| Description | Bundle labelled ‘Sir Robt Gordon Various receipts, letters from Tradesmen, etc., 1886’:
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, ‘It is evident that, by present arrangements, London is more accessible by mail than Letterfourie’, regarding new houses and possible income from them, 31 December 1885. Enclosing copy letter from Mair to George Sutherland, architect, Buckie, asking him to talk to Sir Robert and clarify the plans.
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, London, to cover cheque for £1200 as interest, 31 December 1885
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding a threatened sale of Midway Cottage, 5 January 1886
Small bundle of receipts for payment by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie of income tax, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, for Parton estate, 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Robertson, outfitter and general draper, Main Street, apologising for late payment and noting that a planned railway bridge has not yet been started, 12 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding response to objections to harbour work, with draft reply, 15 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding sand for the masonry at the new fishermen’s cottages, with draft reply, 19 January 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Smith, Burnmantle, regarding Smith’s request to use water from a spring near his house, 20 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Gibb, baker, Lossiemouth, regarding renting a house and having an oven put in, 21 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Rossie Cottages and whether or not they are to be built, 22 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding several small items of business, with draft reply enclosed, 25 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Munro, Burn of Gollachy, regarding William Smith’s use of water and its interference with the road and with Munro’s supplies, 26 January 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Bruce & Sutherland, architects, regarding supply of sand, 28 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Thomson, Midway Cottage, Buckie, regarding payment of feu duties, with copy reply, 28 January 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the venture of building fishermen’s cottages, 28 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the building venture at Rossie Cottages, 29 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Burgess, James L. Denman & Co., wine merchants, Piccadilly, London, acknowledging his order, 2 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R. Rathie, plumber, Keith, regarding payment for work, 3 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Brand, Glasgow, ‘I am sorry to see from the newspapers that your efforts to give your own part of Buckie an improved harbour is likely to be frustrated by the jealousy of the Cluny Trustees or rather Ranald Macdonald’, hoping that they will be overruled by the Board of Trade, with draft reply, 5 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, Northern Tobacco & Snuff Company Ltd., Inverness, regarding floatation of a fish curing company in Nether Buckie, outlining his plans, with lengthy draft reply, 9 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, reporting the completion of the new hotel and suggesting a form of advertisement for a tenant there, 9 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Mrs G. Mair, Garmouth, offering to take on the Gordon Arms and explaining her circumstances, ‘I feel I have used much libarty in writing to Sir Robert but what will one not do when in need’, 10 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the responses to the objections by the Cluny Trustees to the harbour, and possible tenants for the hotel, 11 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Innes Gordon, Rathven Parochial Board Office, regarding a complaint about sewage at one of Sir Robert’s properties, with copy reply, 11 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce and Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding finishing off the hotel before prospective tenants visit, and placement of arms on a blank panel, 12 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, with updates on the harbour, the Gordon Arms, Robert Knight and Peter Thomson, enclosing a copy letter from Mair to William McKenzie, painter, explaining that Sir Robert will take over the lease as McKenzie has forfeited his licence, explaining that Sir Robert may well be generous if McKenzie leaves without trouble, 16 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, regarding options for finishing the front of the hotel, 18 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Charles Milne, aerated water manufacturer, Buckie, regarding the lateness of his rent and the possibility of a loan, 19 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Calder, Buckie, regarding Peter Reid and his wish to rent a property on the estate, matter of aliment to his grandmother, ‘Reid does not go to sea till I hear from you, hence the hurry’, 21 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, Standard Life Assurance Company, Inverness, regarding the development of the Nether Buckie harbour with London money, 22 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Thomson, Midway Cottage, Buckie, reporting that he has paid his feu duty, 23 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John McWilliam, Buckie, regarding coals, 24 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding John Stewart’s feu charter, Isa Coull and R. Knight’s houses, 25 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding applications for the Temperance Hotel, suggested rents for hotel and hall, 27 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from The Western Ranches, Ltd., to cover warrant for annual dividend, 1 March 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Munro, Burnmantle, regarding dispute between Munro and William Smith over wells, 1 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. G.J. Donald, Rathven, regarding account for stipend and necessary repairs, 1 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Forbes, Auchmore, regarding purchase of corn and straw, and the possibility of bringing a steam threshing engine over the bridge, with draft reply saying the bridge has a crack and could fall, 2 March 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the Rosie Cottages and a tenant anxious to get one, 3 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Gordon, Inspector of drainage for Rathven Parochial Board regarding complaint about sewage and complaint about slaughtering premises, 3 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev. Gordon J. Donald, Rathven, thanking for stipend, 4 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding