| Description | Letter to James Gordon from Alexander Grant of Tochineal, Cullen, anxious to find out if Madeira has been affected by the distress and desolation in Portugal and its dominions, accounts, inventory of his father's writs, very low prices for grain until a storm destroyed some crops, father’s last two debts could now be cleared, William Grant has passed his trials to be a lieutenant but he might not have the influence for the promotion, Mr Rannie’s parcel of linen was taken past Madeira to Jamaica and back to Leith by mistake, the tenants have had a bad year, 30 January 1756 |