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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
Expand 1 - Incoming letters to James Watt from immediate family - 1761-18011 - Incoming letters to James Watt from immediate family - 1761-1801
Collapse 2 - Letters from 'Glasgow' - 1774 - 18192 - Letters from 'Glasgow' - 1774 - 1819
Collapse 1 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and Robert Muirhead - 1774 - 17761 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and Robert Muirhead - 1774 - 1776
1 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 17 June 1774
2 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 27 July 1774
3 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 03 August 1774
4 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 5 September 1774
5 - Letter. John Welsh (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 13 October 1774
6 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 03 November 1774
7 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow; Gorbals) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Dr Small). - 07 January 1775
8 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 11 January 1775
9 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow; Gorbals) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 26 January 1775
10 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow; Gorbals) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 22 February 1775
11 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 28 February 1775
12 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (London; c/o Mrs Matthews, Bush Lane, Cannon Street). - 13 March 1775
13 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (London; c/o Mr McCulloch, Dukes Court, St. Martin's Lane). - 19 March 1775
14 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (——). - 05 April 1775
15 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Croy Leckie) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 03 May 1775
16 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 22 May 1775
17 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Matthew Boulton). - 14 June 1775
18 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 18 October 1775
19 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 02 November 1775
20 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 15 November 1775
21 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (——) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 18 November 1775
22 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 29 November 1775
23 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill: 'if not at Brmingham to be forwarded to him'). - 11 December 1775
24 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 23 December 1775
25 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 13 January 1776
26 - Receipt from Boulton & Fothergill (Birmingham) to James Watt (——) for a tea kitchen etc directed to Gilbert Hamilton, merchant, Glasgow, via Robert Sinclair, Glasgow Wharf, London - 03 February 1776
27 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 08 February 1776
28 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 08 March 1776
29 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 17 March 1776
30 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 10 April 1776
31 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 19 April 1776
32 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Birmingham; c/o Boulton & Fothergill). - 18 May 1776
33 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (——) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 09 October 1776
Expand 2 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and Robert Muirhead - 1777 - 17802 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and Robert Muirhead - 1777 - 1780
Expand 3 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and James MacGregor - 1781 - 17893 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and James MacGregor - 1781 - 1789
Expand 4 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and Robert Muirhead - 1796 - 18014 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and Robert Muirhead - 1796 - 1801
Expand 5 - Letters from Glasgow - 18045 - Letters from Glasgow - 1804
Expand 6 - Letters from Glasgow - 18056 - Letters from Glasgow - 1805
Expand 7 - Letters from Glasgow - 1806 - 18087 - Letters from Glasgow - 1806 - 1808
Expand 8 - Letters from Glasgow - 1809 - 18128 - Letters from Glasgow - 1809 - 1812
Expand 9 - Letters from Glasgow - 1813 - 18179 - Letters from Glasgow - 1813 - 1817
Expand 10 - Letters from Glasgow - 1818 - 181910 - Letters from Glasgow - 1818 - 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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