| Description | Letter to Anna Gordon, Fochabers, from James Hoy, Gordon Castle, regarding repairs at Dalachy, complaining that she made such frivolous objections so late in the process of taking the place that she must have changed her mind over it, the Duke has no need to pander to a tenant when a more grateful one could easily be found, if she guarantees in writing that she will take the land allocated to the house he will see to the slating of the roof, raising two ceilings and adding a kitchen, ‘the Duke has been too often trifled with already on the subject of your houses and farms’, 19 December 1785 |