| Description | Letter to James Gordon, London, from Lord Adam Gordon, Funchal, delighted with James’ brother’s hospitality in Madeira, likes Madeira ‘but the natives are a lazy sett of beings’, ‘the etiquette of Portugal is formidable’, ‘All wish much to see you again in Madeira, but I tell them, The Girls won’t part with you. We all wish you or Don Alexander would marry, but I fear you will both consider too long’, arrangements for paying for his wine, message for Lady Hariot at Hammersmith, ‘you or your brother should marry, for you are too good not to wish some more of the breed’, 5 May 1764 |