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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
Collapse 2 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1797 - 17982 - Letters from Miscellaneous - 1797 - 1798
1a - Letter. Frederick Accum (London) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 20 January 1797
1b - Printed proposal for publishing Accum's work on experimental chemistry - nd. [c. 1797]
2 - Letter. John Roebuck (Edinburgh; Baxter's Buildings, Leith Walk) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 January 1797
3 - Letter. Samuel Galton jr. (Birmingham; Five Ways) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 January 1797
4 - Letter. Thomas Parker (Broughton, near Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 10 February 1797
5 - Letter. John Roebuck (Edinburgh; Baxter’s Buildings, Leith Walk) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 February 1797
6 - Letter. Robert Mylne (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 11 February 1797
7 - Letter. Thomas Williams (Adelphi) to Matthew Boulton (——). - 20 February 1797
8 - Letter. James Alston (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 25 February 1797
9 - Letter. Sir John Dalrymple (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 25 February 1797
10 - Letter. Sir John Dalrymple (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 27 February 1797
11 - Letter. Ambrose Weston (London; Fenchurch Street) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 March 1797
12a - Letter. Thomas Barnes (Newcastle upon Tyne; Walker Colliery) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 15 March 1797
12b - Newscutting of a letter from Thomas Barnes to the proprietors and lessees of collieries on the rivers Tyne and Wear - 01 March 1797
13 - Letter. Benjamin Roebuck (Fort St. George: docket reads Madras) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 27 March 1797
14 - Letter. John Roebuck (Edinburgh; Baxter's Buildings, Leith Walk) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 April 1797
15 - Letter. John Barr (——) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [April 1797]
16 - Letter. Sir John Dalrymple (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 16 May 1797
17 - Letter. James Alston (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 25 May 1797
18 - Letter. Patrick Wilson (Glasgow College) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 May 1797
19a - Letter. John Petty Dearman (Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 12 August 1797
19b - Letter. Thomas Richardson (——) to John Petty Dearman (Birmingham), his cousin - nd. [c. 1797]
19c - A paper of results of experiments with the upright hand mill - 08 June 1797
20 - Letter. Thomas Withy, Clerk, for Montgomery Canal Co.; (Pool; Navigation office) to James Watt (——). - 17 August 1797
21 - Letter. Josiah Wedgwood (18, Stratford Place) to [James Watt] (——). - 19 August 1797
22a - Letter. Robert Mylne (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 26 August 1797
22b - Copy press Letter. James Watt (Soho) to Robert Mylne (——.). - 31 August 1797
23 - Letter. Sir Joseph Banks (Overton) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 29 August 1797
24 - Letter. Sir John Dalrymple (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Bristol; Dalton's Hotel, Clifton; forwarded from Birmingham). - 18 September 1797
25 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 October 1797
26 - Letter. Samuel Lysons (London; Kings Bench Walks Temple) to [James Watt] (——). - 23 November 1797
27a - Letter. James Keir (——) to James Watt (Heathfield) - 04 November [1797]
27b - Page with a quotation and translation from De La Place, apparently mistranslated by Robison - nd. [c. 1797]
28 - Letter. Robert Muirhead (Glasgow) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 5 December 1797
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
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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