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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
Collapse 7 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1802 - 18037 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1802 - 1803
1 - Letter. Ami Argand (Versoix, France) to James Watt (Soho). - 15 December 1801
2 - Letter. Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 20 January 1802
3 - Letter. Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 February 1802
4 - Letter. Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 February 1802
5 - Letter. Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [April 1802]
6 - Letter. Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [June 1802]
7 - Letter. Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 August 1802
8 - Letter. Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 January 1803
9 - Letter. William Bedford (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 April 1802
10 - Letter. Sir William Beechey (London) to James Watt (Soho). - 27 November 1802
11 - Letter. Sir William Beechey (London) to James Watt (Soho). - 30 December 1802
12 - Letter. James Birnie (Greenock [docket reads Carsedyke]) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 02 September 1803
13 - Letter. J. Blundell (Leigh; near Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 13 February 1803
14 - Letter. Matthew Boulton (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 13 January 1802
15 - Letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to James Watt (Paris; c/o Sir Robert Smith & Co., Bankers). - 11 October 1802
16 - Letter. Matthew Robinson Boulton (Soho) to James Watt (London; 13 London Street). - 26 August 1802
17 - Letter. William Caddell (Carronpark) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 24 May 1802
18 - Letter. Lord Cathcart (London; Gloucester Place) to Mr Greville(——). - 30 November 1802
19 - Letter. Robert Cunninghame (Seabank) and James Chrichton (Irvine) to James Watt (Soho). - 18 December 1802 - 20 December 1802
20 - Letter. J. Curtis (Walsall) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 February 1803
21 - Letter. Dr R. W. Darwin (Priory, near Derby) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 April 1802
22a - Letter. George Dempster (Dunnichen; Forfar) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 18 January 1802
22b - Letter of recommendation from Sir John Sinclair (Edinburgh; Charlotte Square) to James Watt (——). - 21 January 1803
23 - Letter. Robert Forsyth , Advocate (Edinburgh; Hay Street) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 15 April 1802
24 - Letter. Robert Forsyth , Advocate (Edinburgh; 2 Hay Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 03 January 1803
25 - Letter. Mr. Gaericke (Paris; 176 rue St. Dominique) to James Watt (Paris; Hotel de Courlande). - 28 October 1802
26 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 13 January 1803
27 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 15 January 1803
28 - Letter. Mr Gillet-Laumont (Paris; Conseil des Mines) to James Watt ( Paris; Hotel de Courlande). - 29 October 1802
29 - Letter. Mr Gillet-Laumont (Paris; Conseil des Mines) to James Watt ( Paris; Place de la Concorde; Hotel de Courlande). - 30 October 1802
30 - Draft letter. James Watt (——) to Mr Gillet-Laumont (Paris; Conseil des Mines) - 31 October 1801
31 - Letter. Mr Gillet-Laumont ( Paris; Conseil des Mines) to James Watt (——). - 08 November 1802
32 - Letter. Mr Gillet-Laumont ( Paris; Conseil des Mines) to James Watt (——). - 09 November 1802
33 - Letter. John Gullett (Exeter) to James Watt (Soho [redirected from Glasgow]). - 22 February 1803
34 - Letter. Thomas Henry (Manchester) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 28 January 1803
35 - Letter. J.Houghton (——) to James Watt (——). - 12 March 1802
36 - Letter. J.Houghton (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 March 1802
37 - Letter. E. S. Hutton (Flimby; Cumberland) to [James Watt] (——). - 03 February 1802
38 - Letter. Thomas Hutton (Soho) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [July 1805]
39 - Letter. James Keir (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 April 1802
40 - Letter. Mr Leveque (Paris) to James Watt (Soho). - 28 June 1802
