Record

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/2/693
Title	Lady Newhaven to James Beattie from Kensington Palace [London]
Date	20 September 1793
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	Lady (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
Description	Thanks for Elements. Account of her family, who are reading the book to her. Heart of the family still in Ireland [Lord Newhaven]. She has had eye problem and stroke, but Beattie's trials have been more severe. Asks Beattie for news of himself and the family. She lives much out of the world. Regards from Sir Henry and Lady Dashwood
Access Status	Open

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