| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from Daniel Henry Smith, Alexander Gordon & Co., Madeira, regarding his own illness, the purchase of gold shoe and knee buckles for the Governor as a token of his gratitude, and an etuit for his wife to wear by her watch, setting of wine price for the year, the practice of sending wines to India, French involvement in the business, danger of a firm, Stanislaus & Orr, collapsing because of a Danish Indian connexion, rumours of new oversight from Lisbon, gossip about Loughnan, Murray and Fearns, related by marriage and business, copied in is a commission from the Governor for a saddle from London, probably for his wife (in Portuguese), with additional instructions from Smith, 29 May 1775 |