rent of temperance hotel and mention of an applicant from Garmouth, with copy reply, ‘Garmouth does not sound promising for the style of tenant which I would like’, 5 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding the applicants for the hotel, 6 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the unfinished state of Knight’s Cottage and offering for it, update on Peter Thomson’s case, and enclosing an offer for Knight’s Cottage from Alexander Mavor, carter, 5 – 6 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Maclean of Ardgour asking for a reference for John Bremner as butler and valet, with draft reply, 6 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Milne, mason, Buckie, asking for payment of bill, 8 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the harbour, Isa Coull, Robert Knight (for whose cottage there has been only one offer), John Stewart, for whose charter they are waiting, and the Gordon Arms and prospective tenants, 11 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, concerning the harbour and the Board of Trade’s examination of their application, 12 March 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding access for the Reid Rosie families to the new cottages as soon as possible, 13 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Brand, Glasgow, glad to see that the harbour papers have passed the Board of Trade, and looking forward to tendering for the construction of the harbour, 15 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Forbes of Auchmore, Portsoy, regarding the valuation of parks, 16 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the Rosies and Knight’s house, and the removing of Isa Coull, 16 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Simpson, secretary, Buckie Catholic Association, with financial statement annexed, 19 March 1886
Letter to Alexander Mair, Buckie, from James Dick, baker, Forfar, regarding leasing a public house in Buckie, 26 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, tobacco merchant, Inverness, at the Cluny Hotel, Buckie, regarding the harbour development, 27 March 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the letting of Knight’s house, Isa Coull’s removal, and mention of claims concerning the Highland and Coast Railway companies, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding James Dick of Forfar’s application for a lease, and a licence for the Gordon Arms, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Mrs J. Mair, Buckie, regarding lease of Gordon Arms, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew Duncan, Garmouth, regarding lease of Gordon Arms, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Sutherland, Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding lease of a piece of land, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Dick, baker, Forfar, regarding leasing a public house in Buckie, 30 March 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding response of Board of Trade to harbour building, 2 April 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Forbes of Auchmore, regarding fences, 2 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Dick, baker, Forfar, regarding a visit to see the Buckie property, 3 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Henry McIver, regarding ploughing, 6 April 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Sutherland, architect, regarding the let of the hotel, 6 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Aitken, Fochabers, with note of feu duty owed, 7 April 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Allan Hepburn regarding the widow of Coull junior, 9 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Bennett, Blaemuir, regarding problems with threshing, 10 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R.Y. Mackay, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the lease of the Gordon Arms, 12 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Henry Esmond, London, enclosing a story [not present], 15 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W. Moffatt, secretary, Great North of Scotland Railway Company, inviting him to the opening of the Moray Firth Coast Railway, 19 April 1886, with copy reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Inkster regarding licence for Gordon Arms, 19 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Education Act Amendment Union, asking him to represent the Diocese of Aberdeen in the Union, 27 April 1886. Written on the back of a printed list of Union members.
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding lease of the Gordon Arms, now improved, 29 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Buckie, regarding financing the new fishermen’s cottages, 30 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding leasing the Rosie cottages, 4 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding charter for James Bowie, 6 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding loans over the Rosie cottages, and Peter Reid, heir at law to George Reid, wishing to take over his grandmother’s cottage, 6 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Barclay, slater and plumber, Buckie, regarding payment for work done at New Buckie and Nether Buckie, 7 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, The North British Tobacco and Snuff Co. Ltd., Inverness, regarding the North Sea Fresh Fish Company, Ltd., 7 May 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding charter for McCombie, 7 May 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair concerning Mary Kissack and the Gordon Arms, 8 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.C. Imrie, Buckie, regarding the lease of his property to a replacement for Imrie, ‘you will be much better to have them occupied so as to prevent Boys from heuching tiles on Roof’, 9 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Garvie & Sons, North British Steam Joinery and Cabinet Works, Aberdeen, with account for forms supplied to Buckie Hall, 10 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Symon & Son, Buckie, with bill for painting and varnishing at the hotel building in Nether Buckie, 12 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding feu duties owed by George Reid, 13 May 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Allan Mack regarding McCombie’s charter, 14 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding settlement of Buckie harbour, the setting up of the Fishing Company, and finances around the Gordon Arms, 15 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Symon & Son thanking for cheque, 17 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Moir, Seafield Estates Office, Cullen, regarding money owed to the Tochieneal Tile Work, 18 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.C. Imrie, Buckie, regarding use of fireplaces on a