| Description | Papers relating to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie: Bundle of business letters and receipts, 1877. Label, on back of visiting card for Sir James Gordon, says ‘No family letters, about N. Buckie and business, should think may well be burnt so old’. 208 items
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Mackie, Nether Buckie, regarding boats on the beach that should be kept clear by his house, ‘in addition the boat is one belonging to Cluny property and when chequed by me I was treated with the grossest insults’, 1 January 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James McCombie & Co., herring merchants, Peterhead, regarding a feu charter for their fish curing premises in Buckie, 2 January 1877, with draft reply
Licence issued to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for two male servants, a carriage, armorial bearings and a dog, 6 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding William Reid ‘King’, fisherman, and a dispute in his family over his father’s estate, with copy letter to Reid’s mother, 4 January 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Hendry & Co., house carpenters, Nether Buckie, for octagonal fireclay cans, 7 January 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James McCombie & Co., herring merchants, Peterhead, regarding a feu charter for their fish curing premises in Buckie, 9 January 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to G. Kessack for carting coals and slates, 13 January 1877
Papers relating to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie: Bundle of business letters and receipts, 1877. Label, on back of visiting card for Sir James Gordon, says ‘No family letters, about N. Buckie and business, should think may well be burnt so old’. 208 items
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Mackie, Nether Buckie, regarding boats on the beach that should be kept clear by his house, ‘in addition the boat is one belonging to Cluny property and when chequed by me I was treated with the grossest insults’, 1 January 1877, with draft reply^pLetter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James McCombie & Co., herring merchants, Peterhead, regarding a feu charter for their fish curing premises in Buckie, 2 January 1877, with draft reply
Licence issued to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for two male servants, a carriage, armorial bearings and a dog, 6 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding William Reid ‘King’, fisherman, and a dispute in his family over his father’s estate, with copy letter to Reid’s mother, 4 January 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Hendry & Co., house carpenters, Nether Buckie, for octagonal fireclay cans, 7 January 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James McCombie & Co., herring merchants, Peterhead, regarding a feu charter for their fish curing premises in Buckie, 9 January 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to G. Kessack for carting coals and slates, 13 January 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Murray, fishcurer, Buckie, regarding charter for his property in Nether Buckie, 15 January 1877, with note of response
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Raffan, millwright, Burnside, Buckie, for timberwork, 17 January 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Raffan, millwright, Burnside, Buckie, for garden, house and other work, 17 January 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Edmonds & Macqueen, Aberdeen, explaining that James McCombie wants to sell his land in Nether Buckie to his father and asking if Gordon wants to exercise his right of pre-emption, 24 January 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Edmonds & Macqueen, Aberdeen, giving further information about their client James McCombie’s intended sale of his land in Nether Buckie, 24 January 1877, with draft reply
Note to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.L. Taylor, Cullen, asking for wood, 25 January 1877
Note to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Asher, clothier and draper, Elgin, saying that Gordon’s parcel has been dispatched, 2 February 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, Hayfield near Peterhead, with sympathy to Gordon and Miss Alexandrina on the death of Miss Gordon at Elgin, 5 February 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William R. Reid, Fochabers, enclosing tickets for annual social gathering of St. Mary’s, Fochabers, 8 February 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Asher, draper, Elgin, 8 February 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding account, 12 February 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Dr Charles Adam, Elgin, to enclose account for his professional attendance on Gordon’s late sister, 13 February 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding a dispute with the late tenant of Baremuir, William Clark, 14 February 1877, with draft reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Mrs Alexander, Elgin, settling debts relating to his late sister, 19 February 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Reid, Fochabers, thanking for donation to St. Mary’s Church, 19 February 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Burns & Oates for subscription to The Tablet and the Weekly Register, 24 February 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hepburn, bread and biscuit baker, Fochabers, saying that he has been ordered out of his premises and asking for a reference so that he can look for a place in New York, 1 March 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev James Buchanan, Rathven, regarding the stipend due to him, 7 March 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, excusing himself from a meeting as he has urgent personal business to attend to, 8 March 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Robertson, Baremuir, remining him of plan to drain land, 10 March 1877
