| Description | Registered extract then made at Edinburgh of ‘Missive letter’ by James Barclay, Jamaica, to his brother-in-law, John Gordon of Buthlaw, at Edinburgh, per H.M.S. Humber of 30 August 1757. Respects forwarding of letters of factory for the management of the estate of Cairness, continuation of Mr. Fraser as factor, and other instructions as also outlined in letter of 2 September 1756 concerning estate of his brother George Barclay and other relatives, death of Robert Arbuthnot, affairs of Gordon’s own brother, and other matters. |