| Description | Private ledger belonging to [Charles Gordon of Cairness]. Includes entries for estate and farm of Cairness, estates of Buthlaw and Newtyle, Georgia plantations, creditors and debtors, personal expenses, bank, taxes, profit and loss; not all accounts are balanced. Marked A 1785-86 on spine. 3 folios, then 11 folios (index), and further 94 folios (one excised). Folio 80 onwards blank.
(Volume measuring 19.5 x 25 cm., bound in red marbled boards, with leather spine with raised bands.) |