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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
Expand 15 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 181515 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1815
Collapse 16 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 181716 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’. - 1813 - 1817
1a - Letter. Thomas Allingham (London; 35 Smith Street,Chelsea) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 26 June 1816
1b - Letter. Thomas Allingham (same address and date) to James Watt to accompany the 'writing renovator'. - [26 June 1816]
2 - Letter. Thomas Allingham (London; 35 Smith Street,Chelsea) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 20 January 1817
3a - Letter. Andrew Anderson (Greenock) to [James Watt] (——). - 06 February 1816
3b - Letter. James Anderson (Rothesay, Bute) to James Watt (Soho). - 03 February 1816
4 - Letter. Andrew Anderson (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 May 1816
5 - Letter. Sir Joseph Banks (London; Soho Square) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 November 1816
6 - Letter. Dugald Bannatyne (Glasgow) to [James Watt] (——). - 18 February 1816
7a - Letter. George Barker (Greenock) to [James Watt] (——). - 30 April 1816
7b - Printed sheet of 'Reasons why the Committee of the Birmingham and Wednesbury Road Bill should not be adjourned' - nd. [1816]
8 - Letter. John Barr (——) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [28 April 1816]
9 - Letter. John Barr (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 17 June 1816
10 - Letter. Claude Louis Berthollet (——) to James Watt (Soho). - 18 February 1815
11 - Letter. Claude Louis Berthollet (——) to James Watt (——). - 03 March 1816
12 - Letter. Birmingham Canal Company (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 31 May 1814
13 - Copy of the resolutions from a meeting of the Birmingham Canal Committee held on 6 Jun. 1817 - 06 June 1817
14 - Letter. David Brewster (Edinburgh; 13 Hope Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 March 1816
15 - Letter. David Brewster (Edinburgh; 13 Hope Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 May 1816
16 - Letter. David Brewster (Edinburgh; 10 Hope Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 December 1816
17 - Letter. David Brewster (Edinburgh; 10 Hope Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 February 1817
18 - Letter. David Brewster (Edinburgh; 10 Hope Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 22 March 1817
19 - Letter. David Brewster (Edinburgh) to James Watt (——). - 24 April 1817
20 - Letter. David Brewster (Venlaw, near Peebles) to James Watt (——). - 17 September 1817
21 - Letter. David Brewster (Venlaw, near Peebles) to James Watt (Glasgow; Cochrane Street). - 29 September 1817
22 - Letter. David Brewster ([Edinburgh]; Melville street) to James Watt (——). - nd. [November 1817]
23 - Letter. William. D. Brown (Soho) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 December 1813
24 - Letter. Colin Buchanan (Greenock) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 24 October 1816
25 - Letter. Sir Francis Chantrey (——) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [June 1816]
26 - Letter. Sir Francis Chantrey (London; Pimlico) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [July 1816]
27 - Letter. Sir Francis Chantrey (London; Belgrave Place, Pimlico) to [James Watt] (——). - 09 January 1817
28 - Letter. Mr Chippindall ([London]; Salisbury Square) to [James Watt] (——). - 12 July 1816
29 - Letter. Dr Thomas Christie (Cheltenham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 May 1816
30 - Letter. Dr Thomas Christie (Cheltenham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 June 1817
31 - Letter. Reverend F. Coke (Lower Moor; Kington) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 17 January 1817
32 - Letter. Reverend F. Coke (Lower Moor; Kington) to James Watt jr. (——). - 27 January 1817
33 - Letter. B. Delessert (Paris) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 27 August 1816
34 - Letter. James Dennistoun (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 June 1816
35 - Letter. William Dinwiddie (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 October 1817
36 - Letter. C. D. Donald (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 11 November 1816
37 - Letter. H. T Ellicombe (Cricklade Vicarage;Wilts) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 March 1817
38 - Letter. Reverend T. Lane Freer ([London]; Bedford Hotel——) to [James Watt](——). - nd. [06 May 1816]
39 - Letter. Reverend T. Lane Freer (Handsworth) to James Watt (Tenby). - 07 September 1816
