| Description | Letter to James Riddel from George Ritchie. Letter head: "Aberdeen Gaslight Company's Office, 21st February 1837." Letter reads as follows: "Dear Sir, I beg to intimate to you that it was after half past seven o'clock before any of the quay lamps were extinguished this morning, instead of 19 minutes past six, and if you want any evidence of this fact we have three individuals who are ready to testify to the truth of the above statement. I am dear Sir, yours truly, Alexander Ritchie." |