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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
Collapse 8 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 18038 - Letters to James Watt from ‘Miscellaneous’ - 1803
1 - Letter. General Andriossy (Portland Place) to James Watt (——). - 11 May 1803
2 - Letter. Sir Joseph Banks (London; Soho Square) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 June 1803
3 - Letter. John Barr (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 09 August 1803
4 - Letter. H. Bayley (London; 30 St James's Street) to James Watt (Soho). - nd. [c. 1803]
5 - Letter. Dr Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 May 1803
6 - Letter. Dr Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Gilbert Hamilton). - nd. [c. 1803]
7 - Letter. Dr Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 02 December 1803
8 - Letter. Dr Thomas Beddoes (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 05 December 1803
9 - Letter. Dr Thomas Beddoes (——) to [James Watt] (——). - 17 December 1803
10 - Letter. Bedford & Meecham (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 29 November 1803
11 - Letter. Mr. Bonnard ([Birmingham] Styles’s Hotel) to [James Watt] (——). - 30 March 1803
12 - Letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Gilbert Hamilton). - 25 August 1803
13 - Letter. Matthew Robinson Boulton (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 08 June 1803
14a - Letter. Mrs Clagget (Birmingham; c/o Mr Mitchley, Navigation Street) to [James Watt] (——). - 28 June 1803
14b - Draft letter. James Watt (Heathfield) to Mrs Clagget (——) - 30 June 1803
15 - Letter. H. Crawford (Greenock) to James Watt (Soho). - 05 November 1803
16a - Letter. J. Curtis (Walsall) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 January 1803
16b - Letter. Major Lane (Hamstead Bridge) to [James Watt—] - 23 January 1803
17 - Letter. J. Curtis (Walsall) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 11 March 1803
18 - Letter. Docket reads: Mr Curtis, Walsall . Terms of Lease of Rev[eren]d Mr Lane’s Land. - 1803
19 - Letter. J. Curtis (Walsall) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 24 July 1803
20 - Letter. J. Curtis (Walsall) to James Watt (Heathfield). Enclosing letter from Thomas Birch (London; 152 Bond Street) to John Curtis (Walsall) - 01 October 1803 - 03 October 1803
21 - Letter. Sir John Dalrymple (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 03 June 1803
22a - Letter. Sir John Dalrymple (Cheltenham) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 27 September 1803
22b - Letter. Mr Russell (Somerford) to [James Watt] (——). - 01 October 1803
23 - Letter. J.P.Dearman ([Birmingham]; E[agle] Foundry) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 28 November 1803
24a - Letter. J.P.Dearman (——) to James Watt (Heathfield). - nd. [November 1803]
24b - Copy letter. James Watt (Heathfield) to J.P.Dearman (——). - 28 November 1803
25 - Letter. J.P.Dearman ([Birmingham]; Islington) to[James Watt] (——). - 30 December 1803
26 - Letter. Reverend T.L. Freer (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [July 1803]
27 - Letter. William Fullarton (London; 21 Brompton Row) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 31 December 1803
28 - Letter. William Fullarton (London; 21 Brompton Row) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 05 January 1804
29 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 06 August 1803
30 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Liverpool) to James Watt (——). - 15 October 1803
31 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Dud[des]ton) to [James Watt] (——). - 23 October 1803
32 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 19 November 1803
33 - Letter. Samuel Galton (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 23 November 1803
34 - Letter. Tertius Galton (Edinburgh) to [James Watt] (——). - 28 November 1803
35 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to James Watt (——). - 09 August 1803
36 - Letter. James Gammill [docket reads Gemmill] (London) to James Watt (——). - 18 May 1803
37 - Letter. Mr Grandsire (docket reads 'at Calais') to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 May 1803
38 - Letter. J. Houghton, of Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham; Shakespear Tavern) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 September 1803
39 - Letter. J. Houghton of Birmingham Canal Navigations ([Birmingham]; N[avigation] Office) to James Watt (——). - 26 October 1803
40 - Sketch [of] resolution [of] Canal Co[mpany] respecting Mr Houghton, drafted byJames Watt (——). - November 1803
41 - Printed Letter. J. Houghton of Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham) to [James Watt] (——) - 02 December 1803
42 - Letter. E. S. Hutton (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 10 December 1803
43 - Letter. William Irvine (London; 15 Bedford Street, Covent Garden) to [James Watt] (——). - nd. [September 1803]
44 - Extract of a Letter. John James, Pro-Consul at Naples (Naples) to Gregory Watt (Heathfield), or, in his absence, James Watt. - 02 April 1803
45 - Letter. Chevalier Landriani (Vienna) to James Watt (Birmingham). - 22 November 1803
46 - Letter. Richard Lawrence (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 31 May 1803
47 - Letter. Robert Morehead (Oxford; Baliol College) to [James Watt] (——). - 18 May 1803
48 - Letter. Parker, Palmer & Cuppage (London; Essex Street, Strand) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 04 May 1803
49 - Letter. Samuel Partridge (Birmingham; General Hospital) to [James Watt] (——). - 01 October 1803
50 - Letter. R. Phillips (St Paul’s; [docket reads London]) to James Watt (Soho). - 03 May 1803
51 - Letter. Mr Prony (Paris) to James Watt (——). - 17 January 1803
52 - Letter. William Seymour (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 10 July 1803
53 - Letter. William Seymour (London) to [James Watt] (——). - 01 August 1803
54 - Letter. William Seymour (London; 19 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square) to James Watt (Glasgow). - 17 September 1803
55 - Letter. John Simcox, attorney (Birmingham; Bull Ring) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 03 May 1803
56 - Letter. John Simcox, attorney (Birmingham; Bull Ring) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 09 May 1803
57 - Letter. John Simcox, attorney (Birmingham; Bull Ring) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 30 May 1803
58a-b - Letter. Colonel De Trappe (Frankfort) and Madame Sophy de la Roche (Offenbach) to James Watt (Heathfield) - 04 March 1803 - 20 March 1803
59a - Letter. Colonel De Trappe (Frankfort) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 18 April 1803
59b - Printed play bill in German for Bal Pare - nd. [c. 1803]
60 - Letter. John Wedge ([Birmingham]; Vauxhall) to James Watt (Handsworth). - 04 March1803
61 - Letter. Josiah Wedgwood (Gunville) to GW (Heathfield). - 13 April 1803
62 - Letter. William Wilkinson (Plasgrono) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 07 June 1803
63 - Letter. William Withering jr. (London) to James Watt (Heathfield). - 21 May 1803
64 - Letter. William Withering jr. and S. Withering (——) to James Watt and [Ann Watt] (Glasgow; c/o Gilbert Hamilton, Queen Street). - 06 September 1803
65 - Letter. William Withering jr. (Birmingham; The Larches) to James Watt (Glasgow; c/o Gilbert Hamilton). - 05 October 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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