| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, regarding advice on writing and time management, sharing lottery tickets with Rannes and Muiryfold, James Duff wanted bedsteads sent to his father, drought in Banffshire, abundant harvest forecast in England, taking share in a cargo of wheat, corn and staves, sent to the Portuguese servant of the house in Madeira to avoid attracting the French or incurring high insurance premiums, cost of wheat and flour in Madeira, questioning news of building works at Letterfourie, 15 July 1779 |