal adviser on literary matters. His final collection of poems was dedicated to her in 1784
Description	Mrs Arbuthnot has been dangerously ill and Laings thinks she cannto live much longer. Beattie has drawn from Mrs Montagu's generous yearly allowance to her. Abominable atrocities in France should make that people detested by all mankind. But there are people who want to imitate them. One Muir, an advocate in Edinburgh, has been found guilty of sedition and banished for fourteen years. Similarly one who calls himself Fish Palmer, a pupil of Priestly and a preacher od sedition and socinianism. Most people in this country are averse to socinianism and anarchy, and the wrong headed party seems to be on decline. The Earl of Kelly proposed some time ago raising money by subscription to supply the army in Flanders with flannel waistcoats. Beattie's friends in Ediburgh insisted that he should write the advertisement or handbill to be circulated about it. Beattie encloses a printed copy. Over £500 has been subscribed already.
Access Status	Open
Publication Note	Published in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson

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