Receipt for stipend paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Buchanan, minister of Rathven, 12 March 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Buchanan, minister of Rathven, thanking for stipend, 12 March 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Edmonds & Macqueen, Aberdeen, asking for a reply to their letters, 16 March 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A. Bonnyman & Son, Clochan, regarding threshing, 16 March 1877
Copy character reference for John Smith as tenant in Nether Buckie from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, 17 March 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding current account, 19 March 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Edmonds & Macqueen, Aberdeen, recommending a feu title on land belonging to McCombie in Nether Buckie, 23 March 1877
Receipt for money paid by Robert Currie, slater, to William Hume for lime, 19 February 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Gerrie & Son, fishcurers, Buckie, 19 February 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Hendry & Co., house carpenters, Buckie, for slates, 18 February 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Robertson, family grocer, Inchgower, 2 April 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Aitken, Fochabers, to cover statement of feu duty, 13 April 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Edmonds & Macqueen, Aberdeen, regarding McCombie’s curing yard in Buckie, 3 April 1877, with draft reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Robertson, Baremuir, with his background to a dispute with William Jamieson, 7 April 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Robertson, Baremuir regarding dispute with William Jamieson, 9 April 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for subscription for Elgin Courant, April 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to McCombie & Co., fishcurers, Peterhead, regarding feu of Nether Buckie curing yard, 13 April 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Robertson, Inchgower, for groceries, 14 April 1877
Receipt for feu duty paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to the Duke of Gordon, April 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to McCombie & Co., fishcurers, Peterhead, regarding feu of Nether Buckie curing yard, 23 April 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Mother Mary Angela, St. Joseph’s Convent, Perth, asking for money, 28 April 1887
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Garden M. Hossack, solicitor, Banff, regarding dispute between two of Gordon’s tenants, John Robertson at Baremuir and William Jamieson, Inkermann, 24 April 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Robertson, Baremuir, asking for a loan to buy a cow, 27 April 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Garden M. Hossack, solicitor, Banff, thanking him for his help in the dispute between his tenants Robertson and Jamieson, 1 May 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding a possible loan, 2 May 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to the Great North of Scotland Railway Company for carriage of cement, 2 May 1877
Receipt for money paid by J. Reid, Letterfourie, to James & William Henderson, Aberdeen, for cement, 2 May 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding delay in adjustment of accounts between Gordon and William Clark, 8 May 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding delay in adjustment of accounts between Gordon and William Clark, 10 May 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding deeds for Bremner’s property, and finding a sound investment with good return, 10 May 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Robertson, general draper, Buckie, regarding feu for his shop, 17 May 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Whyte, sexton, Rathven, asking for a new fence, 24 May 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Thomson, merchant, Nether Buckie, regarding financial affairs of Robert Davidson, 26 May 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Robert Davidson, Puttingbrae, for interest, 26 May 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding various financial transactions, 26 May 1877
Two receipts for payments by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Thomson for coals, 2 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hepburn, baker, Glasgow, giving an address so Gordon can send on compensation for his lost bakery tools before he goes to New York, 3 June 1877
Receipt for carriage paid by Bremner to the Great North of Scotland Railway for his furniture from Cults to Keith, 5 June 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Robertson, Buckie, for drains on Baremuir and Greenwells, 6 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Black, Elgin Courant, asking for his patronage of a new Poultry, Pigeon and Caged Bird Club, 8 June 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Proctor, The Hotel, Fochabers, regarding lease of stables, 11 June 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Lendrum, blacksmith, Letterfourie, 14 June 1877
Receipted account for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Davidson, Puttingbrae, for meal, 14 June 1877
Receipt for money paid by John Robertson, Baremuir, to George Raffan, Millwright, Burnside, Buckie, for timber for drains, 15 June 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John B. Smith, Blaemuir, for farm work with horses, 15 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Smith, Poor Collector, Inland Revenue, Banff, asking for payment of Inhabited House Duty owned by his tenant James Milton, baker, Buckie, 18 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Proctor, The Hotel, Fochabers, thanking him for his help regarding stable rent, 19 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Hepburn, baker, Glasgow, regarding promised compensation for his baking equipment before he leaves for New York, 19 June 1887
