| Ref No | MS 3219/3/3/2/2 |
| Finding Number | MS 3219/3/91 |
| Title | Letters from James Watson to James Watt of Greenock |
| Level | File |
| Date | 1738 - 1743 |
| Description | This bundle consists of letters from James Watson, the North American shipping agent for James Watt of Greenock, usually based at Boston or in the Carolinas, dealing with cargoes of tobacco, tar and pitch, cotton etc. 'Negroes' are sometimes mentioned. |
| Extent | 27 |
| Format | Items |
| 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. |
| 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] |