| Description | Bundle mostly of receipts:
Receipt for money payable by Robert Gordon, Esq., to Frederick Besch, tailor, London, 21 September 1852
Receipt for money payable by Robert Gordon, Esq., to Frederick Besch, tailor, London, 22 October 1855
Receipt for money payable by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Bremner, chemist and druggist, Buckie, 11 December 1883
Bundle of receipts for money payable by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for property and income tax, January 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mackie, Buckie, regarding transfer of his lease, 2 January 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding feu charter for John Stewart ‘Dodem’, 3 January 1884, with copy reply
Bundle of receipts for money payable by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for licences for using armorial bearings, one male servant and a dog, 5 January 1884
Receipt for money payable by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for subscription to The Scotsman, 5 January 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Ross, Barhill, making an offer for part of Newtown, 5 January 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Christie, blacksmith, Nether Buckie, regarding expansion of his premises, 7 January 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the arrival of the ‘Glendonwyn’ and the projected sale, 11 January 1884, with related letter enclosed
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A. Thomson, Buckie, regarding lease of Young’s cottage, 12 January 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding charter for John Stewart ‘Dodem’, 12 January 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A. Hendry, Buckie, regarding the ‘Glendonwyn’, with some accounts, 14 January 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding bond for Peter Thomson, 15 January 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from P. Stewart, writer, Fochabers, asking for help to secure a situation: ‘I have often heard my mother speak of your noble family and we must all regret very much they did not win the Earldom and restore the faith in Sutherland’, 18 January 1884, with copy certificates and copy reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding coast railway, 21 January 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from P. Stewart, writer, Fochabers, agreeing to meeting, 24 January 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R. & D. Cairns, steam ship brokers, Leith, regarding purchase of ‘Glendonwyn’, 26 January 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the coast railway, John Stewart ‘Dodem’ and his charter, lease of some peat moss to Mr Wilson, Inchgower, advertisement for sale of ‘Glendonwyn’, and Ritchie’s houses, 28 January 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Thomson, Mains of Gollachy, Portgordon, giving account of court appearance and thanking for help, 28 January 1884
Receipt for money payable by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Burns & Oates, London, for subscription to The Weekly Register, The Tablet, and The Dublin Review, 29 January 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the ‘Glendonwyn’ and explanation of advertisement, 29 January 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to R. & D. Cairns, shipbrokers, Leith, regarding sale of ‘Glendonwyn’, 30 January and 4 March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew C. Imrie, stores contractor and general merchant, Cullen, regarding formalities for renting premises, 2 February 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from P. Stewart, writer, Fochabers, regarding settling in Nether Buckie and possible bank agency, suggestion of new names for Nether Buckie, 8 February 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding failure to sell the ‘Glendonwyn’, 8 February 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the ‘Glendonwyn’ and meeting with Mr Hendry, with note from Mr Hendry, 15 February 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Forbes, Auchmore, arranging to call, 20 February 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Ritchie’s houses, 21 February 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Peter Williamson’s purchase of Lamb’s property at Bridge-end, 22 February 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Thomson, Mains of Gollachy, Portgordon, asking for a larch tree root for Gordon Castle gardens, 23 February 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding lease of pasture and sale of ‘Glendonwyn’, 28 February 1884, with copy reply
Bundle of receipts for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for county assessments, March 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Dr W. Simpson, Buckie, for professional attendance, 1 March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding sale of ‘Glendonwyn’ and lease of pasture, 1 March 1884, with enclosed note to Mair from Hendry regarding ‘Glendonwyn’
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to the Rev. Gordon Irving Donald for the stipend of Rathven, March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from R. & D. Cairns, shipbrokers, Leith, regarding sale of ‘Glendonwyn’, 6 March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Charles Milne, Nether Buckie, regarding payment of land rent, 7 March 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding lease of pasture, sale of ‘Glendonwyn’, straw from Ritchie, carter, and disposal of house with reservation of the part occupied by John Reid ‘King’, 7 March 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding enquiry about the peat moss from James Wilson, Inchgower Distillery, 10 March 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to the Duke of Richmond & Gordon for feu duty, March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Fergusson, Kilquharity, reporting storm damage to Kirkcudbrightshire property, 13 March 1884, with copy reply
