| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from Daniel Henry Smith, Alexander Gordon & Co., Madeira, regarding shipping, bills, letters, remittances from Lisbon, contacts with Danish East India Company, hard to store grain in Madeira because of weevils, hoping for carpet for Mr Theodor, unfair business practices in Madeira, trade with North America and Barbados, dispute between the island’s governor and the Portuguese Ambassador in London who has apparently stolen a service of plate from him, description of new wines, local gossip, list of bills, possible risk to them from another company failing, with copy of letter from the company to the Governor (in Portuguese), 27 November 1773. Damaged by damp |