| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from Daniel Henry Smith, Madeira, regarding lack of available good malmsey, various deliveries of wine, more complaints about Murdoch’s double dealings with India ships, a merchant on board a French Indiaman who has brought wheat, earthenware and iron pots, Searle’s purchase of a parcel of wine, arrangements for bills, asking for dogskins for shoes for the governor and a copper for boiling water for tea, bad weather for the vines, prices of wheat and flour, delivery of French brandy with an odd smoky taste, boys being sent by order of the King to Lisbon for their education, asking again for iron hoops, list of bills, 23 - 25 May 1776 |