| Description | Letter to James Gordon of Letterfourie, London, from his nephew Patrick Duff, camp at Turrackabad, thanking for letters, and for all the trouble he has taken, problems with company and private bills, if his brother John is not settling then he should come out to India as a cadet particularly as war is coming, remarks on the engagement at Pondicherry, the situation of the French in India, praise for his brother William, ‘he behaves extremely to my satisfaction and improves daily, his Scotch clownishness, of which he had a large share, is pretty well wore off’, he is with a large detachment heading for Bombay, ‘perhaps they will be obliged to fight their way through several of the countries they will be obliged to pass’, ‘I do not like the news from Europe, and I think England was never in a more ticklish state than at present … what is to become of America I have no idea’, delivery of shirts, second bankruptcy of Mr Gardiner, pleased with his own success, friendship and patronage of General Munro, chances of holding on to his command, pleased to hear that Gordon intends to return to Scotland, hoping to visit him there, 8 January 1779 |