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Collapse MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873

MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873

Expand 1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727

1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727

Expand 2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744

2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744

Expand 3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787

3 - 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 - 1761-1819

1 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt - 1761-1819

Expand 1 - Incoming letters to James Watt from immediate family - 1761-1801

1 - Incoming letters to James Watt from immediate family - 1761-1801

Expand 2 - Letters from 'Glasgow' - 1774 - 1819

2 - Letters from 'Glasgow' - 1774 - 1819

Expand 3 - Letters from Doctors - 1794 - 1798

3 - Letters from Doctors - 1794 - 1798

Expand 4 - Letters from 'Firm' - 1804 - 1819

4 - Letters from 'Firm' - 1804 - 1819

Collapse 5 - Letters from 'Miscellaneous' - 1796 - 1819

5 - Letters from 'Miscellaneous' - 1796 - 1819

Expand 1 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1796

1 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1796

Expand 2 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1797 - 1798

2 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1797 - 1798

Expand 3 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1798

3 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1798

Expand 4 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1799

4 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1799

Expand 5 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1800

5 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1800

Expand 6 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1801

6 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1801

Expand 7 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1802 - 1803

7 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1802 - 1803

Expand 8 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1803

8 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1803

Expand 9 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1804

9 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1804

Expand 10 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1805

10 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1805

Expand 11 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1806 - 1807

11 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1806 - 1807

Collapse 12 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1807-1810

12 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1807-1810

1 - Memorandums from Mr Alston respecting Broom House, Staffordshire. - May 1808

2 - Letter. Cath D’Arcy (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 February 1808

3 - Letter. Barker & Unett, solicitors (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 02 March 1809

4 - Letter. George Barker (Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 May 1809

5 - Letter. Barker & Unett, solicitors (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 02 September 1809

6 - Letter. Barker & Unett, solicitors (Birmingham) to James Watt (Handsworth). - 06 December 1809

7 - Letter. John Barr (Birmingham) to James Watt (Brighton; Post Office). - 28 September 1808

8 - Letter. William Thomas Baxter (Dundee) to James Watt (Birmingham; Mr Boulton's Warehouse). - 22 December 1807

9 - Letter. Dr Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - November 1808

10 - Letter. Mrs Beddoes (Malvern) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 March 1809

11 - Letter. James Bigg (Worcester) to [James Watt] (——). - 09 March 1808

12 - Letter. James Bigg (Worcester) to [James Watt] (——). - 05 April 1808

13 - Letter. J. Blount (——) to James Watt (Handsworth). - 26 June 1809

14 - Letter. John Brookes (Ansthorpe Lodge near Leeds) to James Watt (——). - 01 April 1809

15 - Letter. Bromby & Rounding (Hull [docket readsGainsborough]) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 March 1808

16 - Letter. Isaac Hawkins Browne (95, South Audley Street) to James Watt (——). - 24 April 1809

17 - Letter. Margaret Bullock (Liverpool) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 April 1809

18 - Letter. George Bullock (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [April 1809]

19 - Letter. George Bullock & Gandy [signed by Ben Baker](Liverpool; Hanover Street) to James Watt (——). - 06 January 1810

20 - Letter. Committee on Wednesbury road [signed by Joseph Fernyhough, clerk to the trustees] (West Bromwich) to James Watt (Handsworth). - 22 November 1808

21 - Letter. William Cowan & sons (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 March 1808

22 - Letter. William Cowan & sons (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 March 1808

23 - Letter. William Cowan (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 August 1808

24 - Letter. William Cowan & sons (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 November 1808

25 - Letter. William Cowan & sons (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 September 1809

26 - Letter. John Craig (Hamilton; Burnbank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 July 1809

27 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 April 1809

28 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 16 April 1809

29 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 18 April 1809

30 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 29 April 1809

31 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 May 1809

32 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 14 May 1809

33 - Letter. T. L. Freer (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 March 1809

34 - Letter. Samuel Galton (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 June 1808

35 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Dud[dest]on) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 September 1808

36 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 16 February 1809

37 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Dud[dest]on) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 March 1809

38 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (—— ). - 06 May 1809

39 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Dud[dest]on) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 May 1809

40 - Letter. Samuel Tertius Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 November 1808

