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  <dc:title>Letter from Thomas Gray to James Beattie</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Letter from Thomas Gray, Old - Park, near Darlington, Durham, to James Beattie, Aberdeen, mentioning Mr Williamson; regarding the work received from Beattie - regarding poetry and the reading of Mr Ferguson's book [Adam Ferguson (1723 - 1816), philosopher and historian, published his 'An Essay on the History of Civil Society' in 1767].  Letter also mentions a Lord Gray.

Letter is accompanied by an annotation, which is partly incomplete and signed with James Beattie's initials:

"...in some parts cannot be understood ... that one to which it is an answer, ... therefore I have inclosed.  J B".

Reverse of letter is annotated:  'Mr Gray of Cambridge 12 August 1767' and 'Printed'.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>12 August 1767</dc:date>
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