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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
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
Collapse 5 - Letters from 'Miscellaneous' - 1796 - 18195 - Letters from 'Miscellaneous' - 1796 - 1819
Expand 1 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 17961 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1796
Expand 2 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1797 - 17982 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1797 - 1798
Expand 3 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 17983 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1798
Expand 4 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 17994 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1799
Expand 5 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 18005 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1800
Expand 6 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 18016 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1801
Expand 7 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1802 - 18037 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1802 - 1803
Expand 8 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 18038 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1803
Expand 9 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 18049 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1804
Expand 10 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 180510 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1805
Expand 11 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1806 - 180711 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1806 - 1807
Expand 12 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1807-181012 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1807-1810
Expand 13 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1809 - 181113 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1809 - 1811
Expand 14 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1812 - 181314 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1812 - 1813
Collapse 15 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 181515 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1815
1 - Bill. John & Arthur Arch (London; 61 Cornhill) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 29 Jun 1813
2 - Letter. Sir Joseph Banks (London; Soho Square) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 February 1814
3 - Letter. Sir Joseph Banks (London; Soho Square) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 February 1815
4 - Letter. Sir Joseph Banks (London; Soho Square) to [James Watt] (——). - 31 March 1815
5 - Letter. George Barker (Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 August 1814
6 - Mr Barker’s propositions to Mrs Whately [re her estates and rents]. - 06 August 1815
7 - Letter. Barker & Unett (Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 January 1814
8 - Memorandum d[ra]f[te]d to Barker & Unett: £20 for Turnpike - 24 January. 1814
9 - Letter. John Barr (——) to [James Watt] (——). - May 1815
10 - Letter. Claude Louis Berthollet (——) to James Watt (——). - 13 August 1814
11 - Letter. Joseph Best (Bilston) to The Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal (——). - 24 October 1811
12 - Letter. John Houghton (——) to Samuel Galton (——). - 22 November 1812
13 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to [James Watt] (——). - 04 February 1814
14 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to [James Watt] (——). - 13 July 1814
15 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 July 1814
16 - Propositions between the Birm[ingha]m Canal Comp[an]y and that of the Worcester & Birm[ingha]m Canal. - 22 July 1814
17 - Letter. Joseph Grice (Handsworth) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 October 1814
18 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to [James Watt] (——). - 28 October 1814
19 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 January 1815
20 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to [James Watt] (——). - 27 January 1814
21 - Letter. John Southern (Handsworth) to [James Watt] (——). - 13 February 1815
22a - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 February 1815
22b - Letter from John Houghton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to Samuel Galton (——). - 25 February 1815
23 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Dud[dest]on) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 April 1815
24 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 12 April 1815
25 - Letter. Theophilus Richards (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 April 1815
26 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 21 April 1815
27 - Letter. John Houghton (Birmingham; Navigation Office) to [James Watt] (——). - 13 May 1815
28 - Resolution at the Select committee of Repairs of Birmingham Canal Navigations. - 05 December 1815
29 - Letter. Dr David Brewster (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 01 February 1815
30 - Letter. Dr David Brewster (Edinburgh; 13 Hope Street) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 19 June 1815
31 - Letter. Dr David Brewster (Edinburgh; 13 Hope Street) to James Watt (Glasgow; 9 Cochrane Street). - 25 August 1815
32 - Letter. Dr David Brewster (Edinburgh) to [James Watt] (——). - 12 September 1815
33 - Letter. Dr David Brewster (Edinburgh;13 Hope Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 December 1815
34 - Letter. Colin Buchanan (Greenock) to James Watt (——). - 12 October 1815
35 - Letter. F. L. Chantry (London; Eccleston Street, Pimlico) to [James Watt] (——). - 03 April 1815
36 - Letter. F.L. Chantry (London; Eccleston Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 July 1815
37 - Letter. F.L. Chantry (London; Eccleston Street, Pimlico) to [James Watt] (——). - 15 November 1815
38 - Letter. R. Chippindale (Soho) to James Watt (Heathfield), 10 Feb 1815 with copy transcript of letter from Vale & Co (Coventry) to Mr Chippindale (Soho) 24 Nov. 1814. - February 1814 - November 1815
39 - Letter. John Corrie (——) to James Watt (——). - March 1815
40a - Letter. John Craig (Bonnington Lodge) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 January 1815
40b - Letter . Hugh William Williams ((Edinburgh) to [James Watt] (——). - 17 January 1814
40c - Letter. J. Thomson (Clitheroe; Primrose Hill) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 June 1815
41 - Letter. John Craig (Bonnington Lodge) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 February 1815
42 - Letter. B. Delessert (Paris) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 April 1815
43 - Letter. William Eades, gardener (Green Bank) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 December 1814
44 - Letter. H.T. Ellicombe (Chatham Dock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 31 May 1815
45a - Letter. Sir William Henry Elwes (Tynemouth; Northumberland) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 December 1815
45b - Draft note of reply from James Watt to W. Elwes - nd. [1815]
46 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Manchester) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 February 1814
47 - Letter. Peter Ewart (Manchester) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 March 1814
48 - Letter. J. Farey jr. (London; 12 Crown Street, Westminster) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 02 September 1814
49 - Letter. J. Farey jr. (London; 12 Crown Street, Westminster) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 31 July 1815
50 - Letter. William Forman. (Oxenrig; by Coldstream) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 November 1814
51 - Letter. William Forman. (Oxenrig; by Coldstream) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 November 1815
52 - Letter. T. L. Freer ([Handsworth]; Parsonage) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 April 1814
