| Description | Letter to Anne Gordon from her brother Alexander, Copenhagen, telling her that the outcome of his court case was not as favourable as he might have wished, he has lost four thousand pounds but the King of Denmark has given him an exclusive privilege to trade to the Colonies from England or Holland during life, such a valuable privilege that he could sell it for more than he has lost, he will write again from Amsterdam and hopes to sail from there to Leith, 14 May 1769 |