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Expand 1 - Charters and sasines relating to land transfer on the estates of Letterfourie, Corriedown and Durn1 - Charters and sasines relating to land transfer on the estates of Letterfourie, Corriedown and Durn
Collapse 2 - Papers relating to brothers James and Alexander Gordon 6th and 7th lairds of Letterfourie2 - Papers relating to brothers James and Alexander Gordon 6th and 7th lairds of Letterfourie
Expand 1 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to the Madeira wine trade1 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to the Madeira wine trade
Collapse 2 - Gordon of Letterfourie: James and Alexander Gordon: private and estate papers2 - Gordon of Letterfourie: James and Alexander Gordon: private and estate papers
Expand 1 - Gordon of Letterfourie: James and Alexander Gordon: private and estate papers: correspondence1 - Gordon of Letterfourie: James and Alexander Gordon: private and estate papers: correspondence
Expand 2 - Gordon of Letterfourie: estate papers, legal and sundry2 - Gordon of Letterfourie: estate papers, legal and sundry
Collapse 3 - Gordon of Letterfourie: estate and domestic financial papers3 - Gordon of Letterfourie: estate and domestic financial papers
1 - Note of calculation of stipend on back of part of another letter signed by Walter Brand
2 - Bill to Mr Gordon for entertainment at Elgin
3 - Bill for accommodation of horses and servant at Fochabers
4 - Bundle labelled ‘3’. 9 items
5 - Account of money owed by James Gordon of Letterfourie to John Jameson for labouring done
6 - Receipt signed by Jo. Godsman for money received from James Ogilvy of Logie in payment of a bill owing to him by the deceased James Gordon of Letterfourie
7 - Bundle containing 39 discharges
8 - Bundle of cheques drawn on Boldero, Carter & Boldero, London (later Boldero, Barnston, Carter, Snaith & Barnston) by James Gordon of Letterfourie
9 - James and Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie: estate and domestic financial papers
10 - Account payable by James Gordon of Letterfourie to Gore & Perchard, London, for metal buttons
11 - Account of James Gordon of Letterfourie with Colquhoun Grant
12 - James and Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie: estate and domestic financial papers
13 - Account for freight of five trunks from London to Banff, due by Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie to Captain George Abernethy
14 - Account with receipt for money owed by Alexander Gordon, London, to Robert Howden for lodgings
15 - List of wages due to James Weir and others, and outdoor expenses
16 - Account owed by Gordon of Letterfourie to Thomas Cleland, saddler, Edinburgh
17 - Account owed by Gordon of Letterfourie to W.A. Falconer, Letterfourie, for mending a clock
18 - Account owed by Gordon of Letterfourie to George Ross for sugar, tea, etc.
19 - Bills of parcels of sundries sent to Banff by A. Gordon, London
20 - List of bills sent to Gordon Castle
21 - Receipt for roll of yellow wool bought from William Shepherd, London, by James Gordon, for Mrs Gordon of Glastirum
22 - Receipt for tongues bought from Thomas Bannister by Mr Gordon for Letterfourie
23 - ‘Sundrys of Captain Birch’ – receipt from James & John Simpson, musical instrument makers, London, for sheet music and fiddle strings
24 - Bundle of financial papers relating to Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie, 1774 – 1801
25 - Order to pay on behalf of Thomas Haddock a sum to Alexander Gordon, signed in London by James Gordon
26 - Account of James Gordon of Letterfourie with John Mitchell, tailor
27 - Account owed by James Gordon of Letterfourie to John Mitchell, tailor
28 - Bundle of mostly financial papers relating to Alexander Gordon of Cairnbanno (later of Letterfourie), 1776 – 1795
29 - Bill for payment by Alexander Gordon to Thomas Rackett for tailoring
30 - Receipt for money due by James Gordon of Letterfourie to Alexander Duffus, wright in Cullen, for roofing work on byres
31 - List of bonds
32 - Roup list, listing items sold, who bought them and the price paid, and disbursements including for bellman and mortcloth
33 - Bond by James Gordon of Letterfourie for money due to Sir Robert Abercrombie
34 - Lime account, listing those from whom lime has been bought, and the distribution across the lands
35 - Account between the Earl of Fife and Alexander Gordon of Cairnbanno for the process of augmentation of Monquhitter, to Thomas Gordon
36 - List of India bills sent by Andrew Hay of Rannes to Gordon of Letterfourie
37 - Invoice for money owed by James Duff to John Mackenzie, to be sent to Letterfourie
38 - Receipt for money owed by James Henderson to James Fowlie for lime
39 - Receipt signed by John Brodie, Shevado, for money received from Alexander Gordon of Cairnbanno for limestone work
40 - Note of money paid by Gordon of Cairnbanno to John Ross, Shevado, for thinning wood
41 - Receipt for money paid by Gordon of Cairnbanno to William Glannes, servant to Gordon of Letterfourie
42 - Note of money paid by Gordon of Cairnbanno to Andrew Dickie for stone carting to Cairnbanno and Letterfourie
