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MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873
1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727
2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744
3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787
1 - Books of Accounts of James Watt of Greenock - 1729 - 1776
2 - Accounts files of James Watt of Greenock - 1722 - 1787
3 - Correspondence and papers of James Watt of Greenock - 1726 - 1781
1 - Letter books of outgoing correspondence of James Watt of Greenock - 1737 - 1759
2 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock from special correspondents - 1737 - 1775
3 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock concerning general business, orders and shipping in Europe, North America, Antigua etc. - 1726 - 1776
4 - Incoming letters to James Watt of Greenock concerning general business, orders and shipping in North Carolina - 1735 - 1753
5 - Correspondence and papers of James Watt of Greenock with trading associates Robert Finlay, David Cation and Walter Maxwell - 1747 - 1774
6 - Letters and Papers concerning the town of Greenock - 1733 - 1777
7 - Personal and family letters and papers of James Watt of Greenock - 1714 - 1781
1 - Family letters and papers - 1714 - 1781
1 - Discharge for payment - 08 May 1714
2 - Discharge for payment - 07 March 1716
3 - Memorandum - 1719
4 - Tack [lease] - 02 September 1724
5 - Bond - 25 July 1729
6 - Letter. Agnes Muirhead (Hamilton) to [Agnes Watt] - 06 June 1729
7 - Letter. James Muirhead (Dumfries) to [James Watt of Greenock] - 24 June 1729
8 - Letter. James Muirhead (Dumfries) to James Watt of Greenock - 14 November 1729
9 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock - 03 December 1729
10 - Letter. Agnes Muirhead (Hamilton) to James Watt of Greenock 'with a small parcel' - 02 April 1730
11 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Hamilton) to James Watt of Greenock - 11 May 1730
12 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Hamilton) to James Watt of Greenock - 04 September 1730
13 - Account. Dr. William Wilson to James Watt of Greenock - July 1730 - September 1730
14 - Contract of co-partnership. William Scott, wright, (Greenock) with James Watt of Greenock - 12 May 1730
15 - Discharge from apprenticeship: Robert Cullen to James Watt of Greenock - 04 October 1731
16a-b - Bond and receipt: James Watt of Greenock and Archibald Murchie, shipmaster in Crawfordsdyke - 17 August 1734
17 - Bond. James Watt of Crawfurdsdyke and Hugh Hill, merchant (Greenock) - 23 January 1733
18 - Inventory of the progress of writs upon the house of James Watt - 1734
19 - Bond. To apprentice Archibald Cochran to John Craig & Co. (Glasgow) as a sailor - 20 February 1735
20 - Agreement. James Watt of Greenock, John Craig and John Anderson, owners of the ship Liberty to Archibald Cochran (------) - 11 February 1738
21 - Bond. James Watt of Greenock to Ralph Fairlie, manager of the Easter Sugar House and factor to William Cross, advocate - 07 February 1737
22 - Bond of release. James Watt of Greenock to John Craig, wright, (Glasgow) and John Wardrop, writer (------) - 14 April 1737
23 - 29 - Receipts. John Cochran (Inverkip) to James Watt of Greenock - 1737 - 1744
30 - Account re contract of marriage. Robert Muirhead to James Watt - 05 July 1738 - 26 october 1738
31 - Bond. James Watt of Greenock and John Muirhead, wright, (Glasgow; Gorbells) to George Luke, goldsmith, (Glasgow) - 15 November 1737
32 - Agreement of sale. James Watt of Greenock to James Bouliker, shipmaster, (Greenock) and John Anderson, merchant, (Greenock) - 30 June 1740
33 - Account. George Edmonds (-----) to James Watt of Greenock - 31 March 1740
34 - Account - 1741 - 1749
35 - Account. James Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock - 14 September 1741
36 - Letter. Murdoch Mckenzie (Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock - 06 February 1753
37 - Account. Mrs Cochran (-----) to James Watt of Greenock - 1744 - 1761
38 - Account. Mrs Cochran (-----) to James Watt of Greenock - May 1744
39 a-b - Draft letter. James Watt of Greenock to Sir Michael Stewart (-----) enclosing an agreement - 06 August 1744
40 - Account. Nath. Wilson (-----) to James Watt of Greenock - 06 April 1744
41 - Account. Mrs Cochran (-----) to James Watt of Greenock - 1744 - 1746
42 - 47 - Legal papers - 1744 - 1745
48 - Bond for tobacco - 05 November 1745
49 - Power of Attorney. James Watt of Greenock to William Alexander, mate of the ship Baltimore of Glasgow - 02 May 1745
50 - 51 - Bond and wadsett. James Watt of Greenock and William Andrew, mariner, of Crawfordsdyke - 1740 - 1741
