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Ref NoMS 3219/6/1/1/1/33
Finding NumberMS 3219/6/1/33
TitleLetter. James Watt (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (Freiburg; c/o Mr Kabisch).
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Date09 April 1787
Description[Complaints. His own health is poor. Expenses of travel. Wishes Watt jr. to return by mid September. Purchase of fossils. Mineralogy is not a science one can get one's bread by, so Watt jr. should not be distracted by it. Information is required on tinsel, false gold and silver wire etc. News of Mrs McGrigor's death. Suggests Watt jr. write to Matthew Robinson Boulton in Versailles].
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