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Ref NoMS 3147/3/52/29
TitleLetter. James Watt Jr. (Manchester) to M. R. Boulton (Soho)
LevelItem
Date27 July 1803
DescriptionReport on Henry Coates’ engine at Hull. Encloses a bill from Coates. Sale of his old engine to Scott Campbell & Co. Alterations to Pease Wray & Trigg’s old engine. Sale of their present one. Progress at Hull Docks. Reports of other engines at Hull, Wakefield, Oldham, Manchester. An absurd advertisement placed in newspapers by Matthew Murray. Reid Irving & Co.’s proposals for paying Boulton Watt & Co. for P. McCandlish’s engine.
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Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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