| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, comparing tremors in their hands, accounts, ‘I find when you and I come to settled we must lump our account, but assuredly we shall not quarrel about it’, agreement over Cairnbanno, though his outgoings now exceed his income, ‘I am too old ever to reap benefit from expensive improvements on an Estate so wild as I take that to be’, glad to hear that Tochieneal has recovered, mention of Dunbar of Durn, ‘I know nothing of Mr Dunbar’s proceedings, meet him now and then perchance, hear of him sometimes at Newmarket races, ask him no questions and am not discontent at his not visiting me’, problems with claiming insurance on a cargo when the master is taken hostage, ‘You will have heard, no doubt, that Clunie [Gordon of Cluny] is made a Baron of the Exchequer, he tells me he proposes building in the Enzie and being my neighbour, I wish it were not so; tho’ he’s amazingly rich, much more than his Father, he has the name here of being very parsimonious, I know he is interested, and though a very clever man of genteel deportment and address, yet I plainly see he’s purse proud and dare swear he looks on you and me as mites of cheese, in all respects, compared to himself’, glad the Duke has dined with Alexander, ‘think him a good natured honest hearted Gentleman, pray tell me what he thought of your place, if I remember he deemed it a furious cold quarters and to be sure it is none of the snuggest’, to keep the Madeira house going they will have to be economical, delivery of seeds to Portsoy will be difficult, James has been ordered to act as churchwarden on Alexander’s behalf or pay a fine, lists the detailed role of a churchwarden, his health requires him to move house, 7 April 1777 |