| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from his brother Alexander at Letterfourie, regarding meeting with Thomas Duncan of Blairock who is to be appointed factor, wanting to buy a property adjoining Cairnbanno which in several ways will enhance the estate, the current proprietor is Irvine, late merchant in Gothenburg and now in London, asks for James’ help in buying it, anxious for a private settlement as he has heard someone else is interested, shipments of flour to Findhorn, ‘Put Mr Duff in mind to get the flour well cooled after it comes from the Mill to prevent its sowering in the Barrells’, business arrangement with Leithhall might not be secure as Rannes [Hay, Leithhall’s great uncle] might not support it, Colonel Gordon’s departure for London, Carron’s bankruptcy, ‘Keith Dunbar is said to be possessed of a disposition from his brother to a good part of the estate of Durn. Valeat veritas, this does not look well’, 7 March 1784 |