| Description | Correspondence and papers relating to Gardner Manser & Co. and their account for their engine, from 1789 to 1796. Gardner Manser & Co. took over the King & Queen Iron Works at Rotherhithe (also called Redriff), formerly run by Folliott Scott & Co. The principal partners were Robert Gardner and William Manser, and a third partner, Robert Howard also occasionally corresponded for the firm. They continued to run Scott’s old engine until they purchased a new one in 1790. The old engine was taken down in Apr. 1790. The firm fell into a dispute about payment for the engines, which was settled by Matthew Robinson Boulton in London in Apr. 1796.
The bundle was divided into two halves. The first consists of correspondence from 1789 to 1795, which was removed from the General Incoming Correspondence series of 1785 to 1795 and 1788 to 1798. The second consists of documents passed to Matthew Robinson Boulton in London for the settling of the account.
Nos. 1-22. Correspondence, 1789—1795.
Nos. 23-34. Papers concerning the Account, 1796.
For drawings of the engines in question, see Portfolios 5/13, 5/55. |