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from J. Christie, solicitor, Banff, regarding information needed in action concerning John Murray of Reid & Murray, fishcurers, Buckie, 19 June 1887, with draft reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding the renewal of a bill, 20 June 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Hossack, Buckie, for horse hire, 23 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev J. Hunt, Hastings, asking for money to help with his daughter’s education in a convent after his savings were taken up divorcing his unfaithful wife, the granddaughter of a Knight of Malta, 25 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Davidson, Newmill, Elgin, regarding his offer for the mill at Buckie, 26 June 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Ross, Gordon Arms, Buckie, asking for his rent at once, 28 June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Thomson, merchant, Nether Buckie, regarding valuation of properties in Buckie, 29 June 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander McKenzie, Buckie, for carting coals, June 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, hoping for response from William Garden, 3 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding payment of shooting rent, ‘taking all the outlays into consideration it would be far cheaper for me to buy my hares from a game dealer but the hope of shooting something is an incitement for a walk to me’, 3 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Davidson, Newmill, Elgin, hoping to meet Gordon at the mill at Buckie to go over boundaries and repairs, 5 July 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Perry, Junior, & Co, house carpenters, Buckie, 5 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Smith, Poor Collector, Inland Revenue, Banff, regarding unpaid duty by James Milton, Buckie, 5 July 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding payment, 5 July 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Sergeant Armstrong, regarding police station, Nether Buckie, 6 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, to cover deposit receipt, 7 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Webster, druggist, Buckie, apologising for his part in shooting a deer at Letterfourie, and offering to leave, 7 July 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding paying overdue duty for late tenant James Milton, baker, Buckie, 7 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, asking permission for the Mersons and Mairs to picnic at Letterfourie and visit the gardens, 11 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding possible tenancy for Christie, the sheriff’s officer, 13 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Parochial Board minutes, 14 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Maclachlan, Elgin, asking for same shooting rights as he had the previous year, 21 July 1877, with draft reply
Receipted account of money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Milne, Redburn, for labour, 23 July 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Black, Elgin Courant, regarding poultry club, 27 July 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Ashton & McLennan, cabinetmakers, Chapel Lane, Buckie, for decorating a room, 31 July 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Raffan, millwright, Burnside, Buckie, for timberwork, 2 August 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Maclachlan, Elgin, regarding shooting at Letterfourie farms, 2 August 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Burns & Oates for inserting obituary notice in The Tablet and the Weekly Register, 8 August 1877
Receipt for money paid by Lendrum and Wood to James Reid, Townhead, for building a smithy, 6 August 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding misunderstanding between Mr George, solicitor, Banff (his letter enclosed), and Mair, solicitor, Buckie, over the late Peter Bruce’s property, the former for Badenoch the buyer and the latter for John Taylor, Mr. Merson’s brother-in-law, 7 August 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding failure of William Garden to pay, Peter Weir will not supply stone for a new building, 9 August 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Miss Jane Thomson, Whitegate, writing on behalf of her mother to complain of cattle eating and destroying her corn, 10 August 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding conveyance of Peter Joyce’s property, queries about problem of Peter Bruce’s property, delivery of stone, 11 August 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Davidson, Newmill, Elgin, asking to meet Sir Robert in Buckie, 13 August 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by William Lendrum, Drybridge, Buckie, to James & William Henderson, Aberdeen, for cement for new smithy, 16 August 1877
Receipt for money paid by George Raffan to W. Smith for carting material for new smithy, Buckie, 16 August 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding deed for Peter Joyce’s property and lease for J.L. Taylor, 16 August 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, asking for directions on various matters, 17 August 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Smith, Inland Revenue, Banff, regarding sales of timber in relation to legacy duty on the estate of Sir William Gordon, 20 August 1877, with copy reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Maclachlan, Elgin, regarding shooting on the Letterfourie estate, 25 August 1877
