| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, with news of the loss of Dominica and St. Vincent’s, and now of Grenada, which will affect their income, though people in the West Indies often do not pay their debts, embargo on ships to Madeira, sending rum and madeira to Alexander, he cannot afford to entertain anyone so will send all their plate and china back to Scotland, 13 September 1779 |