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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/192
Alt Ref NoMS 30 c.192
TitleSylvester Douglas to James Beattie from London
Date7 May 1774
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistorySylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie [1743-1823] He became Lord Glenbervie in 1800. He was student at King's College where he graduated with an MA in 1765. He took another degree in Leyden in 1766 before he moved to London where he had a distinguished career in law, politics and goverment. He married Lord North's daughter in 1789 and became a Lord of the Treasury. He was close friend to Beattie in the 1760s, and the two remained occasional correspondents after Douglas moved to London
DescriptionThanks for and praises for the second book of Minstrel. Refers to revolution in Beattie's poetic taste, which he told Douglas about some years ago, and which he alludes to in account of Edwin. Admires passage on Gregory. Heard Priestley to attack Essay on Truth. Douglas is collecting Scoticisms and asks Beattie to let him peruse what he has on the subject. Hume published a short and very faulty list some years ago. [Note by Beattie - answered and sent te paper desired]
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