| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from Daniel Henry Smith, Madeira, regarding delivery of silverware for the governor, sorry for Captain Gordon’s accident, hoping to send malmseys soon, Dr Willison is leaving to see if his health would improve at home, arrival of much-needed currency from Cadiz, rumour of quarrel over price of a parcel of wine, rice and flour from America, problem with the rice which was damaged on the way due to bad management, good stock of old wine, Liverpool snow at last to sail, purchase of wines from Theodor’s estate, news of Portuguese warships heading for Brazil to deal with the Spanish, and asking for British help, corruption at the Misericordia, a charitable poorhouse, bills remitted, 12 July 1774 |