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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/70
Title	To Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London, from Aberdeen
Date	13 March 1774
Extent	2 Items
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	Second book of the Minstrel will be delivered to Mrs Montagu along with this letter. Asks to keep it until Dr Dilly calls for it. He did not make any alterations to the part that she read last summer and impatient to read her opinion of the other part and the conclusion. The blank in the final stanza is to be filled with the name of Gregory once he sees the public opinion of the poem. Reminds Mrs Montagu of a promise to contribute an essay to the quarto volume, which would help Beattie. Beattie declined offers to be a candidate for Ferguson't Chair as Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh
Access Status	Open
Physical Description	2 leaves folded; seal gone
Publication Note	Published in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson

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