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Ref NoMS 3147/3/514
TitleSpecial Subjects and Correspondents. Minera Mine, correspondence and papers, 1797—1799
LevelSeries
Date1797—1799
DescriptionPapers relating to the disputes at Minera Mine, Denbighshire, from 1797 to 1799. For an account of this dispute, see the introduction to the previous bundle, 3/513. This bundle includes correspondence, memoranda and transcripts of the Chancery Orders prepared by A., J. & G. Weston, Boulton & Watt’s solicitors in London, who were acting for Robert Burton and his supporters. It also includes James Lawson’s sketch plan of the mines, and James Watt Jr.’s report.

For accounts that Watt Jr. had drawn up for his report, see 3/513. For papers relating to an earlier dispute over the engine premiums, see 3/512, and for later correspondence, see 3/515. For drawings of the engines, see Portfolio 5/552.
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Access StatusOpen
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