| Description | Part of copy letter presumably to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from Alexander Gordon & Co., Madeira, regarding bills and correspondence, arrivals and departures, mention of maturing wine by putting barrels in horse dung, prospects for next year are poor, worried that trade in Madeira suffers from excess and ambition, will be pleased to receive staves, asking for hoops, Fowler has gone to Jamaica, comments on Simon Lee, ‘a great trucker’ (smuggler?), tighter control of imports, remarks on business practice, new regulations for commerce, acknowledging purchase of lottery ticket [breaks off], 12 December 1775 |