| Description | There is an original portfolio cover of cloth and boards covered in marbled paper. The label, in James Watt jr.'s writing, reads: 'Correspondence relative to the Legacies left by my Father's Will, settlement of Accounts etc. September 1819 to —— 1820. 1820 to —— 1834.'
This portfolio comprises two sequences of letters and seven small packets of copy press letters from James Watt jr. to various people. The first is an alphabetical sequence of letters to James Watt jr. from various people, 1819-1820; the second is an alphabetical sequence of letters and copy press replies from 1831 to 1834. The 1831-1834 letters also deal with the effect on legacies of the death of Ann Watt and especially with the legacies left to the daughters of Elizabeth Birnie.
The letters in the first sequence,1819 to 1820, have been arranged in alphabetical order at some point. This has been retained. The correspondents are: Miss Alston, Marianne Boulton, John Craig, John Gordon, Mrs. Miller, Reverend Robert Morehead, Catherine Partridge, John Partridge, R. Rabone of Birmingham Hospital Committee, George Rennie, Theophilus Richards & Son, Jos. Schofield and J. Rollason of Birmingham Dispensary, Elizabeth Stuart, C.H.Turner, James Weston. (23 items)
There are no letters for the period 1820 to 1831.
The letters in the second sequence, 1831 to 1834, have also been arranged in alphabetical order at some point. This has been retained.
There are frequently copy press letters, forming the replies from James Watt jr., folded with the letter received by him.
The correspondents are: George Barker, John Craig, Janet Gordon, Mrs. Archibald Hamilton, Catharine Hamilton, Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, Thomas Hamilton, Francis Jeffrey, John and Robert Ker, Reverend Robert Morehead, Mrs. Lockhart Muirhead and Miss Lilian Campbell, James Reddie, Angus Turner. (47 items)
The seven packets of copy press letters all have wrappers with a description by James Watt jr. as follows :
——' Copies of letters to Mr Weston. 11 September 1819 to 25 April1820.' (17 items)
—— ' Copies of letters to Mr Mosley. 27 September1819 to 13 April1820.' (21 items)
—— ' Copy of letters to Mr Crummer.
D[itt]o. to Mr Davies. 01 October 1819 to 20 April 1820.' (7 items)
—— ' Copies of letters to sundry friends. 06 October 1819 to 20 May 1820. Respecting Legacies, Mourning Rings etc.' (13 items)
—— ' Copy Letters to
Thomas Evans. 04 November 1819
R. Cadbury. 04 November 1819
Haughton & Roberts. 04 November 1819
Theophilus Richards & Son. 03 January1820
'Remitting Bills in full of their respective Acc[oun]ts.'
' Settlement of acc[oun]ts with Esther & Eliz[abe]th Bayzand. 22 December 1819’.
Copy of letters to John Frost.' (9 items)
—— ' Copies of letters
to Gov[erno]rs of Birm[ingha]m Hospital. 13 November 1819
to Do. of Do. Dispensary. 13 November 1819
to Mr John Barr. 17 January 1820.’ (4 items)
—— 'Copies of letters to Margaret & Agnes Miller & to Mrs Miller. November 1819 to February 1820.' (8 items) |