| Administrative History | William Farquhar. Poet, not further identified |
| Description | Though not acquainted with Beattie, sends his 'performance' in the hope that Beattie will peruse it and permit him to inscribe it with Beattie's name. Though obscure, unfortunate and unknown, acould nowhere meet with so suitable patron. [William Farquhar, Poem on Several Occasions (Edinburgh, 1794). A poem of thirty-four lines 'To Dr Beattie' on p. 63 praises Beattie and thanks him for allowing the author to grace the poems with his name] |