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Collapse MS 3147 - Boulton and Watt Collection - 1761 - 1977MS 3147 - Boulton and Watt Collection - 1761 - 1977
Expand 1 - Records of Boulton & Watt and Successor Firms - 1766 - 19191 - Records of Boulton & Watt and Successor Firms - 1766 - 1919
Expand 2 - Legal Records - 1766 - 18512 - Legal Records - 1766 - 1851
Expand 3 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 18953 - Correspondence and Papers - 1769 - 1895
Expand 4 - PRODUCTION RECORDS - 1774 - 18954 - PRODUCTION RECORDS - 1774 - 1895
Expand 5 - DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES - 1775 - 19045 - DRAWINGS - MAIN SERIES - 1775 - 1904
Expand 6 - DRAWINGS - "AVERY" PORTFOLIOS - 1815 - 19036 - DRAWINGS - "AVERY" PORTFOLIOS - 1815 - 1903
Expand 7 - DRAWINGS - 'SCIENCE MUSEUM' PORTFOLIOS - 1797 - 19197 - DRAWINGS - 'SCIENCE MUSEUM' PORTFOLIOS - 1797 - 1919
Expand 8 - Staff and Employment Records - 1784-18888 - Staff and Employment Records - 1784-1888
Expand 9 - Premises Records - 1783-18949 - Premises Records - 1783-1894
Expand 10 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MATERIAL - 1776 - 189610 - MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MATERIAL - 1776 - 1896
Expand 11 - Miscellaneous Non-Engineering Business Material - 1761-c.185011 - Miscellaneous Non-Engineering Business Material - 1761-c.1850
Collapse 12 - RECORDS OF THE BOULTON, WATT & CO. LONDON OFFICE - 1818 - 188512 - RECORDS OF THE BOULTON, WATT & CO. LONDON OFFICE - 1818 - 1885
Expand 1 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1818 - 18181 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1818 - 1818
Expand 2 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1819 - 18192 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1819 - 1819
Expand 3 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1820 - 18203 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1820 - 1820
Expand 4 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1821 - 18214 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1821 - 1821
Expand 5 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1822 - 18225 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1822 - 1822
Collapse 6 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1823 - 18236 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1823 - 1823
1 - Sketch. Accommodation aboard a steam boat [the James Watt?] - nd. [January 1823]
2 - Memorandum. Estimates [?] for Margate No. 4 and Leith No. 3 boats - 03 January 1823
3 - Memorandum. The accommodation aboard the James Watt - nd. [January 1823]
4 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 03 January 1823
5 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 07 January 1823
6 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 10 January 1823
7 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 11 January 1823
8 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 14 January 1823
9 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 16 January 1823
10 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 17 January 1823
11 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 17 January 1823
12 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 20 January 1823
13 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 28 January 1823
14 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 28 January 1823
15 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 27 January 1823
16 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 29 January 1823
17 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 29 January 1823
18 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 30 January 1823
19 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 31 January 1823
20 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 06 February 1823
21 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 06 February 1823
22 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - [07 February 1823]
23 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 07 February 1823
24 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 08 February 1823
25 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 11 February 1823
26 - Letter. James Brown to William Bennett (—) - 12 February 1823
27 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 12 February 1823
28 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 15 February 1823
29 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 20 February 1823
30 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 24 February 1823
31 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 01 March 1823
32 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 06 March 1823
33 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 10 March 1823
34 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock (—) - 21 March 1823
35 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 14 March 1823
36 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 18 March 1823
37 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 21 March 1823
38 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 24 March 1823
39 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock (—) - 27 March 1823
40 - Letter. James Brown (1 Haydon Square) to W. — Jr. (—) - 29 March 1823
41 - Letter. James Brown (1 Haydon Square) to the Committee of the Margate Steam Packet Co. (—) - 29 March 1823
42 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 05 April 1823
43 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton. - 08 April 1823
44 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 09 April 1823
45 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 09 April 1823
46 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 11 April 1823
47 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 15 April 1823
48 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 17 April 1823
49 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 17 April 1823
50 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 17 April 1823
51 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. to the Honourable Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navigation (—) - 18 April 1823
52 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 23 April 1823
53 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 02 May 1823
54 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 22 April 1823
55 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 01 May 1823
56 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 07 May 1823
57 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 07 May 1823
58 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 13 May 1823
59 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 20 May 1823
60 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 20 May 1823
61 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - May 1823
62 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 21 May 1823
63 - Letter. James Brown (London St.) to the Committee of the Margate Steam Packet Co. (—) - 21 May 1823
64 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 21 May 1823
65 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 23 May 1823
66 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 26 June 1823
67 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 26 May 1823
68 - Letter. James Brown (—) to ?. - nd.
69 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 18 June 1823
70 - Letter. James Brown for Boulton Watt & Co. to ? [“Honble. Sirs”] - 18 June 1823
71 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 21 June 1823
72 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 26 June 1823
73 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 26 June 1823
74 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 27 June 1823
75 - Memorandum. On steam boats including Venus and Diana - nd. [July 1823]
76 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 20 July 1823
77 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—)“Friday Evening” - nd. [25 July 1823?]