Note to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Perry, architect, Buckie, asking for timber, 28 August 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Maclachlan, Elgin, enclosing payment for shootings, 28 August 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from W.L. Taylor, Cullen, regarding payment for fishing and other rents and complaining of the season, 29 August 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding the Commission for Enquiry into the Herring Fisheries, 31 August 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Smith, Inland Revenue, Banff, asking for information on Sir William Gordon, 1 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Davidson, Newmill, Elgin, regarding difficulty in finding a suitable house in Buckie for his family, deficiency of water for the mill, declining any further involvement in it, 3 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Perry, architect, Buckie, regarding freight of cargoes of stones and asking for wages for workmen, 3 September 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Mackie, regarding alterations to his property, 4 September 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Tocher, Buckie, for whisky, 5 September 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Scott, Parkhill, for cutting wood, 6 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Mackie, baker, Nether Buckie, regarding expense and modified rent of his property, 6 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding paying bills given in by architect, 8 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Thomson, merchant, Nether Buckie, with account of trying to help someone catch the bus on their way to London, 13 September 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Scott, regarding rent for George Pirie’s place, 13 September 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Forsyth for work done at Drybridge quarry, 14 September 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Forsyth for work at the hay, 14 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Rev James Buchanan, Rathven, calling a meeting of heritors, 14 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Thomson, Shielburn, applying for lease of George Pirie’s place, Boggs, ‘I have been in America for some years but returned to Scotland to recruit my health. Having found no place to agree with me so well as these heather hills I have concluded to stay here’, 15 September 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to the Tochieneal Tile-work, Cullen, 15 September 1877
Receipt for subscription paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie in aid of ‘the Sufferers from the Famine in India’, 15 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A. Leslie, Buckie, applying for post of coachman, 17 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Wilson, Nether Buckie, applying for post of coachman, 18 September 1877
Note to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Perry, architect, asking for more piles, 20 September 1877
Receipted account for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Robertson, family grocer, Inchgower, 21 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding McKenzie’s estate, 22 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Thomson, Shielburn, with comments on the lands of Gollachy, part of it ‘not worth any one’s while to reclaim and till such a sand soil whin wilderness in these times when labour asserts its rights and demands its just reward’, making another big for a lease on Boggs, 25 September 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Jackson, Fochabers, declining his application for coachman, 29 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Pirie possibly near Tillicoultry, regarding dispute with his brother and return to Letterfourie, 29 September 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Thomson, merchant, Buckie, reporting on a court case, 1 October 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Hendry & Co., carpenters, Buckie, regarding lease of sawmill, 1 October 1877, with draft reply
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Shand, Woodside, regarding conditions on which Shand might give up his croft, 2 October 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Shand, Woodside, agreeing to his bargain with a new tenant, 6 October 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Wilson for quarrying at Hillocks, 18 October 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, Buckie, regarding feu charter for Gunn, asked to prepare this as Mr. Maclean is ill, 23 October 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Wilson, Hayfield, by Peterhead, regarding selling Hayfield and moving to Glasgow to be near his sons, asking for advice on investments, comment on Russo-Turkish War, 24 October 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James McCombie & Co., fishcurers, Peterhead, regarding feu of their property in Buckie, 27 October 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding business to be completed by the term, and asking him to get another lawyer to do it if he himself Is too ill, 27 October 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Gunn’s feu charter, 27 October 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding loan to William Thomson and to Dr Duguid, his sister’s bond with the Harbour Board, and Alexander Thomson’s loan, 1 November 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Dr Duguid’s loan, his sister’s bond, Alexander Thomson’s loan, 5 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Thomson, merchant, Nether Buckie, regarding his loan and feu duty, 7 November 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Milne for work at quarry and farm, 7 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Campbell, Buckie, regarding plumbing supplies, 7 November 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Robert Currie, slater, for work at new smithy, 10 November 1877
