Correspondence to, and regarding, Lord Hailes Correspondence between James Beattie, Lord Hailes [Sir David Dalrymple, third baronet, Lord Hailes (1726 - 1792), judge and historian], Mr John Thomson [?(1765 – 1846), physician and surgeon] and Sir William Forbes. Letters relate to Beattie's works, the sending of letters, Beattie's poor health and his refusal to fill the chair of professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh. 18th century