| Description | Three copy letters from Alexander Gordon in Madeira to his brother James Gordon of Letterfourie: firstly, ‘The prize from Camb. Came in a few days ago, bringing wheat, flax, staves and iron potts for the owners and flax and staves for us, which are all landed’, order for oil, a while since there has been an English vessel in port, which does not look well, asking for dry goods and particularly cloth – ‘Long Ells, Shalloons, Crapes, Sarjas, Clew and Crown Cloths are wanted’, Francis does not send his vessel to Cadiz but to the Brazills, you must think of putting with conveniency more money in Lisbon’ 14 February 1761; secondly, financial arrangements, still no vessels from England, shortage of cash, hoping for delivery of dry goods, list of bills, 13 March 1761; thanking for letters from January and February, arrival of wheat from England but the bags are damaged because they are bad bags, the flour is good and he has sold most of it already and would like more, sending letter by a Falmouth sloop via Faro, received in return for a shipment of wine beef, butter, flour, wheat and dry goods, dilemma over Mr Tracy’s malmsey, shortage of cash, 5 April 1761 |