| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie, from his brother James, London, glad to hear of his safe arrival and worried about Mrs Gordon, sorry to hear news of shortages of bread and fuel in the north, bad weather in England and crops destroyed in the northern counties, still no progress on Walkerdales, difficulty in settling matters relating to George Riddoch as they were all done in person, not on paper, deaths of Lady Buckie and James Ross, the Duke’s factor, lottery tickets, Tochieneal’s chances of gathering in the Martinmas rents, goods to be sent to Banff including his floorcloth and a bed warming pan, 10 October 1782 |