| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | MS 2727/1/40 |
| Title | Letter: Agnes Colquhoun, Glasgow to The Countess of Fife, Rothiemay, Huntly |
| Date | 16 August 1780 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Description | Countess has not written for four years, tells her she is crippled and almost blind and deaf, and her clothes are so worn out; she has been a burden on her benefactors; one of her friends has acted as amanuensis; Sir Alexander Brown is dead and has left her daughter and children 'without a sixpence'; they came to Glasgow to work for subsistence but her daughter died, leaving the children penniless. |
| Access Status | Open |