52 - Instrument of saisine. James Watt of Greenock to William Andrew, mariner, of Crawfordsdyke - 19 March 1741
53 - Discharge and grant of redemption. Helen Edy (Greenock) to James Watt of Greenock - 15 May 1745
54 - Letter. Elizabeth Loudoun [docket also reads Mrs Mitchall] (Edinburgh) to James Watt of Greenock - 28 November 1745
55 - Bond for tobacco - 26 December 1744
56 - Bond for tobacco - 28 January 1745
57 - Letter. James Loudoun ( Glasgow) to James Watt of Greenock - 02 December 1745
58 - Account. Nath. Wilson (-----) to James Watt of Greenock - 1741 - 1749
59 - List of tonnage of ships belonging to James Watt of Greenock - 1749 - 1750
60 - Apprenticeship indenture. Collin McMillen to Alexander Kerr and company, owners of the 'Glasgow Fisher' - 21 September 1751
61 - Letter. John Moorhead (Boston) to James Watt of Greenock - 02 September 1752
62 - Inventory of clothes of Mrs Watt - nd. [1753]
63 - Letter. Reverend John Muirhead (Glasfoord) to James Watt of Greenock - 29 January 1753
64 - Memorandum of repairs undertaken at Ingleston and rents paid by James Watt of Greenock on behalf of Thomas Sheirar - 1754
65 - Assignation of debts. James Watt of Greenock to the trustees of Sir John Shaw of Greenock, deceased - 14 August 1754
66 - Letter. John Cochran, goldsmith (Antigua) to James Watt of Greenock - 29 June 1754
67 - Copy letter. James Watt of Greenock to John Cochran (Antigua) - 10 January 1755
68 - Account. John Cochran (Antigua) to James Watt of Greenock - 1742 - 1755
69 - Receipt and discharge by John Cochran (Antigua), for goods received - 11 April 1755
70 - Account. James Watt of Greenock to Thomas Cochran - 14 April 1755
71 - Account. James Watt of Greenock to Agnes Cochran (Mrs Boyde) - 01 June 1755
72 - Discharge of payment. James Watt of Greenock to Agnes Cochran (Mrs Boyde) - 01 June 1755
73 - List of James Watt of Greenock's house rents - 1755
74 - Bond of Corroboration. James Watt of Greenock to Thomas Hanna and James Loudon, merchants in Glasgow, for £39 15s. still owing - 22 August 1751
75 - Extract Decreet. William Gray against James Lowdoun [sic], merchant in Glasgow [incomplete] - 28 July 1756
76 - Discharge of bond by William Gray, writer in Edinburgh, of James Watt of Greenock to the heirs of Thomas Hanna - 14 December 1756
77 - Bond of relief. Patrick Anderson, wright, (Greenock) to James Watt of Greenock - 13 October 1757
78 - Account. Nathan Wilson, doctor (-----) to James Watt of Greenock - 1749 - 1761
79 - Account. Nathan Wilson, doctor (-----) to James Watt of Greenock - 1761 - 1762
80 - Letter. Nancy Millar (Calton) to James Watt of Greenock - 13 April 1763
81 - Letter. John Muirhead (Gorballs) to James Watt of Greenock - 10 July 1766
82 - 105 - Miscellaneous receipts - 1743 - 1773
106 - 126 - Accounts of James Watt of Greenock with Bailie John Campbell - 1759 - 1775
127 - 129 - Receipts from Anna Cochran to James Watt of Greenock for payment of interest on a loan - 1762 - 1771
130 - 132 - Bills for Mrs Cochran's funeral - March 1771 - April 1771
133 - Account of expenses compiled by James Watt of Greenock for the funeral of his daughter, Mrs Cochran - 20 March 1771
134 - Letter. Jean Cochran (Calton) to James Watt of Greenock - 19 October 1774
135 - Receipt for house and window tax, 1770 - 1775, paid by James Watt of Greenock - 16 October 1775
136 - Receipt from Andrew Anderson (Greenock Bank) for sums paid to the account of James Watt of Greenock by Miss Jean Cochrane - 1777
137 - Receipt from Andrew Anderson (Greenock Bank) for sums paid to the account of James Watt of Greenock by Miss Jean Cochrane - 1777
138 - Printed receipt for a year's insurance, 1780-1781. The Edinburgh Friendly Insurance to James Watt of Greenock - 02 February 1780
139 - Printed receipt for house and window duties paid by James Watt of Greenock - 1779
140 - Printed receipt for house and window duties paid by James Watt of Greenock - 1781
141 - Summons to James Watt of Greenock - 30 December 1780
142 - Printed receipt. James Wilson (Greenock) to James Watt of Greenock - 07 March 1781
2 - Papers about the death of John Watt jr. - 1757 - 1764
3 - Other personal papers of James Watt of Greenock - 1756 - 1763
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4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762
6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848
7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804
8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873
9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848
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