Charles Hamilton to James Beattie from Bath Met Beattie at Bromley eleven years ago at Hawkesworths. Admires Beattie's writings. Praise for destruction of doctrines of Berkeley and Hume. Comments and praise for essays on Poetry and Music, Laughter, Classical Learning. Hamilton's son has now finished education, but on behalf of anther youth, Hamilton asks if Beattie take pupils. Not just as preceptor, but also guardian or mentor. Only child, contemplating Bar. Parents have rejected Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin. Can Beattie advise on Aberdeen? 17 September 1781