| Ref No | MS 3219/3/2/5/3 |
| Finding Number | MS 3219/3/82 |
| Title | Settlement of outstanding accounts with William Weir and with James and Robert Muirhead |
| Level | File |
| Date | 1727 - 1783 |
| Description | 53 items.There is a bundle label which reads ' Settlements by Mr Watt of old accts. of his Father, viz: with Robt. Muirhead in 1783, James Weir in 1785, Messrs. Buchanan in 1787.'
Another label with the papers concerning the discharge of the account with James Weir, reads: 'J. Watt's accounts against Mr Weir settled & paid off by J. Watt junr. through the agency of Mr Thos. Cochrane. 1785.'
Another label with the papers concerning the discharge of the account with Robert Muirhead, reads: 'Accts. with Messrs. John & R. Muirheid with discharged bill. n. Millar. Settled by Mr G. Hamilton. 1783.'
There is a bundle label with no. MS 3219/3/83 [JWP 4/68] with 'No. 1 to 12' in red ink and, in black ink 'Papers from Gretna. 1800. acct. with Bryce inclosed.'
There are in addition five pieces which were not numbered. |
| Extent | 1 |
| Format | File |
| 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 | Papers and correspondence |
| Access Status | Open |
| Arrangement | These have not been listed in detail. |
| 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] |