40 - Letter. Reverend T.Lane Freer ([Handsworth) to James Watt (Tenby). - 23 September 1816
41a - Letter. Reverend T.Lane Freer (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [November 1816]
41b - Letter. Reverend T.Lane Freer ([Handsworth]; Parsonage) to James Watt (——). - 17 November [1816]
42 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Dudson) to James Watt (——). - 26 May 1816
43 - Letter. Samuel Tertius Galton (Dudson) to James Watt (——). - 16 November 1817
44 - Letter. Davies Giddy (Eastbourne) to [James Watt] (——). - 23 April 1816
45 - Letter. Davies Giddy (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 02 July 1816
46 - Letter. Benjamin Gott (Leeds) to James Watt (Soho). - 14 December 1815
47 - Letter. John Henning (London; 15 Glasshouse Street, Picadilly) to James Watt (Soho deleted, Heathfield added). - 17 May 1816
48 - Letter. John Henning (London; 15 Glasshouse Street, Picadilly) to James Watt (——). - 07 June 1816
49 - Letter. John Houghton (——) to James Watt (Heathfield added). - 01 November 1816
50 - Letter. John Houghton (——;[docket reads Navigation Office]) to James Watt (——). - 21 June 1817
51 - Letter. John Henton (Tenby) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 August 1816
52 - Letter. Mrs Irvine (15 Polygon; Somerstown) to James Watt (——). - 08 July 1816
53 - Letter. J. Jackson (London; 7 Newman Street) to James Watt (——). - 07 August 1816
54 - Letter. Madame Lavoisier (Hotel Royal) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 July 1817
55 - Letter. Stephen Lee (——[Birmingham; Swan Inn]) to James Watt (——). - 31 July 1816
56 - Letter. Thomas Frankland Lewis (London; 2 Hill Street) to James Watt (——). - 24 April 1816
57a - Letter. Thomas Frankland Lewis (London; House of Commons. Also gives an address for direct communication of 19 Albemarle Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 1817
57b - Copy press letter. James Watt (Heathfield) to Thomas Frankland Lewis, M.P.(——) - 23 March 1817
58 - Letter. E. Massey jr. (Coventry) to James Watt (——). - 15 August 1816
59 - Letter. Edward Massey (Coventry) to [James Watt] (——). - 4 May 1817
60 - Letter. Josh. Millward (Birmingham)(nephew to Mr Thomas Millward of Handsworth) to James Watt (——). - 09 August 1816
61 - Letter. The Duke of Montrose (Brighton) to James Watt (——). - 16 December 1816
62 - Letter. John Mortlock (London; 250 Oxford Street, Coalbrookdale Manufactory) to [James Watt] (——). - 1 January 1817
63 - Letter. Pitches & Sampson (Swithins Lane) to [——] (——). - 31 October 1817
64 - Letter. Professor John Playfair (London) to James Watt (——). - nd. [June 1815]
65 - Letter. Richard Price (Knighton)) to [James Watt] (——). - 08 May 1816
66 - Letter. Henry Raeburn (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 February 1816
67 - Letter. Henry Raeburn (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 March 1816
68 - Letter. John Rawstone (Birmingham; 3 Colmore Row) to [James Watt] (——). - 04 January 1817
69 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 December 1815
70 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 April 1816
71 - Invitation to dinner. John Rennie ([London]; Stamford Street) to Mr and Mrs Watt and Miss McGrigor (——). - 13 June 1816
72 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 July 1816
73 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 December 1816
74 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 December 1816
75 - Letter. John Rennie (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 February 1817
76 - Letter. Jos. Reynolds (Ketley) to James Watt (Tenby; Post Office, readdressed from Heathfield). - 25 September 1816
77 - Letter. John Robison (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 February 1816
78 - Letter. John Robison (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [April 1817]
79 - Letter. Royal Society (Edinburgh) to James Watt (——). - 12 July 1816
80 - Letter. Royal Society (Edinburgh) to James Watt (——). - 05 July 1817
81 - Letter. James Scott (Bromley) to — (——). - 09 July 1817
82 - Letter. William Scott (Edinburgh; 1 New Palace Yard) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 October 1816
83 - Letter. William Scott (Edinburgh; 1 New Palace Yard) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 November 1816
84 - Letter. Richard Sharp (—;Mark Lane) to [James Watt] (——). - 24 April 1816
85 - Letter. Lord Sidmouth ([London]; Whitehall) to James Watt (——). - 02 December 1816
86 - Letter. Lord Sidmouth ([London]; Whitehall) to James Watt (——). - 14 December 1816
87 - Letter. George Simcox ([Birmingham]; Livery Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 04 June 1817
88 - Letter. Reverend Mr George Sym (New Kilpatrick ) to Miss MacGrigor (Heathfield). - 03 October 1816
