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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/1/87
TitleTo Mr William Cameron, Glenmuick, from Aberdeen
Date28 January 1775
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryWilliam Cameron [1751-1810] attended an MA course from 1766 to 1770, and Beattie likely taught him in his final year. He bacame Minister at Kirknewton, near Edinburgh in 1786. He was intermediary for Hugh Blair in approaching Beattie about new metrical versions for the psalms in 1778, and he later wrote a continuation for the Minstrel that was published posthumously in 1813
DescriptionThanks Cameron for very pretty poem. Has made marginal comments for corrections. By mistake of bookseller has not yet got from London the copy of Minstrel he meant to send. Will forward to Glenmuick when it arrives. Thanks Cameron for description of Mr Farquharson's improvements in neighbourhood of Cameron's favourite fountain. By assistance of Cameron's muse, it will rise to eminence of Blandusias and Helicons of antiquity.
Access StatusOpen
Physical Description1 leaf folded
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