| Description | Letter to James Gordon from Alexander Grant of Tochineal, Cullen, explaining why he has not delivered Gordon’s letter to Lady Logie, sorting matters out with Logie ‘who is not the easiest man I know to do business with’, paying debts, Logie has begun his improvements on Rives, he is disputing his rent, hoping that William Grant has delivered the linen at Madeira, Mr Rannie intends to send more linen for the Gordons to sell there, training up his youngest son to be a merchant but wants advice from Gordon on the best place and way, no settlement yet with Buckie on the mosses, shortage of food, has asked Halloran to find a place for Grant’s son in London, ‘The lad is 19 years of age, left the school at Whit 1752, when I sent him to Aberdeen to learn book holding where he continued for six months …’, 11 March 1754 |