| Description | Letter to Colonel John Gordon of Cluny from John Taylor Gordon, off Aberdeen, regarding his sea sickness, lengthy explanation of his family background apparently in reaction to discovering, on the voyage, that Colonel Gordon did not live alone and would not be alone at Cluny, ready to have Taylor 'cheer the Evening of your Life', gift of a Stilton cheese, apologies for all his luggage as man's needs are really few (with transcription) [11 January 1837] |