| Description | Letter to Anna Gordon from John Miller, London, regretting that he has not heard from her brother Andrew, but some letters from Belleisle have been stopped by the Secretary of State, perhaps because of projected expedition against Martinique, he has heard that Andrew has been appointed Surgeon General to the Forces there, and will probably meet his brother Alexander, their brother Francis has just left London for the West Indies and will visit Andrew at St Croix, Francis left linen for Miller to sell on Anna’s account, 12 November 1761, with copy reply asking him to ‘write me what Mr Mandiville has to say for Himself for the Unaccountable way he has us’d my Br [Francis] I can’t conceive the meaning of this Gentlemans first taking my Br to Lodge at his house in so friendly a Manner and under that Mask to deprive him of his Rank his pay and I may say Business’ |