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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
Expand 3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 17873 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787
Collapse 4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
Collapse 1 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt - 1761-18191 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt - 1761-1819
Collapse 1 - Incoming letters to James Watt from immediate family - 1761-18011 - Incoming letters to James Watt from immediate family - 1761-1801
Expand 1 - Letters from James Watt of Greenock - 1761-17691 - Letters from James Watt of Greenock - 1761-1769
Expand 2 - Letters from James Watt of Greenock - 1770 - 17732 - Letters from James Watt of Greenock - 1770 - 1773
Expand 3 - Letters from Margaret Watt, nee Millar - 1761 - 17733 - Letters from Margaret Watt, nee Millar - 1761 - 1773
Expand 4 - Letters from Ann Watt - 1779 - 17804 - Letters from Ann Watt - 1779 - 1780
Expand 5 - Letters from Ann Watt to James Watt - 1784 - 17875 - Letters from Ann Watt to James Watt - 1784 - 1787
Expand 6 - Letters from Ann Watt - 1791 - 17936 - Letters from Ann Watt - 1791 - 1793
Expand 7 - Letters from Ann Watt - 17967 - Letters from Ann Watt - 1796
Expand 8 - Letters from Peggy Watt, James Watt jr., Gregory Watt, Miss Miller, Gilbert Hamilton - 1778 - 17968 - Letters from Peggy Watt, James Watt jr., Gregory Watt, Miss Miller, Gilbert Hamilton - 1778 - 1796
Expand 9 - Letters from Peggy Miller, Jessy Watt and Gregory Watt - 1786 - 17969 - Letters from Peggy Miller, Jessy Watt and Gregory Watt - 1786 - 1796
Expand 10 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1781 - 178410 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1781 - 1784
Expand 11 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1784 - 178711 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1784 - 1787
Expand 12 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1787 - 179012 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1787 - 1790
Collapse 13 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1790 - 179413 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1790 - 1794
1a - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 13 September 1790
1b - Receipt from Louis Henri Kabisch (Freiburg) to James Watt jr. - 20 August 1787
2 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 November 1790
3 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 December 1790
4 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 December 1790
5 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 01 January 1791
6 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 January 1791
7 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 February 1791
8 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 March 1791
9 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield; redirected from London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o William Matthews). - 13 March 1791
10 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 21 March 1791
11 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 April 1791
12 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 25 April 1791
13 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 May 1791
14 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Glasgow) to James Watt (London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o William Matthews). - 26 May 1791
15 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Edinburgh) to James Watt (London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o William Matthews). - 10 June 1791
16 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 June 1791
17 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 07 July 1791
18 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 August 1791
19 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 August 1791
20 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 02 September 1791
21 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 25 September 1791
22 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 05 October 1791
23 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 November 1791
24 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 December 1791
25 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 04 January 1792
26 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield; redirected from London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o William Matthews). - 01 February 1792
27 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 15 February 1792
28 - Letter. James Watt jr. (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 March 1792
29 - Letter. James Watt jr. (St Omer) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 March 1792
30 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 March 1792
31 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o William Matthews). - 22 April 1792
32 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o William Matthews). - 05 May 1792
33 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o William Matthews). - 19 May 1792
34 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 July 1792
35 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to [James Watt] (——). - 23 July 1792
36 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 July 1792
37a - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 August 1792
37b - A specimen of flax tow and threads. - [1792]
38 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 August 1792
39 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 August 1792
40 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 September 1792 - 05 September 1792
41 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Truro; c/o Thomas Wilson. [readdressed from Heathfield]). - 12 September 1792
42 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 September 1792
43 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Nantes) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 17 October 1792
44 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Leghorn) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 November 1792