89 - Letter. John Thomson & Co. (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 26 January 1816
90 - Letter. J Thomson (Primrose) to [James Watt] (——). - 05 August 1816
91 - Letter. J. F.Tuffen (Clifton; Sion House) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 January 1816
92 - Letter. J. F.Tuffen (Clifton; Sion House) to James Watt (Heathfield). - July 1816
93 - Letter. J. F.Tuffen (Clifton; Sion House) to James Watt (Heathfield). - December 1816
94 - Letter. J. F.Tuffen (Clifton; Sion House) to James Watt ([London]; Old London Street, c/o Mr Mosley). - 22 June 1817
95 - Letter. J. F.Tuffen (Clifton; Sion House) to James Watt ([Heathfield). - 27 September 1817
96 - Letter. C. Turner ([London] Warren Street, Fitzroy Square) to [James Watt](——). - 05 June 1816
97 - Letter. C. H. Turner (Leamington) to [—] (——). - 21 October 1816
98 - Letter. C. H. Turner (Leamington) to [—] (——). - 25 October 1816
99 - Letter. C. H. Turner (Shooters Hill, Kent) to [—] (——). - 15 November 1816
100 - Letter. C. H.Turner (——) to [—] (——). - 1817
101a - Letter. C.H.Turner (——; 15 Bruton Street) to [—] (——). - 06 July 1817
101b - Letter from Mr Taylor (—; 38 Shoe Lane) to C.H.Turner (——) - nd. [July 1816]
102 - Letter. James Watt (Greenock [docket reads Crawfordsdyke]) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 March 1816
103 - Letter. Zaccheus Walker sr. (Soho) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [December 1816]
104 - Letter. Ambrose Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 August 1816
105 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 March 1816
106 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 June 1816
107 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt ([London]; 4 Norfolk Street). - 15 July 1816
108 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 16 July 1816
109 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 July 1816
110 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 August 1816
111 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Tenby). - 04 October 1816
112 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 March 1816
113 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 November 1816
114 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 November 1816
115 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 22 November 1816
116 - Letter. James Weston (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [25 November 1816]
117 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 02 December 1816
118 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 December 1816
119 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 December 1816
120 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 December 1816
121 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 January 1817
122 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 May 1817
123 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 29 June 1817
124 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 03 July 1817
125 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 July 1817
126 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to James Watt (Glasgow; 13 Cochran Street). - 31 August 1817
127 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (——). - 13 September 1817
128 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to [James Watt] (——). - 14 September 1817
129 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 20 September 1817
130 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (——). - 29 September 1817
131 - Letter. James Weston (——[docket reads Edinburgh]) to James Watt (Glasgow; Cochran Street). - nd. [October 1817]
132 - Letter. James Weston (Upper Homerton) to James Watt (——). - 16 November 1817
133 - Letter. James Weston ([London]; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 December 1817
134 - Letter. Anne Whately (Handsworth) to James Watt (London; 4 Norfolk Street). - 21 June 1816
135 - Letter. Anne Whately (Handsworth) to James Watt (——). - nd. [April 1817]
136 - Letter. Anne Whately (Handsworth) to James Watt (——). - 02 June 1817
137 - Letter. William Withering jr. (Birmingham; The Larches) to James Watt (Tenby; c/o Post Office). - 31 August 1816
138 - Letter. William Withering jr. (Norton Hall) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 March 1817
139 - Letter. Professor Jo. Young (Glasgow; The College) to James Watt (Birmingham; by the Rev[eren]d James Yates). - 12 May 1816
140 - Letter. Colonel James Wood (——; 27 South Street) to [James Watt] (——). - February 1816
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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