Ref NoMS 3219/7/4/1/4
Finding NumberMS 3219/7/52
TitleLetters from Gregory Watt and James Watt jr. to James Watt
LevelFile
Date1803
DescriptionThese letters are mostly about business matters.
Extent14
FormatItems
Related MaterialThe corresponding sequence of letters from James Watt to James Watt jr. are preserved in MS 3219/6/1
Access StatusOpen
ArrangementThere are 10 letters from James Watt jr.(new nos.5 to 14) and 4 from Gregory Watt (new nos. 1 to 4).
The letters from each son have been listed separately within the bundle and each section has been arranged in chronological order.
The dockets on the letters were written by James Watt with the name of the correspondent and the date, and a very brief summary .
Any information in square brackets has been added by the cataloguer.
AdminHistoryThis bundle was previously stored in Tin Box 6 and was described on the 1873 Inventory as ‘Letters to James Watt, from James Watt Junr., and Gregory Watt, 1803, No'd 1 to 14’.
There is a threaded bundle label, written ?by James Watt, which reads: ‘ J. & G. Watt 1803’. ‘No 1 to 14’ is written, in red ink , in a later hand. The letters are also numbered in red ink and arranged in approximately reverse chronological order.
LanguageEnglish
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