43 - Account of Alexander Gordon of Cairnbanno with Thomas Gordon, W.S., Edinburgh
44 - Account owed by James Duff to P. Brown and Prest for delivery of flour to Mrs Riddoch, Auchmunziel
45 - Account of James Duff with Thomas Fish for chimney pots
46 - Retired and discharged bill to Montcoffer from Alexander Gordon of Cairnbanno
47 - Receipt for payment made by Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie to James Steinson, Tugnett, for Spey fishings
48 - Invoice for sundry goods carried on the ‘Diligence’ (Captain Watson) from London to Portsoy, including lemons and mourning rings
49 - Account of expense of Letterfourie’s entry from the Duke of Gordon in the lands of Letterfourie, Corrydown and Walkerdales
50 - Cash account of Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie at James Brand’s banking company in Aberdeen
51 - State of the composition and liquidation of personal services exigible by the Duke of Gordon for an entry to Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie
52 - Account for iron and timber including Memel logs for Alexander Gordon, Letterfourie
53 - Window tax assessment for Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie
54 - Order of horning and poinding by Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie of Andrew Wright, butcher in Cullen, for the price of a cow
55 - Order to Andrew Wright, butcher in Cullen, to pay the price of a cow to Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie
56 - Note of cess due, with list of names
57 - Small bundle of receipts and accounts, 1794 – 1802 66 items
58 - Bond by George Green, merchant in Fochabers, to Robert Oliphant, postmaster general for Scotland
59 - Receipt for money paid on behalf of Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie to Sir William Forbes, to Gordon’s credit at Forbes’ bank, Edinburgh
60 - Statement of account for Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie with Sir William Forbes’ bank
61 - Window tax demand for 42 lights for Mr Gordon
62 - Account of the heirs of Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie with Alexander Duffus, wright, for crown glass for the east wing and colonnade at Letterfourie
63 - Receipt for meal from Alexander Lobban to Andrew Brodie, Letterfourie
64 - Receipt for sum paid to Macduff Cordiner, London, by James Gordon of Letterfourie
65 - List of ‘Money owing me by Bonds and Bills’, probably written by James Gordon of Letterfourie
66 - ‘Sketch of feu duty payable by the tenants of Walkerdales to the Castle sent me by A. Gordon’
67 - Receipt for sum paid to Charles Maxwell, Edinburgh, by the Rev John Mattingly for a pianoforte purchased by the Rev George Mathison in Auchenarlig Enzie
68 - Account of Andrew Brodie, on behalf of Letterfourie, to William Reid and A. Young for wages, allowances, etc.
69 - Receipt for wages received by James Weir, Letterfourie
70 - Receipt for postage charges paid by Andrew Brodie to Alexander Smith
71 - Receipt for wages paid by Andrew Brodie to Alexander Geddes for his grandson, Letterfourie
72 - Cancelled order by James Gordon of Letterfourie to pay sum to Robert Wiseman in Gallochy
73 - Receipt for wages paid to William Reid, Cottertown, Letterfourie
74 - Account of James Duff for Gordon Duff with Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie and his executors, with covering letter to George Russell, junior
75 - Receipt for money paid by James Gordon, Letterfourie to Alexander Murray, Greenbank, for work on a new stable
76 - Cancelled order by James Gordon of Letterfourie to pay sum to Peter Weir in Wester Boggs
77 - Account payable for labouring at Letterfourie
78 - List of sums of cash received, with names, 1778
Expand 3 - Gordon of Letterfourie: Duff family papers3 - Gordon of Letterfourie: Duff family papers
Expand 4 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to George Riddoch4 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to George Riddoch
Expand 5 - Gordon of Letterfourie: Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Cairnbanno, Asleid, Auchmunziel and Logie5 - Gordon of Letterfourie: Alexander Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Cairnbanno, Asleid, Auchmunziel and Logie
Expand 3 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir James Gordon of Letterfourie, 8th laird3 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir James Gordon of Letterfourie, 8th laird
Expand 4 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie, 9th laird4 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir William Gordon of Letterfourie, 9th laird
Expand 5 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, 10th laird5 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Sir Robert Gordon of Letterfourie, 10th laird
Expand 6 - Later papers relating to the history of the Gordons6 - Later papers relating to the history of the Gordons
Expand 7 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Gordons in Fochabers7 - Gordon of Letterfourie: papers relating to Gordons in Fochabers

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