| Description | Correspondence of Lord Fife. Subject matter and correspondents include:
1779:
Place-Military: Lord [Amherst] - majority for Captain William Duff;
January-May 1784:
Business: George Robinson;
Election: Thomas Dunbar, A. Tulloh, George Dempster, Speaker of House of Commons;
Family: Mary Duff, Robert Duff of Logie;
Finance: George Duff;
Local: A. Tulloh;
Place: Alexander Duff of Housedales, John Duff, land surveyor of customs at Dundee;
Place-Church: George Brodie - Elgin;
January-March 1785:
Estate: William Reid;
Family: Jean Duff, J. Fife (mother), William Duff;
Local: James Montgomery;
Military news: George Napier - defence of Portsmouth from naval attack;
Personal: Keith Urquhart, Charles Cordiner, Thomas F. Abercromby, George Keith, Lord Kellie;
Place: Andrew Hay of Rannes, Charles Tait, William Rose, William Forsyth;
Place-Church: Robert Wyat - Skene;
Place-Military: William Illingworth;
Politics: Claud Marshall for tobacco manufacturers in Glasgow;
April -May 1785:
Business: George Robinson, William Rose, David Souter;
Election: John Ross, Lady Findlater, Andrew Hay of Rannes, A. Stuart;
Estate: James Leslie;
Family: William Duff, James Duff of Banff;
Finances: Sarah [Sanson];
Local: Mrs. Black - mines on land bought from Brodie, John Ross, Aberdeen, Andrew Hay of Rannes;
Personal: Charles Cordiner, J.C. Abernethie;
Place: James Donaldson;
Place-Church: Thomas Wilson - Macduff;
Politics: John Aitchison - distilleries;
February-March 1785:
Politics- Depute as Controller of Excise: Arthur Duff (brother), William Pitt and Mr. Hamilton;
March-May 1785:
Surgeoncy at Fort George for Mr. Roy;
Place-Military: Alexander Urquhart, Isabella Roy, George Napier, Robert Adair, Sir George [Young], Sarah Napier;
November 1791:
Family- death of Duff of Hatton: Helen Duff of Hatton (mother), William Leslie of Hatton, James Duff, Jean Hay. |