Archives Nationales, France-Colonies (AN-Col.)
29, chemin du moulin de Testas
13090 AIX-EN-PROVENCE
+ 33 (0)4 42 93 38 50:
anom.aix@culture.gouv.fr

+ Papers related to the French administration of Grenada and Louisiana.

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives (BLA)
Riverside Building
Borough Hall
Cauldwell Street
Bedford MK42 9AP
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1234 228833
archive@bedford.gov.uk

Wrest Park (Lucas) Manuscripts (WP-BLA)
+ Letters relating to the capture of George’s children by the French.

Beinecke Library, Yale University
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
United States
+1 203 432 2977
beinecke.library@yale.edu

Osborn Mickle Papers (WJM-Y)
+ Papers of William Julius Mickle, a cousin of the Johnstones.

Bristol University Library (BUL)
Tyndall Avenue,
Bristol BS8 1TJ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)117 928 8014
special-collections@bristol.ac.uk

West India Papers (BUL-W)
+ Westerhall Estate Papers, the papers of the plantation purchased by Alexander and inherited by James and William.

British Library (BL)
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7412 7676
Reader-Services-Enquiries@bl.uk

Oriental and India Office Collection (OIOC)
+ Bengal Secret Consultations
+ Correspondence of John Macpherson, the cousin of “Ossian” Macpherson, George’s secretary in Florida.
+ Fort William Consultations
+ Minutes of the Court of Directors of the East India Company
+ Papers of General John Carnac
+ Papers of Harry Verelst, one of John’s political rivals in Bengal.
+ Logbook of the Earl of Holdernesse, the ship on which Elizabeth Carolina travelled to India
+ Logbook of the Admiral Stevens, the vessel that brought John, Elizabeth Carolina, and Bell or Belinda from Bengal to England.
+Petition of John Johnstone to be admitted as a writer in the East India Company's settlements
+ Petition of Patrick Johnstone to be admitted as a writer in the East India Company's settlements

Clackmannanshire Archives (CLA)
Speirs Centre
29 Primrose Street
Alloa FK10 1JJ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1259 452272
libraries@clacks.gov.uk

+ Johnstone of Alva Papers (JA-CLA)
+ John Johnstone Letter Book (JJLB-CLA)

Edinburgh University Library (EUL)
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ
United Kingdom
is-crc@ed.ac.uk
+44(0)131 650 8379

Laing Collection (EUL-L)
+ Letters to Barbara Murray, the eight siblings’ mother.
+ Letters to Betty Johnstone.
+ Letters to George Johnstone and Papers of George Johnstone.
+ Letters to Sir James Johnstone, the siblings’ father.

 

James Johnstone Letter Book 1770-74 (JJLB-EUL)
+ Letters of James Johnstone
+ Letters of Louisa Meyrick, James’s wife.

Glasgow City Archives (GCA)
The Mitchell Library
North Street
Glasgow G3 7DN
United Kingdom
+44 0141 287 2910
archives@glasgowlife.org.uk

Letters of Patrick Colquhoun, the Glasgow merchant who was entrusted with transporting Bell or Belinda to America and later, a business partner of William’s.

Letters of William Colhoon, slave merchant

Glasgow University Library (GUL)
Hilhead Street
Glasgow G12 8QE
United Kingdom
+44 (0)141 330 6704
library@lib.gla.ac.uk

Copy Letter Book, Patrick Colquhoun (GUL-PC)

+ Papers of William Pulteney (HL-P)

Letter of February 22 1758 from Betty Johnstone to William Johnstone (later Pulteney), with a postscript by Charlotte Johnstone (later Balmain), and news of Uncle Watty having his coat shot off. The Papers of William Pulteney, Huntington Library, San Marino, PU 400, Box 1. Reproduced with the kind permission of the Huntington Library. (Click to full sized image.)

+ Dana Family Papers: Edmund Dana married Helen Kinnaird, Barbara’s daughter.

National Archives of Scotland (NAS)
H.M. General Register House
2 Princes Street
Edinburgh, EH1 3YY
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 131 535 1314
enquiries@nas.gov.uk

+ Decreet Arbitral betwixt Charles Lord Kinnaird and Barbara Lady Kinnaird, Barbara’s divorce papers.
+ Extract, Process Joseph Knight against Sir John Wedderburn of Ballendean Bart
+ Letters to Sir James Johnstone, the siblings’ father.
+ Memoir by Alexander Young regarding Sir William Pulteney, a work written about William by his attorney
+ Papers of the Montague-Douglas-Scott Family, Dukes of Buccleuch. The Duke of Buccleuch was Adam Smith’s pupil and friend.
+ Tax Records
+ Trial Documents of Bell or Belinda

 

Papers of the Sinclair Family, Earls of Rosslyn (NRS-SR)
+ Papers related to John’s purchase of the Alva Estate
+ Wedderburn Family Papers

National Archives, United Kingdom (TNA)
Kew
Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 20 8876 3444
Contact

+ Documents related to Alexander’s Petition against the Governor of Grenada .
+ Documents related to George’s activities as Royal Governor of West Florida.
+ Documents related to the imprisonment of Margaret in Edinburgh.
+ “A Journal of the Proceedings on His Majesty's Ship The Adamant Kept by Captain Gidion Johnstone”
+ Letters to Lord Halifax, Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
+ Papers relating to the suit brought by the East India Company against John
+ Will of Alexander Johnstone
+ Will of George Johnstone.
+ Will of George Lindsay Johnstone, George’s son.
+ Will of Gideon Johnstone.
+ Will of John Johnstone
+ Will of Martha Ford.
+ Will of Scrope Colquit, the father of Gideon’s wife.
+ Will of William Talbot Keene, the father of John’s wife.

National Library of Scotland (NLS)
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh, EH1 1EW
United Kingdom
+44 (0)131 623 3700
enquiries@nls.uk

+ Case of Sir James Johnstone, Baronet, claiming the titles, honours and dignities of Marquis and Earl of Annandale
+ Gray of Carntyne Papers, which include the papers of Elizabeth Caroline Gray (Johnstone) Gray, John’s granddaughter.
+ Hume Manuscripts (Royal Society of Edinburgh), which contain correspondence with the Johnstones.

Norfolk Records Office (NRO)
The Archive Centre
Martineau Lane
Norwich NR1 2DQ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1603 222599
norfrec@norfolk.gov.uk

Norfold Record Society Collection (NRS)

+ Attested Copy of Mrs Meyrick's Settlement on her Marriage with Captain [James] Johnstone.
+ Letters from James to William and Louisa.
+ Letters to Louisa Meyrick, James’s wife.
+ Mr Lacon's Bill, for legal services rendered to Louisa.

 

Folkes of Hillington Mss. (FHA-NRO)
+ Letters to Sir Martin Browne Folkes

Perth and Kinross Council Archives (PKA)
AK Bell Library
York Place
Perth PH2 8EP
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1738 477012
archives@pkc.gov.uk

+ Kinnaird Family, Rossie Muniments (KR-PKA), papers of the Kinnaird family, into which Barbara married.

William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan (UMWCL)
909 S. University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
United States
+1 734 764 2347
Contact

+ Papers of Thomas Gage, Royal Governor of Massachusetts and correspondent with Alexander and George.
+ Wedderburn Papers

Minto-Skelton Collection (UMWCL-MS)
+ Papers of Walter Minto, the tutor of George’s children, and future Princeton University mathematics professor.