| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, regarding departure of Indiaman that will take Patrick Duff from Madeira to India, Captain Webb will take the money for his passage, Hay of Rannes and Miss Hay intend to set out from London, Hay has asked James for money to purchase a majority for his nephew, Captain Charles Gordon, arrangements to cover that sum, Hay will take the company accounts to Alexander, hoping Alexander will write and give ‘peremptory Counsel’ to the company in Madeira, 17 February 1776 |