| Description | Letter to Colonel John Gordon of Cluny from Dr. John Taylor, London, recommending veratrine ointment for his rheumatic arm, regretting a tendency to fashion in medicine, complaining of the weather in London, brief comments on current affairs, Burke's comments on heraldic supporters, assuring Colonel Gordon that he is so honoured by his Scottish ancestry that a 'crib in the heather' would suffice for him (with transcription) [25 November 1836] |