| Description | The majority of the papers in this bundle were sent to Soho by Thomas Wilson, Boulton & Watt’s Cornish agent. The papers – accounts, memoranda and letters – cover various aspects of Boulton & Watt’s business in Cornwall and their dealings with Wilson. The bundle is divided as follows:
Nos. 1-6. Shipping of copper, purchase of ore etc.
Nos. 7-31. Boulton & Watt’s debts in Cornwall, outstanding premiums, papers for court cases, etc.
Nos. 32-42. Accounts of engines.
Nos. 43-59. Accounts and statements of mines, experiments etc.
Nos. 60-69. Accounts of sales of tin from Polgooth mine.
Nos. 70-72. Thomas Wilson’s brewery concern and commissions paid to him.
No. 73. Cornish General Infirmary.
Nos. 32 to 42, the accounts of engines, mainly deal with the small rotative engines sold in 1785 to 1786 under the partnership of “Boulton Watt & Co. Cornwall”, which consisted of Matthew Boulton, James Watt, Thomas Wilson and William Murdock.
Cornish Mines and Engines. |