| Description | Copy letter from James Gordon, London, to Messrs Alexander Gordon & Co., regarding shipping and bills and mentioning Alexander Brander as a friend he would recommend, dispatch of iron hoops and staves as requested, visit to Madeira of James Duff who will return to manage the London end, perhaps with more energy, because of the war no packets will be allowed to call at Madeira but will go straight to the West Indies, business with Mrs Turner, widow, ‘a very clever woman’, 27 July 1779 |