78 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 23 July 1823
79 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 28 July 1823
80 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 08 July 1823
81 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 10 July 1823
82 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 12 July 1823
83 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - [11 July 1823]
84 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 15 July 1823
85 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 16 July 1823
86 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 24 July 1823
87 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 30 July 1823
88 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 01 August 1823
89 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 03 August 1823
90 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 01 August 1823
91 - Letter. James Watt Jr. (London) to Mr. — Mitchell (—) - August 1823
92 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 13 August 1823
93 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 28 August 1823
94 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 13 September 1823
95 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 15 September 1823
96 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 19 September 1823
97 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 19 September 1823
98 - Letter. James Brown to O. Lang (—) - 21 September 1823
99 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 21 September 1823
100 - Letter. James Brown to G. Graham (—) - 24 September 1823
101 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 24 September 1823
102 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 26 September 1823
103 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 27 September 1823
104 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 27 September 1823
105 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 29 September 1823
106 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 30 September 1823
107 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock (—) - 03 October 1823
108 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 06 October 1823
109 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 11 October 1823
110 - Letter. James Brown to Cobb & Son (—) - 11 October 1823
111 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 14 October 1823
112 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 17 October 1823
113 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 21 October 1823
114 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 23 October 1823
115 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 24 October 1823
116 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 27 October 1823
117 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 30 October 1823
118 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 31 October 1823
119 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 31 October 1823
120 - Letter. James Brown to ? - November 1823
121 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - [10 November 1823]
122 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 11 November 1823
123 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock Jnr. (—) - 25 November 1823
124 - Letter. James Brown to ? - 28 November 1823
125 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 28 November 1823
126 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 01 December 1823
127 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 02 December 1823
128 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - 03 December 1823
129 - Letter. James Brown to James Watt Jr. (—) - 06 December 1823
130 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 06 December 1823
131 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 08 December 1823
132 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 09 December 1823
133 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 13 December 1823
134 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock (—) - 13 December 1823
135 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton [?] (—) - 16 December 1823
136 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 18 December 1823
137 - Letter. James Brown to William Creighton (—) - 19 December 1823
138 - Letter. James Brown to Boulton Watt & Co. (—) - December 1823
139 - Letter. James Brown to William Murdock (—) - 26 December 1823
Expand 7 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1824 - 18247 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1824 - 1824
Expand 8 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1825 - 18258 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1825 - 1825
Expand 9 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1826 - 18269 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1826 - 1826
10 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1828 - 1828
Expand 11 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1830 - 183011 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1830 - 1830
Expand 12 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1831 - 183112 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1831 - 1831
Expand 13 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1832 - 183213 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1832 - 1832
Expand 14 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1836 - 183614 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1836 - 1836
Expand 15 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1839 - 183915 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1839 - 1839
16 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1846 - 1846
18 - London Office Outgoing Correspondence, 1847 - 1847
Expand 23 - Incoming Correspondence, 1818 - 181823 - Incoming Correspondence, 1818 - 1818
Expand 24 - Incoming Correspondence, 1819 - 181924 - Incoming Correspondence, 1819 - 1819
