| Description | Bundle, unlabelled, of correspondence to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie, 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Gregor, Elgin, wishing him a happy new year, expressing thanks on Mrs Sandison’s behalf, and inviting him to dine, 5 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Gibb, Bogmoor, Fochabers, enclosing account for survey work done, 5 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Small, painter, Elgin, asking for help to secure job painting the chapel in Elgin, 5 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James McQuorn, Catholic Chapel, Stratford, Essex, asking for a donation towards a temporary chapel at the Victorian Docks, 7 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Small, painter, Elgin, thanking him for his trouble with a recommendation as painter for the chapel, 9 January 1860
Printed tract on the subject of Peter being the rock on which the church is built, n.d.
Printed request for payment of assessment and property tax arrears, December 1859
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding a feu disposition for Mr Burgess, 12 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding Mr Burgess’ feu disposition, 17 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from ? Tulloch, Auchinroath, regarding impending visit, 24 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding visit to Buckie on business, 24 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Milne, Buckie, regarding arrangements for collections, 25 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from George Cumming, Banff, regarding late notices for payment of taxes, 26 January 1860 Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from the Parochial Board of Rathven asking him to attend a meeting about the poorhouse, 27 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John[?] Tulloch, Inverness, regretting that he cannot visit as his monthly musters oblige him to be at Grantown, 28 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from George Cumming, Banff, thanking him for payment of taxes and explaining his previous letter, 30 January 1860
Letter to D. Chisholm, Letterfourie, from Donald Cameron, Kessock, regarding John [his son?] starting work at Letterfourie, 30 January 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding William Wilson’s feu of the fishing station, Henry’s lease and feu to Burgess, claims against William Duncan, sorting out a cartulary, 3 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev William Clapperton, Buckie, regarding expected news, 4 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from W. Milne, Buckie, regarding work on granary, 7 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, thanking for letters and asking after Mr Gordon’s health, 7 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding lease for Maryhill for James Hendry, enquiring after Mr Gordon’s health, 11 February 1860
Letter to John Forbes, Portsoy, from James Wilson, Buckie, regarding arrangements between William Duncan and Robert Gordon, 13 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding tacks for Hillfolds and Williamston, William Duncan’s rent, plans to pursue some in arrears, 13 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from W. Whyte, 1st. Company Artillery [Volunteers Banff?], asking for his donations to a general fund, 17 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, Buckie, regarding bounty due to Widow Alexander Stewart, 23 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from the Inspector of Poor, Rathven parish, inviting him to a meeting to receive the report on the poorhouse, 24 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, Buckie, regarding money from Janet Thain, widow of Alexander Stewart ‘Skipper Lordy’, 25 February 1860
Copy letter from Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie to James Wilson, Buckie, enclosing receipt for payment, and mentioning unauthorised sale of dung, 29 February 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, Buckie, explain the circumstances of the unauthorised sale of dung, 1 March 1860
Copy letter from Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie to James Wilson, Buckie, acknowledging his letter concerning dung and authorising him to deal with the matter, 2 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, Buckie, including copy of a letter from John Forbes, Portsoy, concerning the unauthorised removal of dung, 2 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Reid, Elgin, hoping for a meeting, 3 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Francis Harrison, Elgin, making arrangements for him to inspect a gig, 5 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Francis Harrison, Elgin, regarding alterations to the gig to make it lighter for the horse, 9 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Milne, Buckie, regarding police assessment and the granary, 10 March 1860
Letter to C. Michie from James Wilson, Portsoy, regarding Duncan’s late payment, 13 March 1860
Letter to C. Michie from James Wilson, Buckie, regarding proclamation, 13 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Reid, Elgin, regarding laying asphalt, 14 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Anderson, Aberdeen, regarding payment due to his brother John in Dundee, 16 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Reid, Elgin, regarding bad carpentry work and unseasoned wood, 21 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Cran, Fochabers, regarding rent for Hillfolds, 21 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Anderson, Aberdeen, recommending a Mr Wilson, photographer in Aberdeen ‘said to be one of the best photographers in Scotland’ [presumably George Washington Wilson], 24 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding payment from McKenzie and Cran’s account, 24 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Anderson, Aberdeen, with the photographer Mr Wilson’s charges for copying an oil painting and for working from home, 26 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Small, Elgin, with estimate for painting windows at Letterfourie, 26 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev. James Gardiner, Rathven, as receipt for his portion of the stipend, 26 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Eliza Forbes, Portsoy, thanking him for the camellias, hinting that they would be good for a bridal wreath, reference to the Revivalist movement: ‘I declare the people here are all mad!’, 27 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding summonses of removal against Buckie tenants, George Sutherland’s tenant Helen Dow, balance of HIllfolds rent from Cran, 27 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Bremner, inspector of poor, Rathven parish, inviting Sir William to attend a meeting regarding a Union poorhouse, 29 