property in Nether Buckie, 18 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, The North British Tobacco & Snuff Co. Ltd., regarding directorship of fishery company, 18 May 1886, with copy reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding plans showing development of harbour, 21 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from MacKenzie, Innes & Logan, Edinburgh, regarding G.A. Wardlaw’s Trust, 22 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R.Y Mackay, solicitor, Buckie, regarding payment of balance for a property bought fifteen years before, 22 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Garvie & Sons, North British Steam Joinery & Cabinet Works, Aberdeen, asking for payment of previous bill for forms for Buckie Hall, 24 May 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, Buckie, declining to be liable for further expenses, 25 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Sir Robert’s withdrawal from the application for the provisional order for the harbour, and letters from the Highland and Coastal Railway companies, 26 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Garvie & Sons, North British Steam Joinery & Cabinet Works, Aberdeen, thanking for payment of previous bill for forms for Buckie Hall, 26 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Gordon, Inspector, Rathven Parochial Board, regarding rent of chambers, 27 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, house carpenter, Buckie, regarding payment for work on new building at Nether Buckie, 27 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding feu charter for James McCombie, 28 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., regarding Alexander Miln’s draft, 28 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, Buckie, thanking for payment, 29 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Simpson, secretary, Catholic Association, asking for charges for use of St Andrew’s Hall, Buckie, 29 May 1886, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew C. Imrie, grocer and provision merchant, Buckie, regarding payment of rent and query as to allocation of fireplace, 29 May 1886 with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding options for the harbour, 29 May 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., regarding payment, 3 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the wish of William Hendry, joiner, to build on a plot of land in Buckie, correspondence regarding the harbour, payment for the McCombie charter, and no further word from railway companies, 4 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Kynoch & Son, Keith, thanking for payment, 5 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., regarding mistake in a statement, 7 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.G. Bryson, Seafield Estates Office, Cullen, acknowledging receipt of payment for drainage pipes, 7 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Murray, ship carpenter, Buckie, regarding leasing a piece of land, with sketches of the plot, 10 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.C. Imrie, Buckie, regarding dispute over property and fireplace, 10 June 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to A.C. Imrie regarding dispute over property and fireplace, 10 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from J.N. Geddes regarding purchase of a property by his sister, and reminding him that water and sewage rates are now due, 10 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Chivas Brothers, Aberdeen, thanking for his order which has been sent to Drybridge Station, ‘The Claret they have sent is a very fine wine of vintage 1864 bottled in 1867. They trust it will meet with approval. Perhaps Sir Robert will be good enough to instruct his Butler to be very careful in decanting it etc. as such old wine requires very careful handling.’ 11 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Forbes, Banff, asking for his support for Mr Duff in his ‘battle of Home Rule for Ireland, a cause which I think will have your sympathy’, 14 June 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding building of station road for Coastal Railway, claim against Highland Railway, progress in harbour dispute, 14 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Gordon, Cairnfield, enclosing copy letter to Lady Cathcart (Cluny Castle) about roads and bridges in Buckie and the possibility of a public meeting on the matter, 15 June 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding cost of fencing, 16 June 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Chivas Brothers, Aberdeen, thanking for payment, 18 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding claim against Highland Railway Company, 21 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Geddes regarding payment of water rates and an apparent error in feu duty, 22 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, to cover letter [absent] regarding the harbour case, 23 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Bennett, bookseller, Nether Buckie, asking for use of a stall in Sir Robert’s stable in Buckie, 27 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding George Geddes Trust, 29 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland Ltd., asking for payment of interest, 1 July 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. D. Macdonald, Glenfinnan, regarding intended visit, asking for news of Alexandrina and giving news of friends, ‘you know that my friend Vaughan is no longer ruler of the Fort. He is under arrest, and the Prior of Erdingtin is the one spoken of as the future Abbot of Fortaugustus’, 3 July 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland Ltd., thanking for payment, 5 July 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Forbes, Banff, regarding visit from Donald Ross, Slateheugh, with plans of the Letterfourie estate and agreements between Charles Gordon of Cluny and Sir James Gordon of Letterfourie, 30 July 1886 with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William McKenzie, Buckie, enclosing copy of letter from Alexander Mair, and complaining of Mair’s ill treatment of him, 31 July 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, Buckie, asking for payment of work done on new buildings, 3 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, to cover copy of feu charter for James Sutherland and agreement with Archibald Munro, claims against railway companies, dispute concerning Peter Thomson, 4 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, Buckie, regarding his letter asking for payment for work done, 6 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding feu charter for Joseph Sutherland, 6 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Gordon, Cairnfield, to cover cheque for the Letterfourie shooting, 11 August 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Buckie, containing draft letter of authority for rent collection in Nether Buckie, 12 August 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair to cover charter for Joseph Sutherland, 14 August 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Robert Grant, Maryhill, declining a cask of whisky, 19 August 1886
