| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Fonds |
| Ref No | MS 3745 |
| Title | Gordon of Letterfourie estate papers |
| Date | 1504 - 1949 |
| Extent | 20 boxes and 6 volumes: 6.5 linear meters |
| Creator Name | Gordon of Letterfourie |
| Custodial History | Accession 51 was found in the attic of a furniture business in Aberdeen and were temporarily deposited with Museums and Special Collections in June 2003 for survey purposes. They were transferred permanently in March 2004.
Accession 381 was purchased from R. G. Watkins, Books and Prints, Somerset, October 2009.
Accession 422 was deposited by George Gordon of Letterfourie in April 2010. |
| Source | This material was originally surveyed by staff of the National Register of Archives, Scotland, in 1962 (NRAS 0096). At some point parts of the collection had become separated. |
| Description | Papers of the Gordons of Letterfourie, including papers related to James and Alexander Gordon 6th and 7th lairds of Letterfourie, Sir James Gordon of Gordonstown and Letterfourie (1779 – 1843), 8th laird, Sir William Gordon (c.1803 – 1861), 9th laird, and Sir Robert Gordon (1825 – 1908), 10th laird. Papers cover the Madeira wine trade (18th cent), Colonel Patrick ‘Tiger’ Duff of the Honourable East India Company, the estate of Durn in Banffshire, the estate of Parton in Kirkcudbrightshire, and the family of Francis Gordon, apothecary, in Fochabers. |
| Arrangement | 1 - Charters and sasines relating to land transfer on the estates of Letterfourie, Corriedown and Durn
2 - Papers relating to brothers James and Alexander Gordon 6th and 7th lairds of Letterfourie (also includes Duff family papers)
3 - Papers relating to Sir James Gordon of Gordonstown and Letterfourie (1779 – 1843), 8th laird
4 - Papers relating to Sir William Gordon (c.1803 – 1861), 9th laird
5 - Papers relating to Sir Robert Gordon (1825 – 1908), 10th laird
6 - Later papers relating to the history of the Gordons
7 - Papers relating to the Gordons of Fochabers |
| Access Status | Open |
| Access Conditions | The records are available subject to the signed acceptance of the Department's access conditions. |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the University Archivist and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material. |
| Language | English and Latin |
| Publication Note | Tiger Duff: India, Madeira and Empire in Eighteenth-Century Scotland (Alistair Mutch, Aberdeen University Press, 2017) |