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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
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Ref NoMS 1160/6/86
TitleVolume of letters written by Charles Gordon
Date1 November 1781 - 15 January 1789
Extent1 volume
DescriptionVolume containing copies in his own hand of letters written by Charles Gordon, Cairness, addressed to John and Francis Grant, Jamaica, Messrs. Stephen and Rose Fuller, merchants, London, and others, regarding supplies for, and shipments from, his estate of Georgia, Jamaica, and other affairs of mutual concern. [The volume measures 24 x 38 cm., is bound in grey boards with a leather spine, and contains 35 folios.]

Also includes letter enclosed in volume, dated 24 December 1786, from Charles Gordon, Cairness, to John Grant, Chief Justice of the island of Jamaica. Marked ‘duplicate’ but signed and addressed. Comments favourably on estate in Scotland purchased for Grant earlier in the year. Thanks are expressed for assistance given in the handling of Gordon’s Jamaican property and affairs.
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