| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, regarding arrival of all the commissions from London, hoping Alexander can collect on the various bills, noting that Madeira regrets the loss of insurance on Lovell, and the bad result of Kennedy’s adventure taking wine to the army in America, in fact both matters have turned out well now, ‘I have never seen James Dunbar but by mere chance some times in my excursions from the City, he has never visited me, which is so much the better, nor do I seek for him or know where he keeps, he is doing no good you may depend on’t … if fortune hunting is his object I fear he’ll be out of breath before he comes up with the chace’, plans for Buchan farm must take into account their ages, he has received two empty jugs in baskets that have contained oil or paint and has no idea why, he has a fancy to pay a quick visit to Letterfourie but cannot trust the staff on their own, 18 June 1776 |