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Tom Cassie


(b. Unknown, United Kingdom – d. 0000, United Kingdom )

Gender: M

Tom Cassie was less than three feet high. Beattie sought financial help for him from Elizabeth Montagu and the Duchess of Beaufort. received £3-10s-6d between January 1777 and his death in April 1788. See The Correspondence of James Beattie, ed. Roger J. Robinson, 4 vols. (Bristol: Thoemmes, 2004) 1:208.

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  • Tom Cassie


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