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Ref NoMS 3147/3/52/1
TitleLetter. James Watt Jr. (Soho) to M. R. Boulton (Manchester)
LevelItem
Date21 March 1803
DescriptionSees no objection to sending Pearson and Mr. Wright to erect the Radford Cotton Co.’s engine. Progress with its manufacture. No word from Brown & Co. about an erector. Mr. Spode’s colliery engine is nearly finished. Rennie has ordered 2 6 horse engines. 4 of his previous orders were for Trinidad. Mr. Addenbrooke wants a 4 horse engine immediately. Creighton has answered some but not all of Boulton Watt & Co.’s queries – his information on Laird & Co., Monteith, Stirling & Co., Houldsworth & Co., Underwood Co.’s engines, boilers etc. Query from Scaith Marshall & Co. about their materials. Mr. Mitton’s executor Mr. Eaden wants Boulton Watt & Co. to dispose of the engine.
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LanguageEnglish
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