BIB_ID
195631
Accession number
MA 13255
Creator
Beattie, James, 1735-1803.
Display Date
1773 Apr. 15.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Addressed, with seal, "To / The Reverend Mr. John Brown / Schoolhill / Aberdeen".
Docketed.
Docketed.
Inscriptions/Markings
With a clipping with a ms. note affixed to the foot of page 1 reading: An original letter of John Beattie, the author of "The Minstrel" a beautiful poem -- born ... Given me by Ms Buddell Todd, 1825.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
A letter of reccommendation for "the bearer Mr. Alexander Gordon" for a position as tutor to the children of Lord Forbes.
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