| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from Daniel Henry Smith, Madeira, regarding bills, deceitfulness of an officer names Shand, giving Captain Duff power of attorney to follow it up in India, pleased that orders for wheat have been countermanded as there is plenty, affairs in America seem to be worse now and if they do not improve by spring they will need wheat then, Newlan’s attempt to trick the governor, governor’s decision to send flour to Brazil where they are currently at war with Spain, no sign yet of Captain Lovell who is now most likely lost, glad to hear that the governor’s wife’s saddle is on its way, hoping Major Gordon will help them recover money in Grenada, accepting orders, new tribunal to be established in Madeira to replace the Provedor da Farenda Real and his officials, list of salaries of the new officials, the effects, unlikely to affect trade, likely to prevent mixing of low and good wines which is a benefit, fear of a wine company being established but this is unlikely, weather is favourable for the vintage, supplies from America are over, the governor’s brother has been recalled as ambassador at Vienna and is to be Secretary of State so the governor has decided to make him independent via financial arrangements in Madeira, ‘it seems the Americans are not yet convinced of their errors’, ‘We have had here an account of the great loss the Spaniards sustained at Algiers. By a vessel from the Bahia in 75 days comes advice that the Portuguese have sent an armament from the Rio de Janeiro to Rio de Plata, and have taken Montevideo form the Spaniards sword in hand’, Mrs Duff much better, staves from Hamburg very bad and rotten, 19 August 1775. With wrapper |