[To Mrs Montagu], from Aberdeen Hopes the waters at Tunbridge will improve Mrs Montagu's health before she goes north. He and Mrs. Beattie both in bad health but hope the air and waters of Peterhead will help. Is diverted by Johnson's character of Chesterfield's letters. Hurd and Mason, who have both written to Beattie since the second part of the Minstrel came out, gave a similar account of them. Mason now reconciled to the subscription but concerned about the Reynolds portrait which he thinks will hurt Beattie's character. Received a very short letter from Priestly about three weeks ago enclosing preface to third volume of Institutes of Religion. Beattie exteem Priestly as a natural philosopher and chemist, but he has an excessive admiration of Hartley. 27 May 1774