| Description | General Correspondence, P (71 items).*
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George Paton & Co. were London shipping merchants who had contacts with Messrs. Wetherell, Jiminez & Co. of Seville, Spain. They agreed to undertake the shipping of the engine and mill work bought from Boulton & Watt by Mr. Wetherell. After disputes about various points in the terms of shipping, mainly to do with who was liable for the cost if for any reason the engine was not shipped, and Paton & Co.’s commission, the correspondence was terminated and referred to an outside party. However a working relationship between the two firms appears to have been established again by 1798. |