John Pinkerton to James Beattie from Knightsbridge, London About to publish 100 ancient poems of Scotland. Can Beattie provide information on Barbour, who was Archdeacon of Aberdeen? Asks about author of an Ode on the Approach of Summer in the Union, a collections of poems published in 1753. 'Your' Warton is made Poet Laureate. His brother is a History of Ancient Poetry in 2 vols quarto. [Thomas Warton both wrote the history and became poet laureate in 1785]. Is there any Scottish poetry in Aberdeen University Library? 24 May 1785