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Johnston, James, (1655-1737), Secretary of State

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Surname: Johnston
Forenames: James
Gender: Male
Date: 1655-1737
Biography: ODNB link for Johnston, James (1655-1737) Secretary of State
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P159735 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P15652 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1690-97: letters to Marquess of Tweeddale
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 14408
NRA 13563 Hay
2
letters to George Baillie
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS 104
NRA 10114 Hamilton

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [6b]
3
1691-92: letters to Sir W Colt
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 36662
4
1690-91: letters from Sir William Dutton Colt
The National Archives
SP 105/84
5
1693-94: letters (6) to Lord Melville
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD26/13/85
NRA 29368 Leslie Melville
6
letters
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS2171/491, 497
NRA 12630 Hope-Johnstone

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [54a]
7
1691-1700: corresp with the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 7017-7036, 7103 Passim