| Description | Bundle of fifteen letters and papers to James Watt, from various people, 1781 to 1790. There is a bundle label, written in red ink, as follows: 'Miscellaneous Letters. 1781 — 1790. No. 1 to 14.' The letters were numbered in red ink; one has no number. The letters were arranged in neither chronological nor alphabetical order. They have now been arranged in chronological order and renumbered. There is a conspectus of old and new numbers at the end of the list. The letters have a docket by James Watt with the name of the correspondent and the date, but there are no summaries. Any summary in square brackets has been provided by the cataloguer. |