To Sir Willliam Forbes from Aberdeen Grateful as always for services Forbes has rendered Beattie and his afflicted family. Providential that Forbes was at home when Beattie wrote, or consequences might have been dreadful. Dun has a good heart and is not ill natured, but commits himself to the management of weak and malicious people. On James Hay Beattie's poor health and how it is treated. James Hay Beattie's gratitude to his father. Creech agreed to pay 100 guineas for Beattie's last publication six months after it came out. Beattie had an affectionate letter from Mrs Boyd yesterday, recommending Godbold's medicines for James Hay Beattie. Gregory to be consulted about this. 15 July 1790