Correspondence with Beattie, James

• Archive Work ID: letters.beattie_james
• Correspondent: Beattie, James
• Language: English
• Date Range: 1765-1771
• Summary: 14 letters (9 from Gray, 5 to Gray), dated between 1765 and 1771.

4 Manuscripts:

• • Archive MS ID: letters.0464 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Beattie, James to Gray, Thomas
  • Date: 30 August 1765
  • Language: English
  • Location: [unlocated]
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 410, vol. ii, 885-886; An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, including many of his original letters, 2 vols. Ed. by Sir William Forbes. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1806, vol. i, 71-72
  • Contents: Incipit: "If I thought it necessary to offer an apology for venturing to address you". Sent from Aberdeen. Dateline: "30th August, 1765". Address: "Marischal College of Aberdeen".
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0493 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Beattie, James to Gray, Thomas
  • Date: [30 March 1767]
  • Language: English
  • Location: [unlocated]
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 437, vol. iii, 953-954; Memoirs (1775), section iv, 326 note
  • Contents: Incipit: "A professor at Edinburgh has published an Essay on the History of Civil Society,". Sent from [Aberdeen].
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0608 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Beattie, James
  • Date: [2 July 1770]
  • Language: English
  • Location: [unlocated]
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 529, vol. iii, 1140-1141; Memoirs (1775), letter vii, section v, 383-385; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 299-302; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXIX, vol. iii, 287-289; Works (1816), section V, letter XIV, vol. ii, 557-559; Works (1835-1843), section V, letter XIV, vol. iv, 188-190; Letters of Thomas Gray, 2 vols. (1819), letter CXLVII, vol. ii, 170-172; Works (1814), section V, letter VII, vol. i, 475-477
  • Contents: Incipit: "I rejoice to hear that you are restored to a better state of health,". Sent from [Cambridge].
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.
  
  
• • Archive MS ID: letters.0624 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: Gray, Thomas to Beattie, James
  • Date: [8 March 1771]
  • Language: English
  • Location: [unlocated]
  • References: Correspondence (1971), letter no. 544, vol. iii, 1168-1171; An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, including many of his original letters, 2 vols. Ed. by Sir William Forbes. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1806, vol. i, 196 ff.; Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray (1911), letter excerpt, 303-307; Letters (1900-12), letter no. CCCLXXIX, vol. iii, 305-311; Works (1835-1843), vol. iv, 309-312
  • Contents: Incipit: "The Minstrel came safe to my hands, and I return you my sincere thanks". Sent from [Cambridge].
  • Surrogates: Letter record at the Thomas Gray Archive available online.