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  <dc:title>James Beattie, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic, poet, essayist and moral philosopher: papers</dc:title>
  <dc:description>The correspondence contains details of both family and professional life, with correspondents represented including David Garrick, Joshua Reynolds, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, H. More, Sir William Forbes, Professor George Glennie, Lord Monboddo, Thomas Percy, Cowper, Joshua Steele, Beattie's father-in-law, Dr James Dun, his wife, Mary Beattie, and sons, Montague Beattie and James Hay Beattie. Personal papers include day books, 1768 - 1798; diary of a visit to London in 1773; journal for the academic sessions 1761 - 1793; copies of poems by Gray; and manuscript copies of The Hermit , On Laughter , Remarks on the Evidence of the Christian Religion and others. In addition to Beattie's own papers, there is a small collection of papers (journals, verses and essays) belonging to his sons, James Hay Beattie and Montague Beattie.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>c 1758 - c 1799</dc:date>
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