| Description | Letter to James Duff, London, from his brother Robert Duff, Madeira, grateful for Sir Hugh Munro’s help in finding an estate for their brother Patrick, glad that James has received his journals, insisting that the colour of a barrel of wine was not caused by a spill of paint, discussion of Invergordon estate for Patrick, sorry that their uncle, James Gordon of Letterfourie, is declining in strength, expensive purchases of wine, bills, thanking him for including him in his correspondence with their brothers in India, sorry to hear of Nicol’s death and of George Riddoch’s, and Troup’s ill health though Troup’s nephew has been ungracious, thanks for sending supplies they can sell, practice of houses in Madeira not admitting their clerks to partnership later, [breaks off] 14 December 1785 |