| Description | There is an original bundle wrapper on which is written in red ink, 'Press Copies of Letters Written by James Watt Junr. 1809 - 1816 - 1817. No. 1 to 42.'
The press copy sheets are individually numbered and they were arranged in mainly chronological order though there are exceptions. The original order has been retained. They have been sorted into 28 letters. The legibility of the copying varies considerably. Occasionally the letters seem to be incomplete. There is only one letter from 1809 and one from 1817. The 1817 copy press letter to Robert Muirhead was found in miscellaneous papers in [previous reference M IV/box 18/ old folder 2] and has been re-located here. It was not previously numbered. |