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Grigor, Forres Nurseries, regarding delivery of beer, 31 March 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Anderson, Dundee, thinking of a visit to Letterfourie, considering retirement after forty years in the Inland Revenue, late spring, 2 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding the balance of Duncan’s land rent, and sending in his own account, 3 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev James Gardiner, Rathven, forwarding a statement [absent] addressed to the heritors by the General Assembly, concerning parish schools and schoolmasters, 7 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding his business account, with much explanation, 12 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, acknowledging his payment of account but still offering a discount, hoping to see him on Forbes’ return from Aberdeen and Edinburgh, 17 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from George Morrison, Elgin, regarding hollyhock seeds, 17 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding ongoing dispute with Cran, 26 April 1860
Letter to John Smith, Letterfourie, from James Cooper, Cairnfield, regarding application for post of Sir William Gordon’s coachman, 27 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding ongoing dispute with Cran, and Robert Gordon’s improved health, 28 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Grigor, Forres Nurseries, thanking for ale, benefits of
homebrew, hoping to see him soon, 28 April 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding George Taylor’s attempts to get a certificate from the Justices, hoping to see Sir William soon, arrangements with Cran, 1 May 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie [or one of his staff] from William Dick, Buckie, regarding work to be done and hoping not to need crutches much longer, 3 May 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Sheriff James Gordon, Banff, regarding funding 2nd. Banffshire Rifle Volunteers, 16 May 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Dick, Buckie, regarding work being done and thanking for the offer of a man to drive him up to Letterfourie, 11 May 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding rent arrears, asking for certificate to help with a claim against Mr Cran, 4 May 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding printing circulars, matters with Cran, and vetting a charter, 24 May 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, Buckie, regarding payment of arrears by the widow of William Munro, mason, Buckie, 29 May 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding meeting in Buckie to see feuars and tenants in arrears, 9 June 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, hoping to be able to collect arrears after good white fishing, 14 June 1860
Copy letter from John Forbes, Portsoy, to Alexander Sim, Cullen, regarding arrangements for payment of feu duties, 4 August 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding arrangements to prevent a poinding and roup against Joseph Packman, debating whether or not he is in the right, lease for the inn in Nether Buckie, 7 August 1860
Letter to Mr Russell from James Hendry, Maryhill, regarding disputed occupation of the Letterfourie pew in the parish church, 7 August 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Russell, schoolmaster, Rathven, regarding disputed occupation of the Letterfourie pew in the parish church, 11 August 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, J.P., Buckie, regarding ‘Cog’s’ debt and making an example of him, 15 August 1860
Letter to James Wilson, merchant, Buckie, from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding Sir William Gordon’s account with William Geddes ‘Cog’, 22 August 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Reid, architect, Elgin, regarding a bell-hanger, 30 August 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Captain James Moir, 4th Company, Banffshire Volunteer Artillery, Portsoy, asking for subscriptions, September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding procedure against Geddes, collecting bad debts in Buckie, sequestration of William Duncan’s crop, feu disposition for Mr Burgess, based on the new skeleton charter, charters for Bisset, Wilson, Archibald and McFadyean, progress on the Packman case, 1 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Eliza Forbes, Portsoy, thanking for plants which she hopes to keep for her sister’s wedding, message from husband about his letter, 3 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Reid, architect, Elgin, regarding bellhanger and hoping Sir William has recovered from the ball, 5 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding collecting arrears, sequestration of William Duncan, summons against Peter Weir, Nether Buckie, and John Taylor, charters for Bisset and McFadyean, Thomson at the inn, charters for William Wilson and William Bruce, dispute with William Bruce younger, suing of Robert Ross and John Ross – ‘if worth powder and shot’, debt owed by William Geddes ‘Cog’, case of Joseph Packman, 5 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding advertising in the Banffshire Journal, meeting in Buckie, documents for Mr Burgess, damage to trees in storm, 5 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, thanking for a favour to his wife, 5 September 1860
Letter to James Wilson, merchant, Buckie, from John Forbes, Portsoy, with summons of sequestration [absent] against William Duncan for processing, 7 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, Buckie, reporting that several of the boats are going to fish off Fraserburgh and Peterhead – when they return they will go for mussels, ‘attention will not be directed to paying debts’ for a while, sequestration against William Duncan has been executed, 10 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, mentioning claim against George Reid and a sequestration, 17 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from John Forbes, Portsoy, regarding progress in Duncan case in which Mrs Duncan has been active, summons of removal against Weir, deed in favour of Burgess, 19 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Barron, Morayshre Railway, Craigellachie, enclosing certificates for McHattie whom Sir Wiliam is considering employing, 20 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Bremner, inspector of poor, Rathven, inviting him to a meeting regarding reawakening the law plea in the case of Jane Robertson, 21 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from William Milne, Buckie, regarding a parcel, 24 September 1860
Letter to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie from James Barron, Craigellachie, regarding terms for breaking in a three-year-old mare, 25 September 1860, on back of Sir William’s own enquiry. (92 items) |