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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 30/1/50
TitleTo Rev Dr Porteous, Peterborough, from [London]
Date23 July 1733
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryBeilby Porteus [1731-1809]. Rector of Lambeth and chaplain to the King in 1769. He was Bishop of Chester between 1776 and 1787 and Bishop of London in 1787-1808. He sent Beattie a copy of his sermons and expressed great admiration for Beattie's Essay on truth and The Minstrel. They met during Beattie's visit to London in 1773, and Porteus became a lifelong friend and supporter
DescriptionExpressing gratitude, and desire to employ his intervals of health and leisure in vindicating the cause of Truth, Virtue and mankind; reporting the conferring of the honorary degree at Oxford; critique of Dr Hawkesworth's book, and of modern travellers who claim to be able to explain the moral and religious notions of a people without knowing their language
Access StatusOpen
Physical Description1 leaf folded; seal
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