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Year |
Date |
Place |
Letter to: |
Letter from: |
Subject: |
Scanned |
Transcript |
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3.4.1 |
1801 |
16-May |
Quebec |
John Johnston, Stromness |
John Purse |
Sending £30. Unusually mild winter & early Spring. Mrs Johnston & her
relations not yet arrived. 'Mr Irvine has procured a place for Joshua
Halcro in the North West Company'. |
p |
p |
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3.4.2 |
1758 |
22-May |
Southwark |
‘Dear Aunt’ Mrs Johnston, Stromness |
Joseph Isbister |
Dealing with family & business affairs in Orkney (houses in Stromness &
Harray). Asking for repayment of loan to Joshua. Betty with Ann in
London. |
p |
p |
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3.4.3 |
1748 |
2-Jun |
Stromness |
Joseph Isbister |
Joshua Johnston |
Legal deed for loan of £46 |
p |
p |
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3.4.4 |
1800 |
24-Dec |
Quebec |
John Johnston, Stromness |
John Purse |
Sending £30. Aunt & Cousin Nancy taken passage to Kilmarnock. Cousin
John & myself escaped fire on Kings Wharf. Henry Taylor in Halifax.
Death of Wm Brymer 2 Sept. 1800. |
p |
p |
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3.4.5 |
1738 |
30-May |
Stromness |
John Crafts et al |
Magnus Gray et al |
Receipt for £18 10s, witnessed John Johnston et al. |
p |
p |
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3.4.6 |
1732 |
18-Jan |
London |
James Crafts of London |
David Chrichton et al |
Insurance document for boat ‘Betty’ |
p |
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3.4.7 |
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William Isbister |
Fragment, possibly a will or receipt for rent |
p |
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3.4.8 |
1847 |
23-Aug |
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Mrs John Johnston, Orphir House |
Mr Robertson |
Thanking her for offer of milk & butter |
p |
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3.4.9 |
1800 |
28-Oct |
Quebec |
John Johnston, Stromness |
John Purss |
In French, confirming delivery of legal papers |
p |
p |
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3.4.10 |
1780 |
31-Oct |
Stromness |
‘Dear Brother’ John Johnston c/o Jean Johnston, Houndsditch, London |
Katrin Johnston & Margaret Halcro |
Glad to hear of safe arrival in London. Margaret seeking news of Mr
Halcro. Kitty: 'we are all very lonely & thinks much long for you and
for a sound of your fidal & flout'. |
p |
p |
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3.4.11 |
1781 |
11-Mar |
Stromness |
‘Dear Brother’ John Johnston, London |
Mary & Kathrine Johnston |
Missed him at Christmas, hoping they will see him on his way to Quebec |
p |
p |
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3.4.12 |
1785 |
2-Feb |
Stromness ? |
‘Dear Sister’ & ‘Dear Brother’ (in Quebec ?) |
Kathrine, Jean & Betsy Johnston |
Probably Margt
Halcro in Quebec. Kitty gives news of eye operation in Edinburgh. |
p |
p |
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3.4.13 |
1835 (?) |
24-Aug |
Edinburgh |
‘Dear Madam’ |
Thomas Balfour |
Using best endevours in interest of your son (?) |
p |
p |
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3.4.14 |
??? |
14-Sep |
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‘Dear Madam’ Mrs Johnston, Orphir House |
Thomas Balfour |
Enclosing a note for 'your son' |
p |
p |
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3.4.15 |
1815 |
25-Jun |
Kirkwall |
John Johnston of Coubister |
… Sinclair, Kirkwall, Clerk |
Demanding a boat of peats for Mrs Urquhart from Island of Cava |
p |
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3.4.16 |
1845 |
15-May |
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‘My dear Mrs Johnston’ |
Mr Gillespie |
Very difficult to read, mainly family news, mentions Capt Allan & Capt
Nugent, etc. |
p |
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3.4.17 |
undated |
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Stromness |
Mrs Johnston |
Capt Edmeston |
Concerning an invitation to visit |
p |
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3.4.18 |
undated |
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Haymarket Edinburgh/ London ? |
Mrs Johnston, Gloster Terrace, Commercial Arcade |
James Sutherland |
Concerning the sale of land & requesting sight of certificates of
superior duties of valuations, etc. |
p |
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3.4.19 |
1792 |
19-Apr |
Edinburgh |
Joshua Johnston, Stromness |
John MacNab, Writer to the Signet |
Request 'to know by what title you possess a part of' land in Stromness
owned by late Mr Irving of Boston |
p |
p |
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3.4.20 |
1712 |
5-Nov |
Stromness |
Adam Isbister & son Joseph Isbister |
Trustees of estate of Bess Johnston, sister of John Johnston |
Inventorie of the movable goods, geare and others pertaining to Adam
Isabister or his aires after the decease of Bess Johnston his spowse |
p |
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3.4.21 |
1716 |
15-May |
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George Dallas and Hellen Mansone his spouse |
Adam Isbister, merchant in Stromness, and Elizabeth Johnston, his spouse |
Heritable Bond for a piece of land in Stromness |
p |
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3.4.22 |
1716 |
8-Jun |
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Joseph Isbister, only son procreat betwixt … |
Adam Isbister, mert
in Stromness & the deceast Elizabeth Johnstown, his spouse |
Inhibition - concerns a piece of land in Stromness, possibly the same as
referred to in 3.4.21 |
p |
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3.4.23 |
undated |
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Spittal Fields |
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Jas Dickson |
Memo concerning Joseph Isbister's daughter, married to a Lieut. Maddox,
and heiress of her father's property in Harra |
p |
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3.4.24 |
1734 |
2-Oct |
Stromness |
Written & witnessed by John Dickson, schoolmaster, Stromness |
Joseph Isbister |
Disposition. Heritable bond for £100 Scots money in favour of John
Johnston, 'my uncle' secured by land originally owned by George Dallas &
Helen Manson, both deceased. |
p |
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3.4.25 |
1718 |
19-Mar |
Stromness |
Helen McKinlay his spouse |
Adam Isbister |
Disposition of land in Stromness |
p |
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