Halcro-Johnston papers
- Reference:GB 241 D15
- Dates of Creation:1706-c1968
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.73 Linear Metres
Scope and Content
Papers relating to the Johnston family of Coubister, including: cash book of the estate of Coubister, 1837-1838, also containing inventory of furniture and farm stock and catalogue of books; legal papers relating to estate of Coubister, 1706-1826, and elsewhere in Orkney, 1733-1888; volume, c1760-1790, including notes on geometry and trigonometry, notes on the Julian Calendar, catalogue of books and list of notable British authors, and continuing as a ledger and letter book; private and household accounts and receipts mainly of Johnston family, 1846-1892; Journal of a Tour Through the Northern Counties of Scotland and the Orkney Isles in Autumn 1797, undertaken for religious purposes, 1798; miscellaneous legal and financial papers and correspondence of the Johnston family, 1706-1904; sketch map of Orkney, c1850; map and plan of the farm of Gyre, 1834-1882; rent rolls, 1753-1823; photocopy of notes made by J Halcro-Johnston concerning family history (1859-1947), c1968.
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