| Description | Letter to Alexander Gordon from his nephew James Duff, London, regarding news from Madeira, prospects for the East Indies, news of Mrs Riddoch and her daughter, thanking for information on Durn which he has sent on to his brother Patrick, he is keen for him to buy an estate far from London because in London he will be preyed upon by ‘expensive East Indians’, Durn is to be advertised soon, and Forbes the coppersmith is interested, 28 February 1785 |