Expand 25 - Incoming Correspondence, 1820 - 182025 - Incoming Correspondence, 1820 - 1820
Expand 26 - Incoming Correspondence, 1821 - 182126 - Incoming Correspondence, 1821 - 1821
Expand 27 - Incoming Correspondence, 1822 - 182227 - Incoming Correspondence, 1822 - 1822
Expand 28 - Incoming Correspondence, 1823 - 182328 - Incoming Correspondence, 1823 - 1823
Expand 29 - Incoming Correspondence, 1824 - 182429 - Incoming Correspondence, 1824 - 1824
Expand 30 - Incoming Correspondence, 1825 - 182530 - Incoming Correspondence, 1825 - 1825
Expand 31 - Incoming Correspondence, 1826 - 182631 - Incoming Correspondence, 1826 - 1826
Expand 32 - Incoming Correspondence, 1827 - 182732 - Incoming Correspondence, 1827 - 1827
Expand 33 - Incoming Correspondence, 1828 - 182833 - Incoming Correspondence, 1828 - 1828
Expand 34 - Incoming Correspondence, 1829 - 182934 - Incoming Correspondence, 1829 - 1829
Expand 35 - Incoming Correspondence, 1830 - 183035 - Incoming Correspondence, 1830 - 1830
Expand 36 - Incoming Correspondence, 1831 - 183136 - Incoming Correspondence, 1831 - 1831
Expand 37 - Incoming Correspondence, 1832 - 183237 - Incoming Correspondence, 1832 - 1832
Expand 38 - Incoming Correspondence, 1833 - 183338 - Incoming Correspondence, 1833 - 1833
Expand 39 - Incoming Correspondence, 1834 - 183439 - Incoming Correspondence, 1834 - 1834
Expand 40 - Incoming Correspondence, 1835 - 183540 - Incoming Correspondence, 1835 - 1835
Expand 41 - Incoming Correspondence, 1836 - 183641 - Incoming Correspondence, 1836 - 1836
Expand 42 - Incoming Correspondence, 1837 - 183742 - Incoming Correspondence, 1837 - 1837
Expand 43 - Incoming Correspondence, 1839 - 183943 - Incoming Correspondence, 1839 - 1839
Expand 44 - Incoming Correspondence, 1840 - 184044 - Incoming Correspondence, 1840 - 1840
Expand 45 - Incoming Correspondence, 1841 - 184145 - Incoming Correspondence, 1841 - 1841
Expand 46 - Incoming Correspondence, 1842 - 184246 - Incoming Correspondence, 1842 - 1842
Expand 47 - Incoming Correspondence, 1843 - 184347 - Incoming Correspondence, 1843 - 1843
Expand 48 - Incoming Correspondence, 1844 - 184448 - Incoming Correspondence, 1844 - 1844
Expand 49 - Incoming Correspondence, 1845 - 184549 - Incoming Correspondence, 1845 - 1845
Expand 50 - Incoming Correspondence, 1846 - 184650 - Incoming Correspondence, 1846 - 1846
Expand 51 - Incoming Correspondence, 1847-49 - 1847-184951 - Incoming Correspondence, 1847-49 - 1847-1849
Expand 52 - Incoming Correspondence, 1851 - 185152 - Incoming Correspondence, 1851 - 1851
Expand 53 - Incoming Correspondence, 1852 - 185253 - Incoming Correspondence, 1852 - 1852
Expand 54 - Incoming Correspondence, 1853 - 185354 - Incoming Correspondence, 1853 - 1853
Expand 55 - Incoming Correspondence, 1855 - 185555 - Incoming Correspondence, 1855 - 1855
Expand 56 - Incoming Correspondence, 1850, 1854, 1857-59 - 1850-185956 - Incoming Correspondence, 1850, 1854, 1857-59 - 1850-1859
Expand 57 - Incoming Correspondence and Papers, 1860—1863, 1865—1869 - 1860-186957 - Incoming Correspondence and Papers, 1860—1863, 1865—1869 - 1860-1869
Expand 59 - London Office Special Subjects Correspondence Re. The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. - 1828 - 183759 - London Office Special Subjects Correspondence Re. The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. - 1828 - 1837
Expand 60 - London Office Special Subjects The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. - 1838 — 183960 - London Office Special Subjects The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. - 1838 — 1839
Expand 61 - London Office Special Subjects The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. – Press Copies of Letters - 1829 — 183961 - London Office Special Subjects The Imperial & Royal Danube Steam Navigation Co. – Press Copies of Letters - 1829 — 1839
Expand 64 - London Office Special Subjects L. Souberbielle Et Compagnie - 1856 – 186364 - London Office Special Subjects L. Souberbielle Et Compagnie - 1856 – 1863
Expand 12 - Records of the Boulton Watt & Co. London Office - 1818-188512 - Records of the Boulton Watt & Co. London Office - 1818-1885
Expand 13 - LONDON OFFICE LETTERS OF ADVICE - 1828 - 183713 - LONDON OFFICE LETTERS OF ADVICE - 1828 - 1837
Expand 14 - London Office Financial Records - 1835-188314 - London Office Financial Records - 1835-1883
Expand 15 - LONDON OFFICE SURVEY OF STEAM POWER IN THE NORTH EAST, 1835 - 183515 - LONDON OFFICE SURVEY OF STEAM POWER IN THE NORTH EAST, 1835 - 1835
16 - London Office Miscellaneous Papers - 1817-1881
Expand 17-20 - Records of James Watt & Co - 1779 - 185117-20 - Records of James Watt & Co - 1779 - 1851
18 - James Watt & Co. Legal Records - 1779-1780
Expand 21-25 - Records of French Walls Iron & Steel Works - 1816 - 186621-25 - Records of French Walls Iron & Steel Works - 1816 - 1866
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26 - M.R.Boulton, J. Watt & Co. Financial and Legal Records - 1804 - 1836
26-30 - Records of M. R. Boulton J. Watt & Co. - 1771-1840
Expand 27 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Correspondence - 1816-184027 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Correspondence - 1816-1840
Expand 28 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of William and Charlotte Matthews - 1771-183028 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of William and Charlotte Matthews - 1771-1830
Expand 29 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of Joseph Taylor and Taylor Campbell & Bowden - 1804-181329 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of Joseph Taylor and Taylor Campbell & Bowden - 1804-1813
Expand 30 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of John Woodward - 1803-181230 - M.R.Boulton, J.Watt & Co. Papers of John Woodward - 1803-1812
31 - Material added by George Tangye - 1857 -1915
32 - Material added by Birmingham Library - 1784 - 1977
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