| Description | Letters from John Southern from 1794. John Southern was employed by Boulton & Watt as an assistant to James Watt and an engineer in 1782. He worked in the Drawing Office at Watt’s house at Harper’s Hill and at Soho Manufactory, and he also travelled round the country working on various engines. Southern became head of Boulton & Watt’s Drawing Office at Soho Manufactory.
The majority of letters in this bundle are addressed to James Watt, and were written by Southern to Watt in London. |