Bundle 3-1

Ref.	Year	Date	Place	Letter to:	Letter from:	Subject:	Scanned	Transcript
3.1.1	1773	25-May	London	‘Dear Brother’ Joshua Johnston, Stromness (?)	John Johnston, London	Encouraging his nephew to study to be a doctor & to learn Latin. News of Mr Isbister's death in Quebec, wife & six children sailed for London	p	p
3.1.2	1763	18-Aug	Charlestown, South Carolina	‘Dear Mother’ The Widow of John Johnston	John Johnston	Shipped from Havana for Pensecola, but 'Capt being ignorant of the Current steered a wrong course'. Voyage originated in Quebec, 'James & I is so often crossing the seas'	p	p
3.1.3	1770	24-Nov	London	‘Dear Brother’ Joshua Johnston, Stromness	John Johnston, London	Concerning W^m Halcro's need to raise money for trade with India & negotiations for this with Andrew Crookshank, & possibly with Mr Laing	p	p
3.1.4	~1774	??		‘Dear Brother’ Joshua Johnston, Stromness	John Johnston	Acquainting him that Broy^r James will give training to Joshua's son. Mr Halcro, 'Just before he sailed he had the misfortune to loose all the remaining India goods'.	p	p
3.1.5	~1774	??		‘Dear Brother’ Joshua Johnston, Stromness	John Johnston, London	Unable to remit money as 'I had upwards of £70 worth of goods returned'. James Irvine in London.	p	p
3.1.6	1769	6-Oct	London	‘Dear Brother’ Joshua Johnston, Stromness	John Johnston, London	Joshua's daughter Peggie in trouble in London 'as innocently unguarded as we when seduced by the Sergeant'. Asking Joshua to press W^m Halcro to sell his estate in Orkney to John's brother in law, Malcolm Laing.	p	p
3.1.7	1771	12-Jan	London	‘Dear Brother’ Joshua Johnston, Stromness	John Johnston, London	Reporting complicated financial transactions for W^m Halcro's land with Mr C (And^w Crookshank ?)	p	p
3.1.8	1772	15-Sep	London	‘My dear nephew’ John Johnston at Mr Joshua Johnston’s in Stromness	John Johnston, London	Exhorting his 12 yr old nephew to get an education ! 'you must learn to understand arithmetick well & likewise book-keeping', 'if you have a mind to go to sea, learn navigation also'.	p	p
3.1.9	1773	17-Feb	London	‘Dear Brother’ Joshua Johnston	John Johnston, London	Family news, Broy^r James chartered a vessel to W. Indies, Crafts M^cKay well, expecting reply from nephew, Jack.	p	p
3.1.10	1773	20-Apr	London	‘Dear nephew’ John Johnston	John Johnston, London	Further encouragements to learning. 'glad that you learn Latin as well as Arithmetick & Book keeping', 'I would wish you either to be a student in Phisick ... or to take your chance in the capacity of a Merchant Clark'.	p	p

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