45 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Naples) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 December 1792
46 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Naples) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 January 1793
47 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Naples) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 February 1793
48 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Naples) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 May 1793
49a - Letter. James Watt jr. (Naples) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 May 1793
49b - Letter. Thomas Cooper (Lever Hall) to James Watt jr.(——) - 24 April 1793
50 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Naples) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 June 1793
51 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Genoa) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 September 1793
52 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Frankfort) to James Watt (London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o Mrs Matthews). - 05 November 1793
53 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Dusseldorf) to [James Watt] (——). - 15 November 1793
54 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Amsterdam) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 03 December 1793
55 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Amsterdam) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 06 December 1792
56 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Amsterdam) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 13 December 1793
57 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Amsterdam) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 17 December 1793
58 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Uithorn) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 22 December 1793
59 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Amsterdam) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 January 1794
60 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Amsterdam) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 17 January 1794
61 - Letter. James Watt jr. (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 26 February 1794
62 - Letter. James Watt jr. (——[Birmingham]) to [James Watt] (——[London]). - nd. [01 April 1794]
63 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Soho) to [James Watt] (——[London]) - 03 April 1794 - 05 April 1794
64 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Soho) to James Watt (London; Green Lettuce Lane, c/o Mrs Matthews). - 10 April 1794
65 - Letter. P. Marauda. (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 01 December 1793
66 - Letter. P. Marauda. (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 31 December 1793
67 - Letter. Charles Taylor. (Manchester) to James Watt (——). - 05 December 1790
68 - Letter. Charles Taylor. (Reading) to James Watt (Birmingham), 24 August. 1791, with transcript of a letter from Thomas Maxwell (Manchester) 20 August. 1791 and a transcript of a letter from James Watt jr. (Manchester) to Charles Taylor (Reading), 21 Augus - August 1791
69a - Letter. Charles Taylor. (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 19 September 1791
69b - Indenture with release of James Watt jr. to Taylor & Maxwell - 14 September 1791
70 - Letter. Charles Taylor. (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 24 September 1791
71 - Letter. Thomas & Richard Walker. (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 08 September 1791
72 - Letter. Thomas & Richard Walker. (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 28 September 1791
73 - Letter. Thomas & Richard Walker. (Manchester) to James Watt (——). - 27 October 1792
Expand 14 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1796 - 179714 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1796 - 1797
Expand 15 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1798 - 179915 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1798 - 1799
Expand 16 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1800 - 180116 - Letters from James Watt jr. - 1800 - 1801
Expand 2 - Letters from 'Glasgow' - 1774 - 18192 - Letters from 'Glasgow' - 1774 - 1819
Expand 3 - Letters from Doctors - 1794 - 17983 - Letters from Doctors - 1794 - 1798
Expand 4 - Letters from 'Firm' - 1804 - 18194 - Letters from 'Firm' - 1804 - 1819
Expand 5 - Letters from 'Miscellaneous' - 1796 - 18195 - Letters from 'Miscellaneous' - 1796 - 1819
Expand 6 - 'Other' files of correspondence - 1761 - 18196 - 'Other' files of correspondence - 1761 - 1819
Expand 2 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 18192 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 1819
Expand 3 - Letters returned to James Watt after the recipient's death - 1768 - 17993 - Letters returned to James Watt after the recipient's death - 1768 - 1799
Expand 4 - Notebooks of James Watt - 1755 - 18084 - Notebooks of James Watt - 1755 - 1808
Expand 5 - Records of James Watt relating to mathematical instrument making - 1757 - 17735 - Records of James Watt relating to mathematical instrument making - 1757 - 1773
Expand 6 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 17936 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 1793
Expand 7 - Records relating to patents - 1698 - 18087 - Records relating to patents - 1698 - 1808
Expand 8 - Records relating to Heathfield - 1786 - 18138 - Records relating to Heathfield - 1786 - 1813
Expand 9 - Records relating to the Wyeside and Welsh Estates - 1790 - 18459 - Records relating to the Wyeside and Welsh Estates - 1790 - 1845
Expand 10 - Personal papers of James Watt - 1759 - 181710 - Personal papers of James Watt - 1759 - 1817
Expand 11 - Papers of/by other people11 - Papers of/by other people
Expand 12 - Miscellaneous papers of James Watt - 1727 - 181712 - Miscellaneous papers of James Watt - 1727 - 1817
Expand 13 - Drawings - 18th cent. - 19th cent.13 - Drawings - 18th cent. - 19th cent.
Expand 14 - Printed material - 1776 - 182214 - Printed material - 1776 - 1822
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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