Letter to Alexander Mair, Buckie, from Holmes, Greig & Greig, parliamentary agents, Westminster, regarding the Buckie Harbour provisional order, 20 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding delay to harbour order, and feu charter for Weir, 23 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.L. Taylor, Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., Cullen, regarding payment of rent for Nether Buckie Salmon Fishings, 26 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Barclay, slater and plumber, Buckie, asking for payment for work done on new buildings, 2 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Captain Geddes, 8 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, enclosing two from Macdonald & McNaughton regarding Edward Kelly and his charter, and also concerning the Gordon Arms and the charters for Joseph Sutherland and William Hendry, joiner, 15 September 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding change to Alexander Thain’s charter, 18 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.L. Taylor, Union Bank, Cullen, regarding feu duty owed by Elizabeth Bruce for fishing station in Nether Buckie, 18 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding harbour, ‘Should we not have some christening ceremony now that our name is an established fact?’, 29 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John C. Gordon, Cairnfield House, Buckie, regarding his nasty fall preventing him from going to Banff, ‘I am afraid I would have lost my temper with R.[Ranald] Macdonald. I do not think the Cluny Trustees have done themselves any good from what he did there’, 29 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, house carpenter asking for payment for work done on new buildings, 29 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R.Y. Mackay, Buckie, asking if the Lawn Tennis Club could rent the hall during the winter for practice, ‘There would not be any risk of damage to the hall’, 5 October 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Dr Simpson’s application for a licence for the hotel, 11 October 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Bennett, bookseller, Buckie, regarding leasing the Townhead Park, 20 October 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev. P.J Weir, Fochabers, enclosing photograph [absent] of new altar and sanctuary at Fochabers, urging him to come and see them, news of Father Thomson’s illness at Elgin, 25 October 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, with news of licences, 27 October 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding fees for harbour and Geddes charter, 29 October 1886
Small bundle of receipts paid with regard to the news houses at Hillfold, November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Sutherland, Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding moving a barber’s shop to the other side of the street, 2 November 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Captain John Geddes’ charter, and meeting of harbour commissioners, 4 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Calder, Buckpool, regarding Mrs Shand’s rent and plans for a net factory, 4 November 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Robertson, draper, refusing to become security, 9 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Bruce, mason, Buckpool, regarding a feu for building, 9 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Macdonald & Co., wine merchants, Inverness, thanking for payment, 13 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Mackenzie, Innes & Logan, Edinburgh, regarding G.A. Wardlaw’s Trust, 18 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A. Hendry, Buckie, regarding the implications of the name change from Nether Buckie to Buckpool on the Post Office, 20 November 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Harrison & Sons regarding new edition of Burke’s Landed Gentry, 20 November 1886, with copy reply to some other letter on reverse, regarding post office
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John F. Stuart, Great North of Scotland Railway Company, thanking for his letter to Mr Moffatt, 23 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A. Hendry, Post Office, Buckie, regarding change of name of sub post office from Nether Buckie to Buckpool, 24 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.A. Moffatt, Great North of Scotland Railway Company, regarding changing name of Nether Buckie Station to Buckpool Station, 25 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Joseph Sutherland’s charter and problems with Mackenzie, 26 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew Cuthbert, Buckpool, thanking for letter and kindness, 30 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, North British Tobacco & Snuff Co. Ltd., regarding curing premises, 3 December 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Harry S. Foster, London, covering prospectus of the North British Fresh Fish Co. Ltd. [absent], 3 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Archibald Munro, flesher, Nether Buckie, asking him to pay a plasterer, 6 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, to cover charters for George Geddes ‘Thain’ and George Farquhar, 13 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Chivas Brothers, Aberdeen, thanking for order, 15 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Thomson, merchant and fish salesman, Buckie, asking for schedule of rates for old harbour, Nether Buckie, and noting that Mackenzie is quitting the Gordon Arms, 16 December 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Sutherland, architect, Elgin, regarding the removal of the barber shop, 16 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, North British Tobacco & Snuff Co., Ltd., Inverness, regarding shares in the fish company, 17 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding claim against Highland Railway Company, 21 December 1886
Copy execution of sequestration, Sir R.G. Gordon to William Forsyth, farmer at Muirtoun and Todhillock, 1869
(183 items)Bundle labelled ‘Sir Robt Gordon Various receipts, letters from Tradesmen, etc., 1886’:
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, ‘It is evident that, by present arrangements, London is more accessible by mail than Letterfourie’, regarding new houses and possible income from them, 31 December 1885. Enclosing copy letter from Mair to George Sutherland, architect, Buckie, asking him to talk to Sir Robert and clarify the plans.
