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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/243
TitleLady Mayne to James Beattie from St James's Square, London
Date28 November 1775
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryLady (Frances) Mayne, later Lady Newhaven [d. 1801]. Wife of Sir William Mayne. Formerly Frances Allen, the heiress of a considerable estate in Ireland. She kept up a correspondence with Beattie and his wife for some years
DescriptionEpidemical disease raging in town. Delighted with lines Beattie was so good as to transcribe for her about Lord C- [Chesterfield: letter AUL MS 30/1/94A]. Will do honour to writer and to cause of religion which Lord C. has so impertinently insulted
Access StatusOpen
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