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Ref No	MS 3147/2/49
Title	Newspapers containing Advertisements, Letters and Reports relating to Jonathan Hornblower, Edward Bull and Judgement in King’s Bench, 1791—1794, 1799 (8 items).*
Level	Item
Date	1791 - 1799
Description	Newspapers were an important means by which Boulton & Watt and their rivals sought to publicise their arguments. The Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury and General Advertiser carried articles and advertisements by Boulton & Watt and Jonathan Hornblower and his partner John Winwood, as it had a large circulation in Cornwall. The Mercury and the Exeter Gazette also carried reports of the action against Edward Bull in 1793. The Times carried a report of the decisive verdict in the Court of King’s Bench in the action against Jabez Hornblower and Stephen Maberly which effectively established the validity of James Watt’s patent. Boulton & Watt collected copies of these newspapers for reference during their legal proceedings and their attempts to win over the Cornish mining industry.
Access Status	Open
Language	English

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