| Ref No | MS 3219/3/3/6/5 |
| Finding Number | MS 3219/3/120 |
| Title | Papers about Greenock quays and harbour. |
| Level | File |
| Date | 1751 - 1767 |
| Description | This bundle includes: the history of the harbour; measurements; shore dues; measurements and a plan for a new east quay; list of foreign ships paying anchorage in 1760 - 1761; proposals for improvements, a herring yard and cellars, building walls etc. Also, printed rules and regulations to be observed by the shore master and all ships visiting the harbour, 1762; a map of Rosneath and the Gairloch, nd.; estimates for improving navigation of the Clyde. |
| Extent | 46 |
| 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 papers have not been listed in greater 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] |