| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from Daniel Henry Smith, Madeira, confirming having shipped wine to the Duke of Gordon by Peddie, Captain Hamilton has arrived and ‘seems to be the only one of the India Captains who understand to deal with our greedy and ambitious folks, he put as is said his Business up to Sale, and proposed of giving it to the lowest Offer’, Murdoch has won the contract by breaking the local price agreement, shortage of cash, 29 April 1776 |