| Ref No | MS 3219/3/1/2 |
| Title | Day Books of James Watt of Greenock |
| Level | Sub Series |
| Date | 1729 - 1773 |
| Description | These twelve volumes, covering the dates 1729 to 1773 are nearly all titled 'Day Book' and/or 'Waste Book'. The writing shows that they have been completed by James Watt of Greenock and at least one other person. Items have a cross by them , possibly written when they have been dealt with or cleared. The 1729 volume has a D [possibly for 'Debtor'?] by many entries. Most of the pages in the different volumes are headed by 'Greenock', and the date . Most entries are for hardware and ships' supplies.
The 1753 volume has, on the inside back cover, an incomplete inventory of goods in hand (cloth, tobacco, rum, sugar etc.), dated 14 May 1694. It is not stated to whom these goods belonged. |
| Extent | 12 |
| 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 |
| 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] |