| Description | Packet of four letters to James Watt , 1798 — 1801.
The bundle label, written in red ink, reads:
' Letters from Mr Barclay and Mr G. Anderson. 1798 to 1801. No. 1 to 3.'
The letters are numbered in red ink, and one has no number.
The letter numbered 1 (old no.) has '1798 to 1801' written on it in pencil
The letters were arranged in roughly chronological order with the most recent one first.
They have now been placed in chronological order beginning with the earliest, and renumbered.
There is a conspectus of old and new numbers at the end of the list.
The letters have a docket by James Watt with the name of the correspondent and the date, and have brief summaries.
Any further information in square brackets has been provided by the cataloguer. |