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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
Expand 1 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and Robert Muirhead - 1774 - 17761 - Letters from Gilbert Hamilton and Robert Muirhead - 1774 - 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
Collapse 8 - Letters from Glasgow - 1809 - 18128 - Letters from Glasgow - 1809 - 1812
1 - Abstract [in the hand of James Watt] of bond of security of A. Hamilton, James Watt and Gilbert Watson to the Bank of Scotland - 1809
2 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 January 1809
3 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 February 1809
4 - Letter. James Dunlop (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 February 1809
5 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 February 1809
6 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 March 1809
7 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 March 1809
8 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 April 1809
9 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 May 1809
10 - Letter. Professor John Young (Edinburgh; 12 East Thistle Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 June 1809
11 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 June 1809
12 - Letter. James Dunlop (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 June 1809
13 - Letter. James Dunlop (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 June 1809
14 - Letter. John Craig (Glasgow; Burnbank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 July 1809
15a - Copy Letter. James Watt (Heathfield) to John Craig (Glasgow). - 19 July 1809
15b - Letter. James Watt (Heathfield) to Richard Lawrence (Birmingham), veterinary surgeon. - 17 July 1809
16 - Letter. Professor John Young (Edinburgh; 12 East Thistle Street) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Archibald Hamilton jr., Queen Street). - 20 July 1809
17 - Letter. Professor John Young (Edinburgh; 12 East Thistle Street) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Archibald Hamilton jr., Queen Street). - 30 July 1809
18 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to [James Watt] (——). - 30 August 1809
19 - Letter. Professor James Mylne (Kenmuir) to James Watt (Glenarbuck; to be left at Miss McGregor's, Cochran Street, Glasgow). - [1809]
20 - Letter. James Reddie [Glasgow] (Gordon Street) to Archibald Hamilton [Glasgow] (Gordon Street). - nd. [September 1809]
21 - Letter. Professor William Mickleham (Glasgow College) to [James Watt] (——). - 01 September 1809
22 - Letter. Professor William Mickleham (Glasgow College) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 September 1809
23 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 September 1809
24 - Letter. James Smith (Craighead) to [his sister] (——). - 08 September 1809
25 - Letter. James Smith (Craighead) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Miss McGregor). - 08 September 1809
26 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to [James Watt] (——). - 21 September 1809
27 - Letter. James Reddie [Glasgow] (Gordon Street) to James Watt [Glasgow] (Miss McGregor's, Cochran Street). - October 1809
28 - Letter. Colin D.Donald (Glasgow) to Robert Walkinshaw, writer. - 07 October 1809
29 - Letter. Robert Walkinshaw (Glasgow; 153 Stockwell Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 October 1809
30 - Letter. James Smith (Craighead) to (Glasgow; c/o Miss McGregor, Cochran Street). - 12 October 1809
31 - Letter. Maurice Carmichael ([Glasgow]; Eastend) to [James Watt] (——). - 12 October 1809
32 - Letter. William Cooper ([Glasgow]; Brunswick Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 19 October 1809
33 - Copy of letter. Dr J. Brown (Glasgow]; 16 Miller Street) to James Watt (Glasgow; Cochran Street). - 19 October 1809
34 - Letter. Robert Walkinshaw (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 November 1809
35 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to [James Watt] (——). - 24 November 1809
36 - Letter. John Craig (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 11 January 1810
37a - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt(Heathfield). - 11 January 1810
37b - Letter. Elizabeth Dick (Edinburgh) to Mrs Miller (Glasgow; Montrose Street). - 08 January 1810
38a - Letter. Archibald Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 January 1810
38b - Paper of queries concerning the Delftfield Company. - nd. [January 1810]
39 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt(Heathfield). - 22 January 1810
40 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt(Heathfield). - 20 February 1810
41 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt(Heathfield). - 22 February 1810
42 - Letter. James Miller jr. (Balmungo, Fife) to [James Watt](——). - 24 February 1810
43 - Letter. Robert Walkinshaw (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 March 1810
44 - Letter. David Denny (Glasgow) to James Watt (——). - 10 March 1810
45 - Letter. Robert Walkinshaw (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 April 1810
46 - Letter. John Love (Paisley) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 April 1810
47 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 April 1810
48 - Letter. Professor George Jardine (Glasgow College) to James Watt (——) [Birmingham deleted]. - 12 May 1810
49 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt(Heathfield). - 19 May 1810
50 - Letter. James Newlands (Glasgow) to James Watt(Heathfield). - 01 June 1810
51 - Letter. Miss Katherine Buchanan (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 June 1810
52 - Letter. James Smith (Craighead) to James Watt(Heathfield). - 28 June 1810
53 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 04 July 1810
54a - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to [James Watt](——). - 04 July 1810
