| Description | Copy letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from Daniel Henry Smith, Madeira, with shipping news, effect of captures by American privateers, sorry to hear of deaths of Smith and Turner, asking for information on shipping wine to the West Indies, asking about Robert Duff’s status, acknowledging information about insuring the playhouse, the Dutch islands are short of provisions and Basseterre has been burned, arrival of sugar and flour, good weather, 10 December 1776; letter from same to same with no news from America, the local merchants give sweeteners to prospective customers, Forster’s vessel is not well enough armed to send wine by, the managers are going to run the playhouse at their own risk, mixed verdicts on new wine, asking for more bacalhao before Lent, 24 December 1776 |