Lot 214
Scottish manuscripts - Gordon of Gordonstoune, Sir Lodovick
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Three letters from Joseph Gordon to his father, Sir Lodovick Gordon of Gordonstoune, at Elgin, 22 Jan.- 25 March 1679, two from Paris, one from London, referring to Duke of York, conflict between Charles I and Parliament, attack on Danby, the Popish plot, & activities of France; Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank (1703-1778) to John Johnstone, son of Sir James Johnstone (1697-1772), about the settling of his father's debts, Edinburgh, ?16 Nov. 1768; Ainslie, Sir Robert A.L.S. to John Anstruther, 31 Dec., 1804; Anstruther, John 2 A.L.S. to Sir Robert Ainslie, Edinburgh, 1802-05; Minto, Lady A.L.S. to Col. Drinkwater, 30 Jan. 1808; Lambert, John, Major-General Order from Parliamentary miltary leader that assessors were not to levy from David Lord Cardros (1627-1671) an undue sum, nor that a garrison be put in his house at Cardros, 28 Dec. 1651; and 5 other Scottish ms. and 2 printed documents (14)