54b - Printed funeral invitation from Robert William Birnie on the death of his grand-aunt, Ann Cochran, sister of the late Thomas Cochran, shipmaster in Crawfordsdyke, and manuscript copy of the funeral accounts - 12 December 1809
55 - Letter. Miss Katherine Buchanan (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 August 1810
56 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 August 1810
57 - Letter. Agnes Miller (Chester) to [James Watt](——). - 01 October 1810
58 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 October 1810
59 - Letter. James Smith (Craighead) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 October 1810
60 - Letter. James Reddie (Glasgow) to James Watt(——). - 15 October 1810
61 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to [James Watt](——). - 01 November 1810
62 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 05 November 1810
63 - Letter. Agnes Miller and Mary Anne Wilkinson (Chester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 November 1810
64 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 December 1810
65 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 December 1810
66 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 December 1810
67 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 December 1810
68 - Letter. Margaret Miller (Oxford) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 January 1811
69 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 January 1811
70 - Letter. Margaret Miller (Oxford) to James Watt(Heathfield). - 25 January 1811
71 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr.(Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 February 1811
72 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr.(Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 March 1811
73 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 April 1811
74 - Letter. Margaret Miller (Oxford) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 May 1811
75 - Letter. Margaret Miller (Oxford) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 August 1811
76 - Letter. William Cowan (——) to James Watt (9 Cochran Street; [Glasgow]). - 21 October 1811
77 - Letter. Dr. T. Brown (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 24 October 1811
78 - Note [——] (——) to James Watt (9 Cochran Street, Glasgow). - October 1811
79 - Letter. Dr. T. Brown (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 01 November 1811
80 - Letter. Robert Hamilton [Stoke] to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 November 1811
81 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 December 1811
82 - Letter. David Denny (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 December 1811
83 - Letter. Dr. T. Brown (Glasgow; Miller Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 December 1811
84 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 January 1812
85 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 11 January 1812
86 - Letter. Andrew Wilson (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 January 1812
87 - Letter. James Smith (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 February 1812
88 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr. (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 February 1812
89 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 February 1812
90 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 February 1812
91 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 March 1812
92a - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 March 1812
92b - Transcript of the arbitration decision between James Miller and Messrs. James Auchie & Co. - 09 March 1812
93 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Morpeth) to[James Watt] (——). - 15 March 1812
94 - Letter. Colonel Campbell ([London]; Ibbotson Hotel, New Bond Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 March 1812
95 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 April 1812
96 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (London) to [James Watt ](——). - 20 April 1812
97 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 April 1812
98 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Cheltenham) to [James Watt ](——). - 25 April 1812
99 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Leamington) to [James Watt ](——). - 30 April 1812
100 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 April 1812
101 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Leamington) to [James Watt ](——). - 03 May 1812
102 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr.(Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 May 1811
103a - Note from A[lexander] Blair (Tividale) to James Watt (——). - 15 May 1812
103b - Printed list of Glasgow University prizes. - 01 May 1812
104 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 May 1812
105 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (London; c/o Messrs, M.R.Boulton & J.Watt & Co., London Street). - 20 June 1812
106 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (London; 2 Change Alley) to [James Watt] (——). - 09 August 1812
107 - Letter. James Smith (Craighead) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 17 August 1812
108 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 September 1812
109 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to [James Watt ](——). - 26 September 1812
110 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 September 1812
111 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 October 1812
112 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 November 1812
113 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 November 1812
114 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to [James Watt ](——). - 21 November 1812
115 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 02 December 1812
116 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to [James Watt ](——). - 25 December 1812
117 - Note. Arch[ibald] Bogle (——) to James Watt [Glasgow]. - nd. [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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