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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
Expand 8 - Letters from Glasgow - 1809 - 18128 - Letters from Glasgow - 1809 - 1812
Collapse 9 - Letters from Glasgow - 1813 - 18179 - Letters from Glasgow - 1813 - 1817
1 - Letter. Elizabeth Wilson (Carsdyke) to [James Watt ](——). - 28 April 1812
2 - Letter. Margaret Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 November 1812
3 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - January 1813
4 - Letter. William Cowan & Sons (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 January 1813
5 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 February 1813
6 - Letter. Dr. T. Brown (Glasgow; Miller Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 01 March 1813
7 - Letter. James Miller(Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 01 March 1813
8 - Letter. James Smith (Glasgow [docket reads Craighead]) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 March 1813
9 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 May 1813
10 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 May 1813
11 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 31 May 1813
12 - Pen and ink drawing with annotations, by James Watt. - 28 June 1813
13 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 July 1813
14 - Letter. James Sword (?Annfield) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Miss MacGrigor, 9, Cochran Street). - 08 September 1813
15 - Letter. James Walkinshaw, Lord Advocate, (Greenock) to [James Watt] [docket reads to Glasgow]. - 28 September 1813
16 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 October 1813
17 - Letter. Dr. T. Brown (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 October 1813
18a - Letter. John Craig (by Lasswade; Kirkhill Cottage) to James Watt (Edinburgh; Macgregor's Hotel). - 19 October 1813
18b - Letter. John Craig (by Lasswade; Kirkhill Cottage) to James Watt (Edinburgh; Macgregor's Hotel). - 24 October 1813
19 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 November 1813
20 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 November 1813
21 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 December 1813
22 - Letter. James Hardie jr. (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 December 1813
23 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield) and copy letter, James Weir (Greenock) to James Walkinshaw - 24 December 1813 - 27 December 1813
24 - Letter. James Smith (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 January 1814
25 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 February 1814
26a - Letter. John Falconer (London; 62 Grace Church Street) to James Watt (——). - 12 February 1814
26b - Letter. James Reddie (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 January 1814
27 - Letter. Reverend Robert Morehead (Edinburgh) to [James Watt] (——). - 16 February 1814
28 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 February 1814
29 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr. (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 21 February 1814
30 - Letter. Dr. T. Brown ([Glasgow]; 16 Miller Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 February 1814
31 - Letter. David Brewster (Edinburgh; 13 Hope Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 March 1814
32 - Letter. Reverend Robert Morehead (Edinburgh) to [James Watt] (——). - 24 March 1814
33 - Letter. Robert Grahame (London; Somerset Coffee house, Strand) to [James Watt] (——). - 12 April 1814
34 - Letter. James Reddie (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 April 1814
35 - Letter. Reverend Robert Morehead (Edinburgh; 21 Hill Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 26 April 1814
36 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 May 1814
37 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr.(Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 June 1814
38 - Letter. John Craig (Kirkhill Cottage) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 June 1814
39 - Letter. David Brewster (Edinburgh; 13 Hope Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 09 June 1814
40 - Letter. David Brewster (Portobello) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street, Strand). - 19 June 1814
41 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 June 1814
42 - Letter. James Smith (Craighead) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 August 1814
43 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 19 August 1814
44 - Letter. Jean Gibson (Glasgow; Gorbals) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 September 1814
45 - Letter. James Russell (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 15 September 1814
46 - Letter. John Craig (Bonnington Lodge) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 02 October 1814
47 - Letter. Principal Taylor (Glasgow College) to James Watt (——). - 16 October 1814
48 - Letter. Mrs. Campbell (Grove Mount) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 November 1814
49 - Letter. Professor John Young (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Soho). - 14 November 1814
50 - Letter. James Reddie (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 November 1814
51 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 05 December 1814
52 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 January 1815
53 - Letter. Professor George Jardine (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 05 March 1815
54 - Letter. Archibald Smith (Glasgow; Jordanhill) to [James Watt] (——). - 11 March 1815
55 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 April 1815
56 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 April 1815
57 - Letter. Hugh McCallum (Glasgow;Bank of Scotland's Offices) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 May 1815
58 - Draft copy letters. James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street) to Archibald Hamilton (——) ; to Robert Hamilton (——); to Dr. Brewster (——); to H.T.Ellicombe (——) - 10 June 1815 - 12 June 1815
59a - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 27 June 1815
59b - Paper with figures relating to the account. - 1812 - 1815
60 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 03 July 1815
61 - Letter. Lockhart Muirhead (Grovemount) to[James Watt] (——). - 01 August 1815
62 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 August 1815
63 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Glasgow; 9 Cochran Street). - 01 September 1815
64 - Letter. James Miller (——) to James Watt (Aikenhead; c/o John Gordon). - 01 September [1815]
65 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 September 1815
66 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr. (——) to James Watt ([Glasgow]; c/o Miss MacGregor; 9 Cochrane Street). - 05 September 1815
67 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Endrick Bank) to [James Watt] (——). - 05 September 1815
68 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Endrick Bank, near Drymen; c/o Robert Muirhead). - 27 September 1815
69 - Letter. Mr Dunn. (——) to James Watt ([Glasgow] ;9 Cochran Street). - 16 October 1815
70a - Letter. Dr R. Cleghorn ( ——) to James Watt ([Glasgow]; c/o Miss MacGregor, Cochran Street). - 18 October 1815
70b - Description of the medical condition of Margaret Miller and possible treatments for it, by Dr Cleghorn, (Glasgow). - 16 October 1815 - 18 October 1815
71 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 28 October 1815
72 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 29 October 1815
73 - Letter. Kirkman Finlay (——) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [October 1815]
74 - Letter. James Reddie (Glasgow) to James Watt (Edinburgh; Princes Street; MacGregor's Hotel). - 01 November 1815
