| Description | 445 letters arranged in alphabetical order. Where there is more than one letter from a correspondent, the individual's letters are then in chronological order.
There is one surviving original bundle wrapper. This is for a group of twenty letters, and reads: 'Letters from Divers of Messrs. Walkers Italian Correspondents. 1793.' These letters have been kept in the alphabetical sequence and placed after the correspondence with Thomas Walker. Nine of the letters from Richard or Thomas Walker are marked 'Private', but it is not possible to tell if they were kept in a separate bundle from the business letters, and in practice the contents of the letters cover both business and private concerns.They have therefore been listed as part of the main sequence.
The letters were transferred into 21 modern folders in the ?1970s and numbered as , and numbered B&W/M IV/ Box /Bundle W in 1987.
In 1999 they were transferred into archival folders.
The following letters have been tranferred to this sequence from other bundles :
One letter from O. Warberg (Harwich) to James Watt jr.,1807, [new no. 145], from the correspondence to Watt jr. from Watt. [M IV Box 16]
Three letters from Mr White Watson (Bakewell) to James Watt jr. 1811-1813 [new nos. 147-149], from M IV [Box 17].
Four letters from Thomas Weaver (Hamburg) to James Watt jr., Mar.- Oct. 1790, [new nos. 150-153], from the correspondence to Watt jr. from Watt. [M IV Box 15]
One letter fromW--n. (London) to James Watt jr. 21 Feb. 1793. [new no. 445], from M IV/ box 18/ old folder 1. Misc. papers.
Letter no. 283, from James Weston, was previously found with the loose papers in M I/ box 7/14.
Letter no. 285, from James Weston, was previously found at M I/ box 7/38.
The summaries are copies of the dockets written by James Watt jr. Any additions by the cataloguer are in square brackets.
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