| Description | Bundle of eight letters to James Watt from various people, including his father, about measurements of land and quays, the supply of water to the town, and improvements to the harbour.
There is a bundle label on which has been written in black ink by James Watt jr.:
' Letters from Sundries respecting a plan of supplying Greenock with water. 1772 and 1773. Includes some letters frrom Mr James Watt of Greenock in 1773. '
There are 8 letters numbered in red ink. The letters have been numbered in reverse chronological order.
They have now been arranged in chronological order and a conspectus of old and new numbers is given at the end of the list.
The letters have been docketted with the name of the correspondent and the date by James Watt jr. There are no summaries, so one has been given by the cataloguer, in square brackets. |