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Ref NoMS 3219/4/1/6/40/3
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/94/3
TitleCopy Letter. Joseph Fry (Bristol) to James Watt (Birmingham; near St. Paul's Chapel).
LevelItem
Date02 October 1782
Description[He was not able to go to Rodstock. Information about the engine there. John Blanch's pump. He asks for china clay to put in Dr Black's box. John Anstie, a clothier in Wiltshire has got a man from Manchester who has made spindles etc for spinning Spanish wool, but who fears the mob. He could probably be induced to employ a steam engine. They have sent 14lb of Scots kelp by the waggon].
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