41 - Letter. Mr Gottwaltz (Birmingham; Post Office) to James Watt jr. (Soho) enclosing a letter from Mr Welch the Portsmouth Postmaster to Mr Gottwaltz (Birmingham; Postmaster) - 20 February 1809 - 22 February 1809

42 - Letter. Benjamin Gott (Leeds) to James Watt jr.. (Soho). - 06 February 1808

43 - Letter. John J. Hawkins (79, Great Titchfield) to [James Watt] (——). - 25 November 1808

44 - Letter. John Henning (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 26 December 1809

45 - Letter. Thomas Hood (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 September 1808

46 - Letter. John Houghton ([Birmingham]; Navigation Office) to [James Watt] (——). - 19 March 1808

47 - Letter. John Houghton ([Birmingham]; Navigation Office) to [James Watt] (——). - 23 March 1808

48 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 07 April 1808

49 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham) to James Watt (London; London Street) - 27 February 1807 - 20 September 1808

50 - Letter. John Houghton (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 07 February 1809

51 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 April 1809

52 - Letter. John Houghton ([Birmingham]; Navigation Office) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 December 1809

53 - Letter. Samuel Hurt (Soho Foundry) to James Watt jr.. (——). - 03 February 1808

54 - Letter. I. S. Jorden & Co. (Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 December 1809

55 - Letter. James Keir (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 24 December 1807

56 - Letter. S. Kells & Co. (Bristol) to B&W (Soho). - 05 March 1808

57 - Letter. William McDowall (Inverary Castle [docket reads Garthland]) to [James Watt](——). - 20 October 1808

58 - Letter. William McDowall (Castletemple [docket reads Garthland]) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Gilbert Hamilton, Queen Street). - 24 September 1809

59 - Letter. Hugh Matthie (Liverpool]) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 July 1809

60 - Letter. James Morris (Weston Court near Hereford) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 August 1809

61 - Letter. William Murdock (Soho Foundry) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 July 1808

62 - Letter. James Mylne (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Heathfield) 14 Oct 1808, enclosing a letter with ink sketch of hot air chimneys from James Cooper (Glasgow College) to the Principal 26 Sep 1808 - 26 September - 14 October 1808

63 - Letter. James Mylne (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 December 1808

64 - Letter. E. M . Noble ([Birmingham]; Paradise Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 April 1808

65 - Letter. T. Parker (Edinburgh; 2 Chapel Street) to James Watt (——). - 10 June 1809

66 - Letter. Penry Price (Portsmouth) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 January 1809

67 - Letter. Penry Price (Portsmouth) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 02 February 1809

68 - Letter. Mr Price (——) to James Watt (——). - 12 December 1809

69 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 February 1808

70 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to John Houghton (Birmingham; Canal Office). - 11 March 1808

71 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 March 1808

72 - Letter. Benjamin Roebuck (?M........) to James Watt (Soho). - 21 October 1808

73 - Letter. James Smith (Craighead) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 December 1809

74 - Letter. Jos. Smith & Sons (Burton; Horninglow Wharf) to John Houghton (Birmingham; Navigation Office). - 02 November 1809

75 - Letter. William Speer (London; 2 Nassau Street, Soho) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 January 1808

76 - Letter. William Speer (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 09 February 1808

77 - Letter. William Speer (London; 4 Crown Street, Westminster) to James Watt ([London]; Spring Garden Coffee House). - 01 March 1808

78 - Letter. William Stark (London; 2 Nassau Street, Soho) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Miss Macgregor, Cochrane Street). - 21 September 1809

79 - Letter. Stone & Cooper- signed by Edward Thomas Cooper - (Bath) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 September 1808

80 - Letter. Stone & Cooper- signed by George Grimes- (Bath) to [James Watt] (——). - 18 October 1808

81 - Letter. Stone & Cooper (Bath) to James Watt (——). - 11 November 1808

82 - Letter. Dr Robert John Thornton (Manchester; 1, Hind street) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 April 1808

83 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (London) to James Watt jr.. (Soho). - 19 November 1807

84 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 January 1808

85 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (London; Park Lane) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 January 1808

86 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (Bristol) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 February 1809

87 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 April 1809

88 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (Bristol) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Miss MacGregor, Cochrane Street). - 29 August 1809

89 - Letter. P.Turnerelli (London; 42 Greek Street, Soho) to [James Watt] (——). - 24 November 1808

90 - Letter. P.Turnerelli (London; 42 Greek Street, Soho) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 December 1808

