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Ref NoMS 3219/6/1/1/1/77
Finding NumberMS 3219/6/1/77
TitleLetter. James Watt (Heathfield) to James Watt jr. (Manchester; c/o Taylor & Maxwell).
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Date03 October 1790
Description[News of the move to Heathfield. Watt jr.'s involvement with customers. He encloses the allowance. Rival engines. Proposed excursion with Baron Demidoff: mineralogy is not a subject that will be useful to business because of the uncertain state of mining in Britain. A businessman's reputation. He may attract odium as a companion to a foreigner. The decision is his to make. Matthew Robinson Boulton is on his way home through Flanders].
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