| Description | Letters from Thomas Wilson from 1781. Thomas Wilson was Boulton & Watt’s Cornish agent. He also had considerable other business interests in Cornwall.
Wilson’s letters were kept in yearly bundles. The letters in this bundle were addressed to James Watt and Matthew Boulton, and the Chief Cashier and Bookkeeper James Pearson. Several of the letters include printed tables which have been filled in with the monthly performance details of various engines. The letters were summarised by Henry Hazleton in the 1890s, and his summaries have been transcribed. |