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Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Lendrum, blacksmith, Letterfourie, 13 March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Robertson, Barhill, regarding loan, 18 March 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding James Wilson’s request for peats, and hearing about Ritchie’s houses, 21 March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Cumming, county collector’s office, Banff, listing several properties in Buckie, 22 March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the sheriff’s interlocutor on Ritchie’s houses, and asking about James Ritchie, carter, 27 March 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Macdonald & Co, wine merchants, Inverness, mostly for chartreuse, 31 March 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Forbes, Blairmuir, regarding Mr Mackie’s gas and shop fittings, 31 March 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding agreement over pasture with Mr Forbes, 31 March 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Adair & Co., clothiers, Edinburgh, 2 April 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding deal for hay with James Ritchie, carter, and sailing of ‘Glendonwyn’ ‘to be offered at every port’, 4 April 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Geddes, Buckie, regarding Geddes ‘Bo’’s railway settlement, and erection of a marble altar from Aberdeen, 4 April 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding warnings to several tenants, offer for a house occupied by William Gerry by Georgina Stewart, purchase of John Reid ‘King’’s House by Alexander Reid ‘Rosie Goosh’, appeal in case of Ritchie’s houses, 4 April 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Reid, mason, for garden work, 5 April 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Central Banffshire Farmers Club for subscription, 14 April 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from P. Stuart, writer, Aberdeen, declining the opportunity to settle in Nether Buckie, imagining that Buckie will soon rival Elgin, offering to advertise for a medical man for the town, recommending a couple of names to help with a new distillery at Burnmouth, 17 April 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, reporting the loss of the ‘Glendonwyn’ off Denmark, with the crew safe, 19 April 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to P. Stuart, writer, Aberdeen, asking him not to advertise for a medical man as there is no suitable accommodation, and discussing his own prospects, 23 April 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Forbes, Baremuir concerning Mackie’s shop and gas fittings, 25 April 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding P. Thomson and settlement with railway company, and case of Ritchie’s houses, 29 April 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding agency in Police Act business, 2 May 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Stewart and Sutherland, masons, for work in harbour at Nether Buckie, 2 May 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Bennett, Marypark, Ballindalloch, regarding dairy buildings, 3 May 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from P. Stuart, writer, Aberdeen, regarding securing a good Catholic doctor for Nether Buckie, mention of Lord Aberdeen selling Cromar and Tarland Lodge, mention of May processions at Cathedral attended by many including Protestants, restoration of St Peter’s Church in Aberdeen’s east end, closure of Oriental Bank and Sir William Johnston’s involvement and his own connexion, suggestion that Sir Robert and his sister should visit Lourdes, 5 May 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Bennett, Marypark, Ballindalloch, hoping to sell his polled cattle to Professor Brown, an American agriculturalist: ‘I observed by the papers some time ago that you had at last got rid of the ‘Glendonwyn’. The crew I take for granted were all saved which must have given you great satisfaction’, hopes for prosperity of Nether Buckie, 5 May 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding property of the late John Merson and resulting dispute between Mrs Merson and Mrs Bruce of Cullen, asking if Sir Robert will be able to help Mrs Merson, 7 May 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding charter for Coull ‘Tam’, and Sir Robert’s ill health, 12 May 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to W.F. Wright, family grocer, Buckie, 13 May 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Mackenzie, Innes & Logan, Edinburgh, regarding G.A. Wardlaw’s trust, 19 May 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding charter for George Smith, boat builder, 20 May 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the feu duty for Sandy Hossack’s tenement, 23 May 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for subscription for Elgin Courant, 23 May 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Black, Walker & Grassie, publishers, Elgin, for stationery, 26 May 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Fergusson, Kilquharity, regarding rents on Kirkcudbrightshire properties, 27 May 1884, with copy reply
