Letter from James Hay Beattie to James Beattie Letter from James Hay Beattie, Peterhead, Monday evening at 10 o' clock, to James Beattie, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, referring to James Beattie's letter to his son; regarding Lord Sydney's letter and the power of election to the College; and mentioning James Beattie's application and his detailed examining of the case. James Hay writes about the Divine and his hopes in his father's success, asks to be informed on how matters are going, even if his father writes only a little. Postscript: "But stay --- Doctor --- Doctor --- will the Divine stand or fall?" MS 30/26/5 - 7 appear to have been written in the same week. Not all are dated, but references to the death of Dr Morgan place them in the year 1788. 1788