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, London, to cover cheque for £1200 as interest, 31 December 1885
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding a threatened sale of Midway Cottage, 5 January 1886
Small bundle of receipts for payment by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie of income tax, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, for Parton estate, 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Robertson, outfitter and general draper, Main Street, apologising for late payment and noting that a planned railway bridge has not yet been started, 12 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding response to objections to harbour work, with draft reply, 15 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding sand for the masonry at the new fishermen’s cottages, with draft reply, 19 January 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Smith, Burnmantle, regarding Smith’s request to use water from a spring near his house, 20 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Gibb, baker, Lossiemouth, regarding renting a house and having an oven put in, 21 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Rossie Cottages and whether or not they are to be built, 22 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding several small items of business, with draft reply enclosed, 25 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Munro, Burn of Gollachy, regarding William Smith’s use of water and its interference with the road and with Munro’s supplies, 26 January 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Bruce & Sutherland, architects, regarding supply of sand, 28 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Thomson, Midway Cottage, Buckie, regarding payment of feu duties, with copy reply, 28 January 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the venture of building fishermen’s cottages, 28 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the building venture at Rossie Cottages, 29 January 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Burgess, James L. Denman & Co., wine merchants, Piccadilly, London, acknowledging his order, 2 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R. Rathie, plumber, Keith, regarding payment for work, 3 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Brand, Glasgow, ‘I am sorry to see from the newspapers that your efforts to give your own part of Buckie an improved harbour is likely to be frustrated by the jealousy of the Cluny Trustees or rather Ranald Macdonald’, hoping that they will be overruled by the Board of Trade, with draft reply, 5 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, Northern Tobacco & Snuff Company Ltd., Inverness, regarding floatation of a fish curing company in Nether Buckie, outlining his plans, with lengthy draft reply, 9 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, reporting the completion of the new hotel and suggesting a form of advertisement for a tenant there, 9 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Mrs G. Mair, Garmouth, offering to take on the Gordon Arms and explaining her circumstances, ‘I feel I have used much libarty in writing to Sir Robert but what will one not do when in need’, 10 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the responses to the objections by the Cluny Trustees to the harbour, and possible tenants for the hotel, 11 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Innes Gordon, Rathven Parochial Board Office, regarding a complaint about sewage at one of Sir Robert’s properties, with copy reply, 11 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce and Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding finishing off the hotel before prospective tenants visit, and placement of arms on a blank panel, 12 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, with updates on the harbour, the Gordon Arms, Robert Knight and Peter Thomson, enclosing a copy letter from Mair to William McKenzie, painter, explaining that Sir Robert will take over the lease as McKenzie has forfeited his licence, explaining that Sir Robert may well be generous if McKenzie leaves without trouble, 16 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, regarding options for finishing the front of the hotel, 18 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Charles Milne, aerated water manufacturer, Buckie, regarding the lateness of his rent and the possibility of a loan, 19 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Calder, Buckie, regarding Peter Reid and his wish to rent a property on the estate, matter of aliment to his grandmother, ‘Reid does not go to sea till I hear from you, hence the hurry’, 21 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, Standard Life Assurance Company, Inverness, regarding the development of the Nether Buckie harbour with London money, 22 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Thomson, Midway Cottage, Buckie, reporting that he has paid his feu duty, 23 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John McWilliam, Buckie, regarding coals, 24 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding John Stewart’s feu charter, Isa Coull and R. Knight’s houses, 25 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding applications for the Temperance Hotel, suggested rents for hotel and hall, 27 February 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from The Western Ranches, Ltd., to cover warrant for annual dividend, 1 March 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Munro, Burnmantle, regarding dispute between Munro and William Smith over wells, 1 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. G.J. Donald, Rathven, regarding account for stipend and necessary repairs, 1 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Forbes, Auchmore, regarding purchase of corn and straw, and the possibility of bringing a steam threshing engine over the bridge, with draft reply saying the bridge has a crack and could fall, 2 March 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the Rosie Cottages and a tenant anxious to get one, 3 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Gordon, Inspector of drainage for Rathven Parochial Board regarding complaint about sewage and complaint about slaughtering premises, 3 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev. Gordon J. Donald, Rathven, thanking for stipend, 4 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding rent of temperance hotel and mention of an applicant from Garmouth, with copy reply, ‘Garmouth does not sound promising for the style of tenant which I would like’, 5 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding the applicants