| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, letting him know that the screws and bed castors have not gone yet, convoy being arranged for the West Indies, great number of ships taken by American privateers, some very close to England and Ireland, the Navy is too stretched, amazed at the pro-American material in many newspapers, ‘such is the weakness of our laws from the mildness of our constitution which is seems can’t prevent Liberty from degenerating into the most baneful licentiousness’, the Madeira people what to know on what footing Robert Duff is with the company, encouraging Alexander to part with his shares and the company and settle at home, Duff is a partner, deaths of Richard Smith and John Turner, both losses to the house, 15 October 1776 |