| Description | Bundle of forty-seven letters to James Watt.
There is a threaded bundle label with ‘Miscellaneous 1799,’ in black ink, and ‘ No 1 to 46 ’ is in red ink.
The letters were numbered in red ink, one has no number. They were arranged in roughly chronological order beginning with the most recent letter.
The bundle has been re-arranged into alphabetical order by correspondent and chronological order within an individual’s correspondence.
There is a conspectus of old and new numbers at the end of the list.
The correspondent’s name and the date has been written on the letter by James Watt. A few have a summary on the docket.
Any summaries in square brackets are provided by the cataloguer. |