53 - Draft copies of letters by James Watt (Heathfield) to M.le Comte Berthollet and to M B Delessert ‘sent by ye Rev[eren]d Mr Freer’ - 24 April 1814
54 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to [James Watt] (——). - 24 August 1814
55 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 December 1814
56 - Letter. Thomas Henry (The Spout House) to James Watt (——). - August 1815
57 - Letter. John Henton (Tenby) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 January 1815
58 - Letter. Reverend J. Holbrooke (Green Bank, near Liverpool) to James Watt (Handsworth). - 12 January 1814
59 - Letter. Sir Thomas Lawrence (London; Russell Square) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 September 1815
60 - Letter. George Lee (Manchester) to James Watt (——). - 03 August 1815
61 - Letter. G. de Lys (Birmingham; 48 New Street ) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 August 1814
62 - Letter. Bertrand de Moleville. (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 12 May 1814
63 - Letter. Sir C. Morgan (Newport, Monmouthshire ) to [James Watt](——). - 25 November 1815
64 - Letter. Mrs Anne Murray ([London]; 50 Albemarle Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 26 July 1815
65a - Letter. Colonel George Napier. (Twickenham) to [James Watt] ([London]). - 02 July [1815]
65b - Draft reply from James Watt (——). - nd.[c. 1815]
66a - Letter. E. M. Noble (London; Loman Street, Southwark) to [James Watt] (——). - 14 December 1814
66b - Paper with calculations. - nd. [c. 1815]
67 - Letter. E. M. Noble (London; Loman Street, Southwark) to [James Watt] (——). - 28 December 1814
68 - Letter. E. M. Noble (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 31 December 1814
69 - Letter. E. M. Noble (Birmingham; Stork Hotel) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 January 1815
70 - Letter. E. M. Noble (London; Loman Street, Southwark) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 January 1815
71 - Letter. E. M. Noble (London; Loman Street, Southwark) to [James Watt] (——). - 30 March 1815
72 - Letter. E. M. Noble (London; Loman Street, Southwark) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 April 1815
73 - Letter. Richard Peyton (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 18 November 1815
74 - Letter. Mr. Prudhomme (Paris) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 17 August 1809
75 - Letter. Henry Raeburn (Edinburgh) to James Watt (——). - 05 December 1815
76 - Letter. John Robison (London; 50 -- il street) to James Watt (——). - 26 February 1815
77 - Letter. John Robison (Cheltenham) to James Watt jr. (——). - 14 May 1815
78 - Letter. Professor R. Robison (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 December 1815
79 - Letter. Edward Simpson (Warwick) to James Watt (——). - 05 April 1815
80 - Letter. Archibald Smith (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 February 1815
81 - Letter. John Southern (Oakhill) to [James Watt] (——). - April 1815
82 - Letter. Dr Swediaur (Paris; 11 rue Jacob) to James Watt (Soho). - 14 August 1814
83 - Letter. John Teesdale (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (——). - 11 August 1814
84 - Letter. J. Thomson (Clitheroe; Primrose Hill) to [James Watt] (——). - 31 January 1814
85 - Letter. J. Thomson (Clitheroe; Primrose Hill) to [James Watt] (——). - 19 April 1814
86 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (London; Park Lane) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 January 1815
87 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (Thorn Bank near Soho) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 15 June 1815
88 - Letter. J. F.Tuffen (Thorn Bank near Soho) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 26 June 1815
89 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (Handsworth) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 06 July 1815
90 - Letter. J. F. Tuffen (Clifton; Lion House) to James Watt (Glasgow; 9 Cochrane Street, c/o Miss MacGregor). - 14 September 1815
91 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 16 August 1813
92 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London) to James Watt (Soho). - 19 January 1814
93 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London) to James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street). - 04 February 1814
94 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 29 August 1814
95 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 08 October 1814
96 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London) to James Watt (——). - 29 December 1814
97 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London; Warren Street, Fitzroy Square) to James Watt (Soho). - 12 March 1815
98 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London; Warren Street, Fitzroy Square) to James Watt (——). - 05 September 1815
99 - Letter. C. Turner, engraver (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 September 1815
100 - Letter. C.H. Turner (London; Limehouse) to [James Watt] (——). - 18 June 1814
101 - Letter. C.H. Turner (London; Wood Lodge, Shooters Hill) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [June 1814]
102 - Letter. Vale & Co. (Coventry) to [James Watt] (——). - 01 April 1815
103 - Letter. Vale & Co. (Coventry) to James Watt (Soho). - 20 April 1815
104 - Letter. Vale & Co. (Coventry) to [James Watt] (——). - 31 May 1815
105 - Letter. James Weston (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [20 March 1813]
106 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 11 January 1814
107 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 January 1814
108 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to [James Watt] (——). - 04 February 1813
109 - Letter. James Weston (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [March 1814]
110 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 March 1814
111 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [April 1814]
112 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 April 1814
113 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (——). - 17 June 1814
114 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 August 1814
115 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Tenby; Post Office). - 19 September 1814
116 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 October 1814
117 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 11 November 1814
118 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 December 1814
119 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 January 1815
120 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 January 1815
121 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 February 1815
122 - Letter. James Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt ([London]; Norfolk Street). - 27 June 1815
123 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to [James Watt] (——). - 21 July 1815
124 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 01 August 1815
125 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 26 November 1815
126 - Letter. Anne Whately (Handsworth) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 March 1815
127 - Letter. Anne Whately (Handsworth) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 August 1815
128 - Letter. H.P. [docket reads J] Whately (Handsworth) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [August 1815]
129 - Letter. A. Wilson (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 31 December 1814
130 - Letter. Wright Clayfield & Co. (Bristol) to James Watt (——). - 04 January 1815
Expand 16 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 181716 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1817
Expand 17 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1818 - 181917 - Letters to James Watt from 'Miscellaneous' - 1818 - 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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