Two receipts for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for water and sewerage rates, Nether Buckie, 28 May 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Adair & Co., clothiers, Edinburgh, 31 May 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding application by William and Alexander Thomson for a lease of lands at Midway Cottage, as defence against railway company, 31 May 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Sutherland and Stewart, masons, for building a dairy cottage, etc., 3 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Mackenzie, Gordon Arms Hotel, Buckie, regarding payment of bill, 3 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding use of Craigiewall Park, 3 June 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Bennett, Blaemuir, for meal, etc., 4 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Ritchie’s houses and related court case, 5 June 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Forbes, Auchmore, regarding installing fence, 5 June 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Wrinch & Barnes, ironmongers, Woodbridge, with various annotations, 5 June 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Scott for cutting wood, 9 June 1884
Receipt for money paid by Miss Gordon, Letterfourie, to Alexander Hepburn, for coals, 7 June 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Lorimer, Moss Side, for farrier work, 9 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding intended visit, 12 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Robertson, outfitter and general draper, Buckie, to cover feu duties, mentioning arrangements for railway, 14 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding cash account and copy documents, 16 June 1884, with copy reply
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Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.C. Imrie, railway store, Cullen, covering payment of rent, 19 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Arthur Ritchie, Buckie, regarding Casie property and warning him against ‘Mare’, 19 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Geddes ‘Bo’’s duty, Ritchie’s houses: ‘Arthur Ritchie … is over anxious on your behalf and ready to say anything’, and advising him of buses on the morning of the case, 20 June 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding charter for George Smith, boatbuilder, and for John Coull, cooper, 23 June 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding arrangements for travelling to court for the Ritchie’s houses case, and letter from Highland Railway, 24 June 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Barclay, Commercial Hotel, Buckie, for carriage hire, 26 June 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for subscription to the Catholic Union of Great Britain, 27 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding paperwork after Ritchie’s houses case, charter for Smith, boat builder, and Highland Railway claim, 30 June 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding waiting for judgement in Ritchie’s houses case, leases for John Thomson and John Coull, and Highland Railway claim, 4 July 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding alterations to voting register, 8 July 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding claim of Highland Railway, 9 July 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding engrossment of lease for John Thomson, 11 July 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Cooper, Cooper & Co., London, for tea, 12 July 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding successful outcome of Ritchie’s houses case, 14 July 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Murray, boat builder and carpenter, asking for account for oak and larch he has purchased, 15 July 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. William Clapperton, St Peter’s Church, Nether Buckie, regarding possible help for Mary-Ann Green: ‘She is the best of the Greens, and keeps herself respectable’, 16 July 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding a problem with the issue of the Thomsons and Midway Cottage, 17 July 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Horne, Portsoy, for fencing, 18 July 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding arrangements for amicable adjustment in the case of Midway Cottage and the Thomsons and Smith, and Highland Railway’s claim, 19 July 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Proctor, Fochabers, with payment of rent for stable, 19 July 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding John Geddes, fishcurer, and the family’s rights to a property in Nether Buckie, 22 July 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Robertson, outfitter and general draper, Buckie, regarding his petition to the directors of the Great North of Scotland Railway, 24 July 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the Ritchie’s houses case, John Thomson’s lease, and the Highland Railway, 28 July 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding voting registrations and Bennett’s appeal, 1 August 1884, with copy reply
Two receipts for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Kemp, Keith and Drummuir Lime Works, 11 August 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Sutherland and Stewart for building a wash house at Glendonwyn Cottage, 22 August 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.L. Taylor enclosing payment for rental of Buckie Salmon Fishings, 26 August 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Easter Buckie water supply, 26 August 1884, with copy reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Forbes, baker, Nether Buckie, reminding him to pay his rent, 27 August 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding William Reid ‘Rosie’ junior and a charter for him to negotiate with railway company, John Geddes, fishcurer, and a deed to help him with his borrowing, lack of response from railway company, 3 September 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Adair & Co., clothiers, Edinburgh, 19 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Wilson, Edinburgh, thanking him for naming the place of his birth in Nether Buckie ‘Wilson’s Land’, mention of Gladstone’s visit to Edinburgh, 4 September 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding charters for John Coull, cooper, and George Smith, boatbuilder; water supply for Easter Buckie; and petition to