| Ref No | MS 3219/3/1/10 |
| Title | Books of debts of James Watt of Greenock |
| Level | Sub Series |
| Date | 1749 - 1770 |
| Description | There are three books of debts. The first volume has on the cover ‘List Book for Ledger G and H’. Inside, it is headed ‘List of Ship & Boats’ Debets & Small Debets from Ledger G. 15th. May 1767’. The dates of debts listed cover the years 1743 to 1767. Only four entries are in the hand of James Watt of Greenock ( MS 3219/3/63). The second volume has on the cover ‘ List of Sundrie Debts from Ledger I. 1770 Decem[be]r. James Watt.’ The latest date is for February 1771. The dates of debts covered are 1758 to 1770 (MS 3219/3/64). The third volume (MS 3219/3/65) has on the cover ‘Small debts for the year 1749’, but the entries within cover debts for the years 1749 to 1761.The entries are arranged chronologically and are in the hand of James Watt of Greenock and other hands. References are given to various ledgers when an item is carried to them. |
| Extent | 3 |
| Format | Volumes |
| Related Material | A single receipt from 1744 was discovered at Doldowlod in 2002 and donated to the City Archives. It is listed in the ‘Later additions to the papers of James Watt and Family’ part of the MS 3219 catalogue.
The Watt and Muirhead papers were microfilmed by Adam Matthew Publications as part of Industrial Revolution: A Documentary History. ‘Muirhead I’ was published in Series One: part 2 in 1993; ‘Muirhead II-IV’ in Series One: parts 6 and 8, in 1997; and the ‘James Watt Papers’ in Series Three, in 1999. All the microfilms are available in Birmingham City Archives. |
| Physical Description | Volumes |
| Access Status | Open |
| Arrangement | To see the item list, please click on the pdf attached here. |
| CreatorName | James Watt of Greenock |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Three Generations of Watts. Extracts from the Doldowlod Papers, by Julian Gibson-Watt (1995), has a section on the trading correspondence of James Watt of Greenock and on the Finlay & Cation papers. [B&W Pamphlets G/7] |