| Ref No | MS 3219/3/1/11/1 |
| Finding Number | MS 3219/3/66 |
| Title | Account of work done by carpenters for James Watt of Greenock |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1767 - 1771 |
| Description | This volume gives details of carpentry work done by various men during four periods over 1767 to 1771 (July 1767 - January 1768; April 1768 - August 1768; June 1770 - September 1770; July 1771). The work done by each person is described but there are no records of payments or costs. The men are named as James Rodgers sr. and James Rodgers jr.; Alexander McLachan (or McLauchland); Archbald Croockshank and John Whaite (or Wheyte). |
| Extent | 1 |
| Format | Volume |
| 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 |
| 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] |