| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Grant of Tochineal, Cullen, regarding accounts and letters, his brother thanks Gordon for his tack, tack on Alexander Dawson’s possession, death of Peter England, a poor tenant, whose son would like to take over his possession but someone else has offered more and Grant is indecisive, Alexander’s daughter is doing well in Banff, but should go to London in the spring and take up a trade, his friend Lieutenant William Grant has married a gentleman’s daughter with little money, Lord Findlater recommended him for promotion, he ‘is now advancing in years and find that his wounds and service stick fast to him’, and he would have asked Lord Findlater for his influence to get him a lieutenancy in Greenwich Hospital, only that Lady Findlater died around that time, asking Gordon to remind General Abercromby to help, asking Gordon to ask Lord Adam Gordon for some franks for him, 23 October 1761 |