| Description | Letter from William Fraser, Kirktown to John Gordon of Buthlaw, advocate, Edinburgh. Discusses estate affairs, renting of house of Cairness to the Misses Forbes after some repairs, return of Gordon’s nephew in the near future, request from Garden of Troup for shell sand from shore of Cairnglass to be used experimentally as manure on a Lonmay farm. If proved successful this would be beneficial to Gordon’s own tenants. Appended in another hand is a copy of letter of same date by Fraser to Garden of Troup on this matter. He requests further instructions from Gordon. |