| Description | Transcription of letter from Alexander Macpherson, Tobago, to Colonel John Gordon of Cluny, regarding an attack of fever which has necessitated an amanuensis; encouraging Gordon to invest money to make good the repairs necessary after the hurricane; justifying the need for supplies from home; lamenting the British Government's lack of interest in the West Indies; announcing the dispatch of sugar, rum and molasses, ('extracted from Day File' which was not deposited), 20 May 1848 |