Receipt for insurance payment on Hillocks house, Buckie, November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Thomson, Nether Buckie, regarding Mrs. Thomson’s annuity and the Gordon Arms, 12 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Perry, architect, Buckie, regarding supply of stones, 13 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding various financial transactions, 14 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding search for a girl for a particular post, 15 November 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to George Munro, Bridge of Gollachy, regarding taking four acres off his land, 20 November 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Scott, Parkhead, regarding taking off doors and windows at St. Helena croft, 20 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James McCombie & Co., fishcurers, Peterhead, regarding the feu of their property in Buckie, 22 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from William Thomson, merchant, Nether Buckie, regarding leasing the gardens at Letterfourie to grow vegetables to sell, 23 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding a delayed deposit and some late payments, 24 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding his sister’s bond, assignation to James Martin, settlement with Duguid, feu charters, 24 November 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding various items of business and refusing to be rushed, 26 November 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Garden, Maryhill, asking him to settle up a bill and arrears of rent, 27 November 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Kemp, limeworks, Keith, regarding order for lime, 27 November 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Kemp, Keith Limeworks, 1 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding debts of Mr. Garden, Rannachy, 3 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding Sandy Hepburn’s mistakes in measuring ground, draft charters and rent collections, 4 December 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Rev W. Clapperton on behalf of Robert Davidson, 28 November 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding signing an affidavit without a JP to witness it, 6 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding the Davidsons at Puttingbrae, the Gardens, Rannachy’s involvement, hoping not to offend A.R. Maclean, 7 December 1877
Account for money owed by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Barnard, Bishop & Barnards, Norwich, for a wheat mill, with draft reply, 8 December 1877
Receipted account for money owed by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Lendrum, blacksmith, Drybridge, 10 December 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Robertson, Gas Board Buildings, for building materials, 10 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding rents, urgent assignation, signing an affidavit in front of a JP, feu charter for Raffan, 11 December 1877
Receipted account for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Tochieneal Tile Work, Cullen, for tiles and bricks for the new smithy, 17 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Arthur Ritchie, Star Inn, Buckie, making an offer for the land by the pissing wells in Nether Buckie but saying that he would prefer to have his old land back if he could, 13 December 1877, with draft reply
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to William Forsyth for carriage of building material to the Gas Board Building, 13 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from George Pirie, Tillicoultry, asking if he is to get the hill croft at Whitsunday, 10 December 1877, with draft reply
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from John Merson, Union Bank, Buckie, regarding Maryhill, 15 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from A.R. Maclean, solicitor, Buckie, regarding the fisher rents after a bad season, more to come when bounties are paid in the New Year, Raffan’s charter, 15 December 1877
Receipt for county assessments paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, 17 December 1877
Small bundle of property and income tax receipts paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, 17 December 1877
Receipt for land tax paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, 17 December 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to the Norfolk Iron Works, Norwich (Barnard, Bishop & Barnards), 17 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Barnard, Bishop & Barnards, Norwich, regarding payment of an account, 17 December 1877, with draft reply complaining that the wheat mill ordered has not yet arrived
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Robertson, Baremuir, for carriage of stones, 19 December 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Robertson, Baremuir, for roofing a stable, 19 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from James Bremner, druggist, Nether Buckie, asking for holly and greens for Christmas, 21 December 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John Thomson, shoemaker, Portgordon, regarding land in Buckie, 22 December 1877
Copy letter from Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to McDonnell, Tulloch, by Fochabers, regarding access to land at Maryhill, 22 December 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to James Kissack for hire of carriage for several Sundays from Letterfourie to the chapel and back, 24 December 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Thomas Wilson, Blackhillock Lime Works, Keith, for lime for the Gas Board building, 24 December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Arthur Ritchie, Buckie, asking for his vote when he stands as Sanitary Inspector, 25 December 1877
Receipt for subscription paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie for the Banffshire Journal, December 1877
Receipt for rates paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, December 1877
Receipt for money paid by William Badenoch, Greenbank, to William Stewart for work on water pipes, 26 December 1877
Receipt for salmon assessment paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, December 1877
Letter to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie from Alexander Mair, solicitor, Buckie, regarding John Thomson’s feu charter, 28 December 1877
Receipt for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to John G. McGee & Co., Belfast, for an Ulster overcoat, hood and shooting suit, 29 December 1877
Receipted account for money paid by Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie to Thomas Thomson, saddler, 31 December 1877
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