91 - Letter. Mrs Underhill (——) to James Watt (——). - November 1808

92 - Letter. J.W. Unett (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——) - 29 October 1808

93 - Letter. James Ware (—; New Bridge Street) to James Watt (Heathfield) - 09 January 1809

94 - Letter. H. B.Way (Bridport Harbour) to James Watt (Soho) - 16 March 1809

95 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; 43 Clarges Street, Picadilly) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 December 1807

96 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 26 February 1808

97 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 February 1808

98 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 April 1808

99 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 22 April 1808

100 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; F[enchurch] S[treet]) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 May 1808

101 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 05 May 1808

102 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 May 1808

103 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 May 1808

104 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (Fenchurch Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 23 May 1808

105 - Letter. Ambrose Weston ([Mill Hill, Middlesex]) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 July 1808

106 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 11 December 1808

107 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; Fenchurch street) to James Watt (Heathfield). Per Mr Woodward. - 03 April 1809

108 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (A spare moment at the Trinity House) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 April 1809

109 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 May 1809

110 - Draft letter. James Watt (Glenarbuck; near Glasgow) to Ambrose Weston (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 26 August 1809

111 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (Mill Hill) to James Watt (Glasgow; 9 Cochran Street). - 25 September 1809

112 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (Mill Hill) to James Watt (——). - 01 December 1809

113 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (——). - 30 December 1808

114 - Letter. James Weston (London; London Street) to James Watt (——). - 30 December 1808

115 - Letter. H. P.Whately (Ok Hill) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 March 1808

116 - Letter. Nathaniel Wheatcroft (Cromford) to John Houghton (——). - 17 May 1809

117 - Letter. Whitehouse & Galan (Liverpool) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 December 1808

118 - Letter. Whitehouse & Galan (Liverpool) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 17 December 1808

119 - Letter. William Wilkinson (Plasgrono) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 February 1808

120 - Letter. Dr Patrick Wilson (Windmill Hill, Hampstead) to James Watt (Heathfield), 16 Jan 1808, enclosing a letter from John Southern (Soho) to James Watt(Heathfield), 27 Jan 1808 - 16 January 1808-27 January 1808

121 - Letter. Dr Patrick Wilson (Hampstead) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 May 1809

122 - Letter. Thomas Wilson (Truro) to James Watt (Soho). - 07 February 1808

123 - Letter. Thomas Wilson (Truro) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 February 1808

124 - Letter. William Withering (Dover) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 01 September 1808

Expand 13 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1809 - 1811

13 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1809 - 1811

Expand 14 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1812 - 1813

14 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1812 - 1813

Expand 15 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1815

15 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1815

Expand 16 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1817

16 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1817

Expand 17 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1818 - 1819

17 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1818 - 1819

Expand 6 - 'Other' files of correspondence - 1761 - 1819

6 - 'Other' files of correspondence - 1761 - 1819

Expand 2 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 1819

2 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 1819

Expand 3 - Letters returned to James Watt after the recipient's death - 1768 - 1799

3 - Letters returned to James Watt after the recipient's death - 1768 - 1799

Expand 4 - Notebooks of James Watt - 1755 - 1808

4 - Notebooks of James Watt - 1755 - 1808

Expand 5 - Records of James Watt relating to mathematical instrument making - 1757 - 1773

5 - Records of James Watt relating to mathematical instrument making - 1757 - 1773

Expand 6 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 1793

6 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 1793

Expand 7 - Records relating to patents - 1698 - 1808

7 - Records relating to patents - 1698 - 1808

Expand 8 - Records relating to Heathfield - 1786 - 1813

8 - Records relating to Heathfield - 1786 - 1813

Expand 9 - Records relating to the Wyeside and Welsh Estates - 1790 - 1845

9 - Records relating to the Wyeside and Welsh Estates - 1790 - 1845

Expand 10 - Personal papers of James Watt - 1759 - 1817

10 - Personal papers of James Watt - 1759 - 1817

Expand 11 - Papers of/by other people

11 - Papers of/by other people

Expand 12 - Miscellaneous papers of James Watt - 1727 - 1817

12 - 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 - 1822

14 - Printed material - 1776 - 1822

Expand 5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762

5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762

Expand 6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848

6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848

Expand 7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804

7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804

Expand 8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

Expand 9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

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