for the hotel, 6 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the unfinished state of Knight’s Cottage and offering for it, update on Peter Thomson’s case, and enclosing an offer for Knight’s Cottage from Alexander Mavor, carter, 5 – 6 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Maclean of Ardgour asking for a reference for John Bremner as butler and valet, with draft reply, 6 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Milne, mason, Buckie, asking for payment of bill, 8 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the harbour, Isa Coull, Robert Knight (for whose cottage there has been only one offer), John Stewart, for whose charter they are waiting, and the Gordon Arms and prospective tenants, 11 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, concerning the harbour and the Board of Trade’s examination of their application, 12 March 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding access for the Reid Rosie families to the new cottages as soon as possible, 13 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Brand, Glasgow, glad to see that the harbour papers have passed the Board of Trade, and looking forward to tendering for the construction of the harbour, 15 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Forbes of Auchmore, Portsoy, regarding the valuation of parks, 16 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the Rosies and Knight’s house, and the removing of Isa Coull, 16 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Simpson, secretary, Buckie Catholic Association, with financial statement annexed, 19 March 1886
Letter to Alexander Mair, Buckie, from James Dick, baker, Forfar, regarding leasing a public house in Buckie, 26 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, tobacco merchant, Inverness, at the Cluny Hotel, Buckie, regarding the harbour development, 27 March 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the letting of Knight’s house, Isa Coull’s removal, and mention of claims concerning the Highland and Coast Railway companies, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding James Dick of Forfar’s application for a lease, and a licence for the Gordon Arms, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Mrs J. Mair, Buckie, regarding lease of Gordon Arms, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew Duncan, Garmouth, regarding lease of Gordon Arms, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Sutherland, Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding lease of a piece of land, 29 March 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Dick, baker, Forfar, regarding leasing a public house in Buckie, 30 March 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding response of Board of Trade to harbour building, 2 April 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Forbes of Auchmore, regarding fences, 2 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Dick, baker, Forfar, regarding a visit to see the Buckie property, 3 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Henry McIver, regarding ploughing, 6 April 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Sutherland, architect, regarding the let of the hotel, 6 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Aitken, Fochabers, with note of feu duty owed, 7 April 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Allan Hepburn regarding the widow of Coull junior, 9 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Bennett, Blaemuir, regarding problems with threshing, 10 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R.Y. Mackay, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the lease of the Gordon Arms, 12 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Henry Esmond, London, enclosing a story [not present], 15 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W. Moffatt, secretary, Great North of Scotland Railway Company, inviting him to the opening of the Moray Firth Coast Railway, 19 April 1886, with copy reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Inkster regarding licence for Gordon Arms, 19 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Education Act Amendment Union, asking him to represent the Diocese of Aberdeen in the Union, 27 April 1886. Written on the back of a printed list of Union members.
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding lease of the Gordon Arms, now improved, 29 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Buckie, regarding financing the new fishermen’s cottages, 30 April 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding leasing the Rosie cottages, 4 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding charter for James Bowie, 6 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding loans over the Rosie cottages, and Peter Reid, heir at law to George Reid, wishing to take over his grandmother’s cottage, 6 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Barclay, slater and plumber, Buckie, regarding payment for work done at New Buckie and Nether Buckie, 7 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, The North British Tobacco and Snuff Co. Ltd., Inverness, regarding the North Sea Fresh Fish Company, Ltd., 7 May 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding charter for McCombie, 7 May 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair concerning Mary Kissack and the Gordon Arms, 8 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.C. Imrie, Buckie, regarding the lease of his property to a replacement for Imrie, ‘you will be much better to have them occupied so as to prevent Boys from heuching tiles on Roof’, 9 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Garvie & Sons, North British Steam Joinery and Cabinet Works, Aberdeen, with account for forms supplied to Buckie Hall, 10 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Symon & Son, Buckie, with bill for painting and varnishing at the hotel building in Nether Buckie, 12 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding feu duties owed by George Reid, 13 May 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Allan Mack regarding McCombie’s charter, 14 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding settlement of Buckie harbour, the setting up of the Fishing Company, and finances around the Gordon Arms, 15 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Symon & Son thanking for cheque, 17 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Moir, Seafield Estates Office, Cullen, regarding money owed to the Tochieneal Tile Work, 18 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.C. Imrie, Buckie, regarding use of fireplaces on a property in Nether Buckie, 18 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, The