| Description | Letters from David Watson from 1786 to 1793. David Watson was sent from Glasgow by his father to Boulton & Watt as an apprentice in 1780. He went to Cornwall as an engine erector in 1783, and later worked in London. He left Boulton & Watt in 1793 after a disagreement with them.
This bundle of letters from Watson was found among the Memoranda of Agreements. The letters are dated as follows:
No. 1. 1786
No. 2. 1787
Nos. 3-4. 1788
Nos. 5-10. 1789
No. 11. 1790
Nos. 12-17. 1791
Nos. 18-21. 1792
No. 22. 1793 |