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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/335
TitleLady Newhaven to James Beattie from London
Date31 January 1780
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
DescriptionDoes not know how to respond to Beattie's mournful tale. Great Sympathy. Miss Graham is sixteen, and very beautiful and accomplished. References to Sir Joshua Reynolds, Mrs Montagu, Lord Carysford
Access StatusOpen
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