North British Tobacco & Snuff Co. Ltd., regarding directorship of fishery company, 18 May 1886, with copy reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding plans showing development of harbour, 21 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from MacKenzie, Innes & Logan, Edinburgh, regarding G.A. Wardlaw’s Trust, 22 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R.Y Mackay, solicitor, Buckie, regarding payment of balance for a property bought fifteen years before, 22 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Garvie & Sons, North British Steam Joinery & Cabinet Works, Aberdeen, asking for payment of previous bill for forms for Buckie Hall, 24 May 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, Buckie, declining to be liable for further expenses, 25 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Sir Robert’s withdrawal from the application for the provisional order for the harbour, and letters from the Highland and Coastal Railway companies, 26 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Garvie & Sons, North British Steam Joinery & Cabinet Works, Aberdeen, thanking for payment of previous bill for forms for Buckie Hall, 26 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Gordon, Inspector, Rathven Parochial Board, regarding rent of chambers, 27 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, house carpenter, Buckie, regarding payment for work on new building at Nether Buckie, 27 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding feu charter for James McCombie, 28 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., regarding Alexander Miln’s draft, 28 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, Buckie, thanking for payment, 29 May 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Simpson, secretary, Catholic Association, asking for charges for use of St Andrew’s Hall, Buckie, 29 May 1886, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew C. Imrie, grocer and provision merchant, Buckie, regarding payment of rent and query as to allocation of fireplace, 29 May 1886 with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding options for the harbour, 29 May 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., regarding payment, 3 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding the wish of William Hendry, joiner, to build on a plot of land in Buckie, correspondence regarding the harbour, payment for the McCombie charter, and no further word from railway companies, 4 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Kynoch & Son, Keith, thanking for payment, 5 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., regarding mistake in a statement, 7 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.G. Bryson, Seafield Estates Office, Cullen, acknowledging receipt of payment for drainage pipes, 7 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Murray, ship carpenter, Buckie, regarding leasing a piece of land, with sketches of the plot, 10 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.C. Imrie, Buckie, regarding dispute over property and fireplace, 10 June 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to A.C. Imrie regarding dispute over property and fireplace, 10 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from J.N. Geddes regarding purchase of a property by his sister, and reminding him that water and sewage rates are now due, 10 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Chivas Brothers, Aberdeen, thanking for his order which has been sent to Drybridge Station, ‘The Claret they have sent is a very fine wine of vintage 1864 bottled in 1867. They trust it will meet with approval. Perhaps Sir Robert will be good enough to instruct his Butler to be very careful in decanting it etc. as such old wine requires very careful handling.’ 11 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Forbes, Banff, asking for his support for Mr Duff in his ‘battle of Home Rule for Ireland, a cause which I think will have your sympathy’, 14 June 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding building of station road for Coastal Railway, claim against Highland Railway, progress in harbour dispute, 14 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Gordon, Cairnfield, enclosing copy letter to Lady Cathcart (Cluny Castle) about roads and bridges in Buckie and the possibility of a public meeting on the matter, 15 June 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding cost of fencing, 16 June 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Chivas Brothers, Aberdeen, thanking for payment, 18 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding claim against Highland Railway Company, 21 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Geddes regarding payment of water rates and an apparent error in feu duty, 22 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, to cover letter [absent] regarding the harbour case, 23 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Bennett, bookseller, Nether Buckie, asking for use of a stall in Sir Robert’s stable in Buckie, 27 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding George Geddes Trust, 29 June 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland Ltd., asking for payment of interest, 1 July 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. D. Macdonald, Glenfinnan, regarding intended visit, asking for news of Alexandrina and giving news of friends, ‘you know that my friend Vaughan is no longer ruler of the Fort. He is under arrest, and the Prior of Erdingtin is the one spoken of as the future Abbot of Fortaugustus’, 3 July 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Union Bank of Scotland Ltd., thanking for payment, 5 July 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Forbes, Banff, regarding visit from Donald Ross, Slateheugh, with plans of the Letterfourie estate and agreements between Charles Gordon of Cluny and Sir James Gordon of Letterfourie, 30 July 1886 with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William McKenzie, Buckie, enclosing copy of letter from Alexander Mair, and complaining of Mair’s ill treatment of him, 31 July 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, Buckie, asking for payment of work done on new buildings, 3 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, to cover copy of feu charter for James Sutherland and agreement with Archibald Munro, claims against railway companies, dispute concerning Peter Thomson, 4 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, Buckie, regarding his letter asking for payment for work done, 6 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding feu charter for Joseph Sutherland, 6 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Gordon, Cairnfield, to cover cheque for the Letterfourie shooting, 11 August 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anton, Buckie, containing draft letter of authority for rent collection in Nether Buckie, 12 August 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair to cover charter for Joseph Sutherland, 14 August 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Robert Grant, Maryhill, declining a cask of whisky, 19 August 1886
