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Expand 1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 17271 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727
Expand 2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 17442 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744
Collapse 3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 17873 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787
Expand 1 - Books of Accounts of James Watt of Greenock - 1729 - 17761 - Books of Accounts of James Watt of Greenock - 1729 - 1776
Expand 2 - Accounts files of James Watt of Greenock - 1722 - 17872 - Accounts files of James Watt of Greenock - 1722 - 1787
Collapse 3 - Correspondence and papers of James Watt of Greenock - 1726 - 17813 - Correspondence and papers of James Watt of Greenock - 1726 - 1781
Expand 1 - Letter books of outgoing correspondence of James Watt of Greenock - 1737 - 17591 - Letter books of outgoing correspondence of James Watt of Greenock - 1737 - 1759
Collapse 2 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock  from special correspondents - 1737 - 17752 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock from special correspondents - 1737 - 1775
1 - Letters from Lord Cathcart to James Watt of Greenock about the town of Greenock - 1757 - 1766
2 - Letters from James Watson to James Watt of Greenock - 1738 - 1743
Collapse 3 - Letters from James Watt to James Watt of Greenock - 1754 - 17743 - Letters from James Watt to James Watt of Greenock - 1754 - 1774
1 - A list of James Watt's clothes taken to Glasgow - nd. [c. 1754]
2 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 11 June 1754
3 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 24 June 1754
4 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 03 July 1754
5 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 04 February 1755
6 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 30 April 1755
7 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 09 May 1755
8 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 18 October 1756
9 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 27 September 1756
10 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 25 October 1756
11 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow; College) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 29 July 1757
12a - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 05 August 1757
12b - Note of sundries given James Watt - nd. [1757]
13 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 26 August 1757
14 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow; College) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 06 September 1757
15 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 14 September 1757
16 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 10 October 1757
17 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow; College) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 28 November 1757
18 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 24 November 1757
19 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow College) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 05 December 1757
20 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 12 December 1757
21 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 09 January 1758
22 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow College) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 17 January 1758
23 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow College) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 25 January 1758
24 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 30 January 1758
25 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - February 1758
26 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 17 February 1758
27 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 22 February 1758
28 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - February 1757
29 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow College) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 03 March 1758
30 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (——) - 06 March 1758
31 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow College) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 06 March 1758
32 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 07 March 1758
33 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow College) to James Watt of Greenock - March 1758
34 - Letter. James Watt (Edinburgh) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 11 March 1758
35 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 31 March 1758
36 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 14 April 1758
37 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 15 May 1758
38 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 19 May 1758
39 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 31 May 1758
40 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 05 June 1758
41 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 06 June 1758
42 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 21 June 1758
43 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 21 June 1758
44 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 03 June 1758
45 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 28 June 1758
46 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 05 August 1758
47 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 16 August 1758
48 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 15 September 1758
49 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 04 October 1758
50 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 18 October 1758
51 - Letter. James Watt (——) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - December 1758
52 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 13 December 1758
53 - Letter. James Watt (——) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 04 December 1758
54 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 06 December 1758
55 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 15 December 1758
56 - Letter. James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) to John [Watt] (——) - 17 March 1759
57 - Receipted bill. Andrew Bell & Company (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Glasgow) - 14 September 1759
58 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 25 October 1759
59 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 15 April 1760
60 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (Greenock) - 22 April 1760
61 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 17 October 1760
62 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 24 October 1760
63 - Account current between James Watt and James Watt of Greenock - 03 January 1757 - 27 December 1760
64 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (——) - 03 March 1760
65 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (Greenock) - April 1761
66 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (Bristol; c/o John Lean) - 15 May 1761
67 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 15 May 1761
68 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (——) - May 1761
69 - Letter. James Watt (Patchway; Glos.) to John Watt (Bristol; on board the Sloop Fortune) - 01 October 1761
70 - Letter. James Watt (Birmingham) to John Watt ([Bristol]; c/o[John Lean]) - 05 October 1761
71 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (Greenock) - 28 November 1761
72 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (——) - 01 December 1761
73 - Letter. James Watt (——) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 20 December 1761
74 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 22 December 1761
75 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to John Watt (Bristol; c/o John Lean) - 28 December 1761
76 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 09 April 1761
77 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 23 July 1761
78 - Receipted bill. William Hamlin for Christopher Stedman, Mathematical Instrument Maker, (London; the Globe, Leadenhall Street), to James Watt (——) - 31 August 1761
79 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 29 December 1761
80 - Account. James Watt (Glasgow) with James Watt of Greenock - 27 December 1761
81 - Account. James Watt (Glasgow) with James Watt of Greenock - 10 July 1757 - 27 December 1761
82 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 01 January 1762
83 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 02 January 1761
84 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 07 January 1762