41 - Letter. Mr Leveque (Paris) to [James Watt] (——). - 29 June 1802
42 - Letter. Mr Leveque (Paris) to [James Watt] (——). - 09 November 1802
43 - Letter. Mr Leveque (Paris) to James Watt (Soho). - 04 January 1803
44 - Letter. J. D. Huichelbos van Liender (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 06 August 1802
45 - Letter. J.D. Huichelbos van Liender (London) to James Watt (Paris; c/o Robert Smith & Co. Bankers). - nd. [October 1802]
46 - Letter. A. S. Lillingston (London) to Dr William Withering (Heathfield). - nd. [1798]
47 - Letter. J. S. Moilliet (Hill Top) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [September 1802]
48 - Letter. Le Senateur Monge (Paris) to James Watt (Paris; Hotel de Courlande). - nd. [26 October 1802]
49 - Letter. Mr Monge (Paris) to James Watt (Paris; Hotel de Courlande). - [04 October 1802]
50 - Letter. John Nimmo (Glasgow; 283 High Street) to James Watt (Soho). - 02 September 1802
51 - Letter. Mr. Purden (Leipzig) to James Watt (Paris; c/o Sir Robert Smith & Co.). - 02 October 1802
52 - Letter. Mr Purden (Leipzig) to James Watt (Paris; c/o Sir Robert Smith & Co.). - 10 October 1802
53 - Letter. Count Reden (Berlin) to [James Watt] (——). - 15 April 1802
54 - Letter. R. Riddell (——[docket reads London]) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [November 1802]
55 - Letter. R. Riddell (Redlands, near Bristol) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 December 1802
56 - Letter. John Roebuck (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 08 June1802
57 - Printed sheet with John Roebuck's charges for business as a scientific engineer (Edinburgh; Gayfield Place). - 1802
58 - Letter. Peter Round (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 23 April 1802
59 - Letter. Mr. Sabatier (Paris) to James Watt ([Paris] Hotel de Courlande, Place de la Revolution). - 09 November 1802
60 - Agreement between James Watt and Henry Shepherd, of the parish of St George, Hanover Square, in the city of Westminster, to act as travelling servant or courier. - 28 August 1802
61 - Letter. John Simcox (Birmingham; Bull Ring) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 16 February 1803
62 - Letter. Edward Smith (——) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 06 February [1802]
63 - Letter. Mr. Stiles (——) to James Watt (——). - 30 August 1802
64 - Letter. Augustus Streiber (Eisenau; Germany) to [James Watt] [Frankfort]. - 28 September 1802
65 - Letter. Augustus Streiber (Eisenau; Germany) to [James Watt](——). - 16 October 1802
66 - Letter. Stubbs & Medes ([Birmingham]; Colmore Row) to James Watt (——). - 17 January 1803
67 - Letter. Thomas Telford ([London]; Salopian Coffee House) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 14 April 1802
68 - Letter. Thomas Telford ([London]; Salopian Coffee House, Charing Cross) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 May 1802
69 - Letter. Thomas Telford and Mr. Douglas (London;Cupers Bridge) to [James Watt] (——). - 21 January 1802
70 - Letter. Colonel G. de Trappe (Frankfurt) to James Watt (Paris; Hotel de Courlande) - 17 October 1802
71 - Letter. Robert Turner (Greenock) to James Watt (——). - 09 December 1802
72 - Letter. Zaccheus Walker snr.(Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 March 1802
73 - Letter. James Walkinshaw (Greenock) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 February 1802
74 - Letter. John Wedge (Packington) to [James Watt] (——). - 03 January 1803
75 - Letter. John Wedge (Packington) to [James Watt] (——). - 30 January 1803
76 - Letter. Walter Wilkins, M. P. (Maeslough [Castle; Radnorshire]) to James Watt(——). - 25 February 1802
77 - Letter. William Withering (Birmingham; The Larches) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 August 1802
78 - Letter. William Withering (Birmingham; The Larches) to James Watt (London; 29 Norfolk Street, the Strand). - 29 November 1802
79 - Passport for James Watt and Ann Watt to go to France. Calais. - [03 September 1802 - 08 September 1802]
80 - Extract [in the hand of James Watt jr.] from the Life of Watt in Phillips Public Characters for 1802- 3, p. 202, by an unknown writer. - nd. [c. 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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