| Ref No | MS 3219/3/1 |
| Title | Books of Accounts of James Watt of Greenock |
| Level | Series |
| Date | 1729 - 1776 |
| Description | The Books of Accounts , Finding nos. MS 3219/3/1 - 67, include ledgers; daybooks; ships’ account books; an account book for North Carolina business; an account book with Robert Finlay; a pocket account book; an invoice book; a ‘cash received’ book; account books for the town of Greenock; books of debts; a book for work done by carpenters, and an inventory. |
| Extent | 67 |
| Format | Volumes |
| Related Material | A single receipt from 1744 was discovered at Doldowlod in 2002 and donated to the City Archives. It is listed in the ‘Later additions to the papers of James Watt and Family’ part of the MS 3219 catalogue [Finding number MS 3219/9/.
The Watt and Muirhead papers were microfilmed by Adam Matthew Publications as part of Industrial Revolution: A Documentary History. ‘Muirhead I’ was published in Series One: part 2 in 1993; ‘Muirhead II-IV’ in Series One: parts 6 and 8, in 1997; and the ‘James Watt Papers’ in Series Three, in 1999. All the microfilms are available in Birmingham City Archives. |
| Physical Description | Volumes |
| Access Status | Open |
| Arrangement | The Books of Accounts of James Watt of Greenock have been arranged as follows:
1 - 8. Ledgers.
9 - 20. Daybooks.
21 - 22. Ships' Account books.
23. Account book for North Carolina business.
24. Account Book with Robert Finlay.
25 - 54. Pocket Account Books.
55. Invoice book.
56. Cash received book.
57 - 62. Account books for the town of Greenock.
63 - 65. Books of debts.
66. Work done by carpenters.
67. Inventory. |
| CreatorName | James Watt of Greenock |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Three Generations of Watts. Extracts from the Doldowlod Papers, by Julian Gibson-Watt (1995), has a section on the trading correspondence of James Watt of Greenock and on the Finlay & Cation papers. [B&W Pamphlets G/7] |