85 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 12 January 1762
86 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 13 January 1762
87 - Letter. James Watt (——) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 15 January 1762
88 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 21 January 1762
89 - Account. James Watt of Greenock with James Watt - 13 February 1760 - 01 October 1762
90 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 16 March 1762
91 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 06 April 1762
92 - Account. John Willison with James Watt [docket reads: of Glasgow] - 19 January 1761 - 30 June 1761
93 - Account. Glasgow - nd. [1762]
94 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 04 May 1762
95 - Letter. James Watt (——) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 10 May 1762
96 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 11 May 1762
97 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 13 May 1762
98 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 08 June 1762
99 - Letter. Daniel McMillan for James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 06 July 1762
100 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 03 August 1762
101 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 05 August 1762
102 - Letter. Daniel McMillan for James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 23 September 1762
103 - Letter. James Brodie (St. Andrews) to James Watt (Greenock) - 03 October 1762
104 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 02 November 1762
105 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 09 November 1762
106 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 17 December 1762
107 - Account. James Watt of Greenock with James Watt (Glasgow) - 27 December 1761 - January 1763
108 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 10 January 1763
109 - Letter. James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) to James Watt (Glasgow; 'at the Coledge') - 31 January 1763
110 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 09 June 1763
111 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 15 August 1763
112 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 13 October 1763
113 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 01 November 1763
114 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 06 January 1763
115 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 28 February 1764
116 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 23 March 1763
117 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 19 June 1764
118 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 29 June 1764
119 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 04 July 1764
120 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 07 July 1764
121 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 12 October 1764
122 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 05 January 1765
123 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 18 January 1765
124 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 28 February 1765
125 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 16 February 1765
126 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 02 March 1765
127 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 16 March 1765
128 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 26 March 1765
129 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 17 April 1765
130 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 13 April 1765
131 - Letter. James Watt (Edinburgh; c/o Robert Home, Parliament Close) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - May 1765
132 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 21 June 1765
133 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 28 June 1765
134 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 18 July 1765
135 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 05 September 1765
136 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 07 September 1765
137 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 20 September 1765
138 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 08 October 1765
139 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 10 October 1765
140 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 20 January 1766
141 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 23 January 1766
142 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 27 May 1766
143 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 30 June 1766
144 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 08 September 1766
145 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 06 September 1766
146 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 12 September 1766
147 - Letter. Peggy [Margaret] Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 02 October 1766
148 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 07 October 1766
149 - Letter. Peggy [Margaret] Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 18 December 1766
150 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 07 November 1766
151 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 12 April 1768
152 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 01 November 1768
153 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow [docket reads Dunbar]) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 09 December 1768
154 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (Greenock) - 10 December 1768
155 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 21 February 1769
156 - Receipted account with James Watt of Greenock, signed by William Hamilton for James Watt (Glasgow) - October 1767 - 12 January 1768
157 - Invoice. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 07 March 1768
158 - Invoice. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 03 May 1768
159 - Receipted invoice. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - October 1768
160 - Receipted invoice. James Watt (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock (——) - 26 November 1768
161 - Letter. Margaret Watt (——) to [James Watt of Greenock] (——) - September 1770
Expand 4 - Letters from James Watt to James Watt of Greenock - 1755 - 17564 - Letters from James Watt to James Watt of Greenock - 1755 - 1756
Expand 5 - Letters from James Watt  to James Watt of Greenock - 1774 - 17755 - Letters from James Watt to James Watt of Greenock - 1774 - 1775
Expand 6 - Letters from John Watt Jr. to James Watt of Greenock - 1755 - 17626 - Letters from John Watt Jr. to James Watt of Greenock - 1755 - 1762
Expand 3 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock concerning general business, orders and shipping in Europe, North America, Antigua etc.  - 1726 - 17763 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock concerning general business, orders and shipping in Europe, North America, Antigua etc. - 1726 - 1776
Expand 4 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock concerning general business, orders and shipping in North Carolina - 1735 - 17534 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock concerning general business, orders and shipping in North Carolina - 1735 - 1753
Expand 5 - Correspondence and papers of James Watt of Greenock with trading associates Robert Finlay, David Cation and Walter Maxwell - 1747 - 17745 - Correspondence and papers of James Watt of Greenock with trading associates Robert Finlay, David Cation and Walter Maxwell - 1747 - 1774
Expand 6 - Letters and Papers concerning the town of Greenock - 1733 - 17776 - Letters and Papers concerning the town of Greenock - 1733 - 1777
Expand 7 - Personal and family letters and papers of James Watt of Greenock - 1714 - 17817 - Personal and family letters and papers of James Watt of Greenock - 1714 - 1781
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Expand 4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
Expand 5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 17625 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762
Expand 6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 18486 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848
Expand 7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 18047 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804
Expand 8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 18738 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873
Expand 9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 18489 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

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