| Ref No | MS 3219/7/4/1/6 |
| Finding Number | MS 3219/7/54 |
| Title | Letters from Gregory Watt to James Watt jr. |
| Level | File |
| Date | 1800 - 1804 |
| Description | This bundle was previously stored in Tin Box 6 and was described on the 1873 Inventory as ' Letters from Gregory Watt James Watt, Junr., 1800 to1804, No.'d 1 to 25.'
There is a bundle label, written in red ink, as follows: 'Letters from Gregory Watt to James Watt Junr. 1800 - 1804. No. 1 to 25. The letters are numbered in red ink.
The letters have pencil ticks and areas of text marked out in pencil. This may heve been done by J.P. Muirhead, when planning the memoir of Gregory Watt which he intended to write. |
| Extent | 25 |
| Format | Items |
| Access Status | Open |
| Arrangement | The letters were arranged in roughly chronological order. They have now been placed in chronological order and a conspectus of old and new numbers appears at the end of the list.
Dockets have been written on most of the letters by James Watt jr., with the name Gregory and the date, and usually, summary of the contents. Where there is no summary, one has been provided by the cataloguer, in square brackets. A pdf. of the detailed list of the letters with a conspectus of old and new numbers has been attached here. |
| Language | English |