Aberdeen Harbour Board: Letter from James Ferguson, Aberdeen Note to Mr. James Riddel: "Dear Sir, having made a purchase of a piece of land, it is necessary for me to intimate that at the 20 of December next I shall require payment of the £2000 contained in the Shoremaster of Aberdeen's (?) notes to me, of which intimation have the goodness to acknowledge the receipt. I remain, dear Sir, your most obedient servant, James Ferguson." 11 September 1833