| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Grant of Tochineal, Cullen, regarding settlement of Grant’s brother’s debt, annual accounts, sorry to hear of Gordon’s delay in London and Alexander Gordon’s distress, ‘I hope in God that not withstanding the Burbon Combination, They’ll be baffled in their attempts, Portugal made free, your Brother, you, and many other useful traders Relieved,’ acknowledging instructions about Alexander’s daughter, ‘the girl is discreet and from all I can learn enclined to avoid expenses, but the country in general is now so gaudie that it is out of a young person’s power to spare what they would encline,’ 21 July 1762 |