Highland Railway Company, 5 September 1884with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding money paid by James Stewart ‘Will’ for debt on late son’s house, 8 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Ritchie’s houses and copy interlocutor (enclosed), 9 September 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Banff and Buckie, regarding plans for hotel in Nether Buckie, 10 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Sutherland, architect, Banff, regarding taking on tenancy of Bennett’s house, 11 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Charles Milne, Nether Buckie, with part payment of rent, 12 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding charter for George Smith, boatbuilder, and delay to charter for William Reid ‘Rosie’ junior, 15 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding possible visit from Mr Darling, Conservative candidate for the county, 18 September 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew C. Imrie, stores contractor and general merchant, Cullen, asking for assistance for a minister without a suitable house [printed circular enclosed], 19 September 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding visit of Mr Darling, Conservative candidate, 20 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Calder, writer, Buckie, regarding the Police Act and the water supply for Easter Buckie, 22 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Macleay, Duff & Co., wine importers, Glasgow, regarding sample of Irish whiskey, 24 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding William Reid ‘Rosie’ junior and Easter Buckie water supply, 24 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Easter Buckie water supply, 25 September 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Calder, writer, Buckie, regarding Widow Stewart ‘Will’ and her entries in Gordon’s ledgers, and the Police Act, 26 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew C. Imrie, stores contractor and general merchant, Cullen, thanking for contribution to poor fund, 27 September 1884
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Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Jessie Jane Kessach, Greencraig, asking for payment for her grandmother, Mrs Murdoch, 29 September 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding feu charters for William Reid ‘Rosie’ junior, George Smith, boatbuilder, John Geddes, fishcurer and John Coull, cooper, 30 September 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Charles Milne, Nether Buckie, saying he would like to give up the green at the back of the chapel, 1 October 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Sutherland, architect, Banff, regarding lease of Mr Bennett’s house, 2 October 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding analysis of Easter Buckie’s water [enclosed] and further discussions on supply, 8 October 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Easter Buckie water, Highland Railway and petition, payments on lost schooner ‘Glendonwyn’, 11 October 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Macdonald & Co., wine merchants, Inverness, for chartreuse, 14 October 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding taking over two tenements in Nether Buckie currently held by Mrs Margaret Goodall or Milne, Portsoy, 18 October 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding advice on title over Ritchie’s houses, 20 October 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Macleay, Duff & Co., wine merchants, Glasgow, for Irish whiskey, 21 October 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding financial assistance for W. MacKenzie at the Gordon Arms, 21 October 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Calder, Buckie, regarding possible use by Mr Williamson of the old Gas House site, 31 October 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Stewart, mason, Nether Buckie, regarding possible use of his land to build a hall, 5 November 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Ross, spirit merchant, Nether Buckie, regarding possible use of his land to build a hall, 5 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. Aeneas Chisholm, Chapel House, Banff, asking for donation to the Town & County Club, 'a place of innocent amusement … without the dangerous concomitants of a hotel’, 7 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Ritchie’s houses and MacKenzie of the Gordon Arms, 7 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Bennett, Nether Buckie, asking for money to enable him to set up as a dairyman in Keith, 8 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Gordon, clerk, Rathven Parochial Board office, Buckie, regarding enquiry about roads, and mention of analysis of water, 10 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Forbes, Baremuir, regarding payment for oven for his son, 10 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John McWilliam, Buckie, apologising for late delivery of coals, 10 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Robert Mitchell, Edinburgh, regarding payment of rent, 12 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding financial arrangements for Mackenzie at the Gordon Arms, 13 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Garden M. Hossack, Banff, regarding subject in Nether Buckie disponed by John Shand, 13 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from MacKenzie, Innes & Logan, Edinburgh, regarding George Wardlaw’s Trust, 15 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. Aeneas Chisholm, Banff, thanking for donation to social club, 16 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding petition over Drybridge Station, and titles of property purchased by R. Davidson, labourer, 17 November 1884, with copy reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, regarding Keith & Buckie Railway, 17 November 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, regarding debts of Alexander MacKenzie at the Gordon Arms, 18 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding charter for James Reid ‘Mosh’ junior to help him secure a loan, 19 November 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Robertson, general draper and outfitter, Buckie, 21 November 1884
