| Description | Transcription of letter from Colonel John Gordon of Cluny to Alexander Macpherson regarding visit from Mr. Martin who could give him little West Indies news; result of slave emancipation is the non-profitability of the colonies; speech by Lord George Bentinck; decline in the profit of his own estates from £30,000 per annum to £1,104 ('extracted from Day File' which was not deposited), 31 July 1847 |