75 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 01 November 1815
76 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Edinburgh; Princes Street; James MacGregor's Hotel). - 07 November 1815
77 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 November 1815
78 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 November 1815
79 - List of papers given to Mr D.Cleghorn by James Watt. - November 1815
80 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 December 1815
81 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr. (——) to Miss MacGregor ([Glasgow]; 9 Cochran Street). - nd. [1815]
82 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr. (——) to James Watt ([Glasgow]; 9 Cochran Street). - nd. [1815]
83 - Letter. John and Robert Hart (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 11 January 1816
84 - Letter. Henry Raeburn (Edinburgh) to James Watt (——). - 12 January 1816
85 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 January 1816
86 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 February 1816
87 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 February 1816
88 - Letter. Daniel MacKenzie (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 March 1816
89 - Letter. Professor George Jardine (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 March 1816
90 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 March 1816
91 - Letter. Professor George Jardine (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 March 1816
92 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 April 1816
93 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 April 1816
94 - Letter. Kirkman Finlay (London) to [James Watt](——). - 28 April 1816
95 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 May 1815
96 - Letter. James Dennistoun (Glasgow; at Alexander Oswald & Sons) to [James Watt](——). - 13 May 1816
97a - Letter. James Dennistoun (Camis Eskan; nr. Helensburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 May 1816
97b - Letter. Alexander ?Thomas, of the Greenock Bank (Greenock) to [Mr Dennistoun]. - 28 May 1816
98 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 June 1816
99 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Croy) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 July 1816
100 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Croy) to [James Watt] (——). - 08 August 1816
101 - Letter. Professor George Jardine (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 August 1816
102 - Letter. Kirkman Finlay (Glasgow) to James Watt (Tenby; c/o Post Office). - 21 August 1816
103 - Letters. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield) and James Watt jr. ([Glasgow]) to James Watt, written on the spare side of the paper - 29 November 1816 - 30 November 1816
104 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 December 1816
105 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 December 1816
106 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 03 January 1817
107 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 05 January 1817
108 - Letter. Professor Mickleham (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Soho). - 24 January 1817
109 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (——). - 29 January 1817
110 - Letter. C.D.Donald (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 31 January 1817
111 - Letter. Daniel MacKenzie (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 February 1817
112 - Letter. Dugald Bannatyne (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 06 April 1817
113 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 April 1817
114 - Letter. Margaret Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 May 1817
115 - Letter. James Dennistoun (Scotstoun, near Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 05 May 1817
116 - Letter. James Hardie jr. (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 May 1817
117 - Letter. James Dennistoun (Scotstoun, near Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 14 May 1817
118 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 May 1817
119 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Croy) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 May 1817
120 - Printed sheet of Regulations for the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. - 20 May 1817
121 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 May 1817
122 - Letter. Archibald Wallace (Airdrie House) to [James Watt] (——). - 27 May 1817
123 - Letter. Archibald Hamilton jr. (Glasgow) to James Watt (——). - 03 June 1817
124 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Croy) to [James Watt] (——). - 09 June 1817
125 - Letter. James Watt (Greenock) to James Watt (Soho). - 24 June 1817
126 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Croy) to [James Watt] ([Glasgow]). - 08 August 1817
127 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Croy) to [James Watt] (——). - 05 September 1817
128 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to [James Watt] (——). - 18 September 1817
129 - Letter. Professor George Jardine (Hallside) to [James Watt] (——). - 19 September 1817
130 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Glasgow; at Miss McGregor's) to [James Watt] (——). - 19 September 1817
131 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to [James Watt] (——). - 30 September 1817
132 - Letter. George Johnstone [docket reads Mr Blackwood](Edinburgh) to [James Watt] (——). - 30 September 1817
133 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Miss MacGregor; 9 Cochran Street). - 30 September 1817
134 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [September 1817]
135 - Letter. D. Cleghorn (Edinburgh; 2 Abercromby Place) to James Watt (Glasgow; 9 Cochrane Street). - 03 October 1817
136 - Letter. John Love (Paisley) to James Watt (——). - 04 October 1817
137 - Letter. The Earl of Buchan (Dryburgh Abbey) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 October 1817
138 - Letter. D. Cleghorn (Edinburgh) to James Watt (——). - 16 October 1817
139 - Letter. The Earl of Buchan (Edinburgh; 131 George Street) to James Watt ([Glasgow]). - 17 October 1817
140 - Copy letter. James Watt (——) to the Earl of Buchan (——). - October 1817
141 - Letter. Alexander Wilson (Greenhead) to [James Watt] (——). - 21 October 1817
142 - Letter. Professor John Young (Glasgow College) to James Watt ([Glasgow]; Cochrane Street). - 24 October 1817
143 - Letter. James Reddie (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 28 October 1817
144 - List of articles manufactured in Glasgow for home sale and exportation, made out by J. Hopkirk. - October 1817
145a - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to James Watt (Glasgow; 9 Cochran Street; c/o Miss MacGregor). - 04 November 1817
145b - Letter. Messrs. MacPherson & McLachlan (——) to James Watt (——). - 07 November 1817
146 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 18 November 1817
147 - Letter. Margaret Miller (Glasgow) to [James Watt] ([Edinburgh]). - 18 November 1817
148 - Letter. James Miller (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 November 1817
149 - Letter. Kirkman Finlay (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 11 December 1817
150 - Letter. Reverend Robert Morehead (Edinburgh; Hill Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 11 December 1817
151 - Letter. George A.Lee (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 14 December 1817
152 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 December 1817
153 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 December 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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