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, regarding William Forbes, baker, and his problems with the road builders, 21 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Keith & Buckie Railway and Drybridge Station, William Forbes, baker, and problems with road builders, charter for James Reid 'Mosh' junior, and shares in the Nether Buckie Gasworks, 22 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Bruce & Sutherland, architects, Buckie, regarding Bennett’s tender, 22 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Robert Davidson, Nether Buckie, regarding arrangements for taking a property and a bond, 24 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding dispute over rent owed by R. Mackie, insurance agent; payments to John Reid ‘King’, Ritchie’s houses, William Forbes’ complaint against road men, 26 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. Alexander Miller, Free Church, Buckie, asking for details of property over which he is negotiating, 26 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Robert Davidson’s ownership of a property and security for his loan, 27 November 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Gordon, clerk, Rathven Parochial Board Office, Buckie, alerting to payment of rent for the property, 29 November 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Robert Davidson, Nether Buckie, regarding financial arrangements for property, 1 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Gibb, Lossiemouth, asking for a feu in Nether Buckie for a bakery, 1 December 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Robert Davidson’s financial arrangements for taking a property, and mention of Sir Robert’s ill health, 2 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Robert Mitchell, Edinburgh Gas Light Company, regarding taking up shares, 2 December 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Cooper & Wink, Elgin, thanking for payment of fishery assessment, 3 December 1884, with receipt
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the financial state of Mr McKenzie, Gordon Arms, charter for James Reid ‘Mosh’ junior, and the Harbour Committee, 9 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Thomson, merchant and fish salesman, Buckie, seeking plans sent to Buckie by the Board of Fishery Engineers, 11 December 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Rev. Alexander Miller, Free Church, Buckie, regards conditions for rental of a piece of ground, 11 December 1884, with copy reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to J. Bennet, Blaemuir, for meal, 11 December 1884
Two receipts for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for county assessment, 11 December 1884
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Grant, bookseller, Edinburgh, 3 December 1884
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Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Skene, Edwards and Bilton, Edinburgh, regarding a dispute between them, 12 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding land required by the Rev. Alexander Miller and the continued use of it by the Stewarts, 13 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Robertson, outfitter, Buckie, to cover payment, with mention of Sir Robert’s health, 13 December 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Wilson, general merchant, Drybridge, Letterfourie, regarding water supply and cost, 17 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Andrew C. Imrie, stores contractor and general merchant, Cullen, apologising for late payment, 17 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Macdonald & McNaughton, solicitors, Buckie, regarding documents relating to Alexander Thain, Peter Geddes ‘Jockels’, and Widow Jane Geddes or Reid, 19 December 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Skene, Edwards and Bilton, Edinburgh, regarding a march dispute, 19 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Alexander Thain’s feu charter, and James Stewart’s heirs, 20 December 1884, with copy reply: ‘Georgina Stewart is beyond me’
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Mair, solicitor, concerning the Gordon Arms and the Highland Railway, 22 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Forbes, solicitor, Banff, regarding disposition by the late John Merson’s trustees to Mrs Bruce, Cullen, 22 December 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Fergusson, KIlquharity, regretting that Sir Robert had not been able to visit to see the storm damage and telling him of repairs, 23 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Gerry, Buckie, regarding reallocation of lotted lands, 23 December 1884, with copy reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding loan of 1882 [Harbour] Acts, 24 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Davidson, Central Banffshire Farmers’ Club, Keith, asking for subscription, 28 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Jessie J. Kessach, Greencraig, asking for money for her grandmother, Mrs Murdoch, 29 December 1884
Two receipts for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for parish assessments, 29 December 1884
Note to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, to cover interest payment, 31 December 1884
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding feu charter for A. Thain, and financial arrangements for Robert Davidson, 31 December 1884, with copy reply
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