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  <dc:title>J. Young to James Beattie from Edinburgh</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Adam Ferguson appointed to travel as tutor to Earl of Chesterfield. Moral philosophy chair will become vacant at £400 p.a. All Beattie's friends in Edinburgh would be happy to see him in the post. Suggests people who might be canvassed: Provost Gilbert Laurie, Sir Laurence Dundas, Lord Dartmouth, Lord Kinnoull. Robertson suggests letter from Lord Mansfield to Provost would carry great weight</dc:description>
  <dc:date>12 February 1774</dc:date>
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