| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, too late to be of service to James Gordon in Leith this year as the last fleet of transports is ready to sail, ‘if our troops in America can’t make their footing good in that country, God knows what may be the issue of this unfortunate war, or what can be done with the obstinate ungrateful Rebellious people of that Continent … the repulse at Charlestown has been unlucky’, mention of a Portsoy company supplying biscuits to the troops, ship to sail from Hamburg with cargo of wheat, rye, pipe and hogshead staves, herrings, flax, and cognac, forwarding a letter from George Riddoch to his wife, there should also be India handkerchiefs for her if he can get them ashore, in haste as it is foreign post day, sending linseed oil and screws, 3 September 1776 |