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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Series
Ref No	MS 30/40
Alt Ref No	MS 30/B.40
Title	Correspondence on the settlement of the publisher's account for Forbes's Life of Dr Beattie
Date	1806 - 1809
Extent	25 items
Administrative History	Sir William Forbes [1739-1806] Banker, longstanding friend and later biographer of Beattie. From an Episcopalian family, and related to Lord Forbes of Pistligo, whose estates were confiscated for his part in the 1745 rebellion. He was apprenticed to Coutt's bank, becoming a partner in Forbes, Hunter and Co in 1773. He was well-known in literary circles in Edinburgh and London. Beattie met him in Edinburgh in 1765, introduced by Robert Arbuthnot. Forbes was Beattie's banker, adviser on literary matters, and general confidant George Glennie married James Beattie's niece, Margaret Valentine. He succeeded Beattie in 1796 as professor of Moral Philosophy at Aberdeen University.
Description	Correspondence mainly between Professor George Glennie and Sir Wolliam Forbes's two sons Sir William Forbes junior and John Hay Forbes, on the settlement of the account between Sir William Forbes senior and Constable & Co. for the publication of Forbes's biography of James Beattie; together with correspondence, copy correspondence, and accounts from Constable & Co.
Access Status	Open

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