| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, to cover duplicates of Madeira letters, reporting departure of Cooper, well-armed against the ‘Yankees’, probability of convoys stopping at Madeira, business suffering ‘all owing to the ungrateful rascally Americans’, manoeuvres with money, hoping that Tochieneal is not dead but if he is Alexander is to make sure that James’ business with him is in safe hands, with copy part of Tochieneal’s letter to him, 14 January 1777, 17 February 1777 |