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Ref NoMS 3147/3/52/47
TitleLetter. James Watt Jr. (Soho) to Gregory Watt (care of Gilbert Hamilton, Glasgow)
LevelItem
Date13 September 1803
Description2 sheets. Accounts at Newcastle – Mr. Dudgeon’s payment of engine erectors Michael Wheatley and George Taylor. Wheatley’s leaving Dudgeon and going to the Tyne Iron Co. without being dismissed by Boulton Watt & Co. Higher wages and entering into an agreement might induce Wheatley back. George Taylor is at Hull erecting engines for Coates & Co. and Pease Wray & Trigg. Need details of his accounts. Progress with Dudgeon’s engine. When at Newcastle James Lawson detected Dudgeon making engines, but they have done nothing as he has helped Boulton Watt & Co. in the past, particularly in the Matthew Murray trial. Financial affairs of the Kenton Colliery and the creditors’ proposals for payment of debts. Financial problems of firms connected with Surtees – the Tyne Iron Co. and Easterly Hall & Co. Ropes ordered from Grimshaw & Co. Report that Wheatley had combined with the millwrights to prolong the erection of Ellerby & Ransom’s engine.
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Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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