| Description | Part of a letter from Mrs Hamilton, Water of Leith, to James Beattie, Aberdeen, asking to be remembered to Dr Gerrard's family; Mrs ?D; Mrs Blackwell and her sister Mrs ?. Letter says her ?sister's children kindly salute Beattie. Mrs Hamilton writes: 'Every Body here is proud to own you my acquaintance with you is a better Feather on in my Cap than your ?D of M D is to you'.
Annotated on reverse: 'Mrs Hamilton and Miss Dick Water of Leith January 1771'. Annotated with sums. Addressed to 'Professor Beattie Marishall College Aberdeen'. |