Letter to Alexander Mair, Buckie, from Holmes, Greig & Greig, parliamentary agents, Westminster, regarding the Buckie Harbour provisional order, 20 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding delay to harbour order, and feu charter for Weir, 23 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.L. Taylor, Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., Cullen, regarding payment of rent for Nether Buckie Salmon Fishings, 26 August 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Barclay, slater and plumber, Buckie, asking for payment for work done on new buildings, 2 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Captain Geddes, 8 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, enclosing two from Macdonald & McNaughton regarding Edward Kelly and his charter, and also concerning the Gordon Arms and the charters for Joseph Sutherland and William Hendry, joiner, 15 September 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding change to Alexander Thain’s charter, 18 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.L. Taylor, Union Bank, Cullen, regarding feu duty owed by Elizabeth Bruce for fishing station in Nether Buckie, 18 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding harbour, ‘Should we not have some christening ceremony now that our name is an established fact?’, 29 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John C. Gordon, Cairnfield House, Buckie, regarding his nasty fall preventing him from going to Banff, ‘I am afraid I would have lost my temper with R.[Ranald] Macdonald. I do not think the Cluny Trustees have done themselves any good from what he did there’, 29 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Calder, house carpenter asking for payment for work done on new buildings, 29 September 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R.Y. Mackay, Buckie, asking if the Lawn Tennis Club could rent the hall during the winter for practice, ‘There would not be any risk of damage to the hall’, 5 October 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Dr Simpson’s application for a licence for the hotel, 11 October 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Bennett, bookseller, Buckie, regarding leasing the Townhead Park, 20 October 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev. P.J Weir, Fochabers, enclosing photograph [absent] of new altar and sanctuary at Fochabers, urging him to come and see them, news of Father Thomson’s illness at Elgin, 25 October 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, with news of licences, 27 October 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding fees for harbour and Geddes charter, 29 October 1886
Small bundle of receipts paid with regard to the news houses at Hillfold, November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Sutherland, Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding moving a barber’s shop to the other side of the street, 2 November 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Captain John Geddes’ charter, and meeting of harbour commissioners, 4 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Calder, Buckpool, regarding Mrs Shand’s rent and plans for a net factory, 4 November 1886
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Robertson, draper, refusing to become security, 9 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Bruce, mason, Buckpool, regarding a feu for building, 9 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Macdonald & Co., wine merchants, Inverness, thanking for payment, 13 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Mackenzie, Innes & Logan, Edinburgh, regarding G.A. Wardlaw’s Trust, 18 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A. Hendry, Buckie, regarding the implications of the name change from Nether Buckie to Buckpool on the Post Office, 20 November 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Harrison & Sons regarding new edition of Burke’s Landed Gentry, 20 November 1886, with copy reply to some other letter on reverse, regarding post office
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John F. Stuart, Great North of Scotland Railway Company, thanking for his letter to Mr Moffatt, 23 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A. Hendry, Post Office, Buckie, regarding change of name of sub post office from Nether Buckie to Buckpool, 24 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.A. Moffatt, Great North of Scotland Railway Company, regarding changing name of Nether Buckie Station to Buckpool Station, 25 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding Joseph Sutherland’s charter and problems with Mackenzie, 26 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew Cuthbert, Buckpool, thanking for letter and kindness, 30 November 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, North British Tobacco & Snuff Co. Ltd., regarding curing premises, 3 December 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Harry S. Foster, London, covering prospectus of the North British Fresh Fish Co. Ltd. [absent], 3 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Archibald Munro, flesher, Nether Buckie, asking him to pay a plasterer, 6 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, to cover charters for George Geddes ‘Thain’ and George Farquhar, 13 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Chivas Brothers, Aberdeen, thanking for order, 15 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Thomson, merchant and fish salesman, Buckie, asking for schedule of rates for old harbour, Nether Buckie, and noting that Mackenzie is quitting the Gordon Arms, 16 December 1886, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Sutherland, architect, Elgin, regarding the removal of the barber shop, 16 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hutchison, North British Tobacco & Snuff Co., Ltd., Inverness, regarding shares in the fish company, 17 December 1886
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding claim against Highland Railway Company, 21 December 1886
Copy execution of sequestration, Sir R.G. Gordon to William Forsyth, farmer at Muirtoun and Todhillock, 1869
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