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Collapse MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873
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)
Expand 1 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt - 1761-18191 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt - 1761-1819
Collapse 2 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 18192 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt - 1779 - 1819
Expand 1 - Copy Press Letter Books - 1782 - 18191 - Copy Press Letter Books - 1782 - 1819
Expand 2 - Private Copy Press Letter Books - 1780 - 17972 - Private Copy Press Letter Books - 1780 - 1797
Collapse 3 - Unbound outgoing letters - 1767 - 17963 - Unbound outgoing letters - 1767 - 1796
Expand 1 - Unbound copy press letters to various people - 1777 - 17811 - Unbound copy press letters to various people - 1777 - 1781
Collapse 2 - Unbound draft and copy press letters to various people including letters from Dr Lind and Lord Cathcart - 1767 - 17962 - Unbound draft and copy press letters to various people including letters from Dr Lind and Lord Cathcart - 1767 - 1796
1 - Draft of letter. [James Watt] (Glasgow) to 'suppose to Dr. Roebuck' (——). - 08 July 1767
2 - Draft of letter. [James Watt] (Glasgow) to [——](——). - 09 September 1767
3 - Draft survey of Over Cordial farm, with reference to the water of Leven and a canal, by James Watt (——). - October 1769
4 - Draft of letter. [James Watt] (——) to John Enslie (——). - nd. [c. 1769]
5 - Draft of letter. [James Watt] (Glasgow) to Archibald Menzies (——). - 03 December 1770
6 - Draft of letter. [James Watt] (Glasgow) to [——] (——). - 10 December 1770
7a - Draft of letter. [James Watt] (Glasgow) to [——] (——). - 05 January 1771
7b - Draft of letter. James Watt ([Glasgow]) to [——] (——). - April 1771
8 - Letter. Alexander Harley (Langton) to [?James Watt] (——). - 09 July 1771
9a - Draft of letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to Baillie Craig (——). - 21 September 1771
9b - Ink sketch of beams - nd. [c. 1771]
10 - Packet of six papers of surveys of the north side of West Loch Tarbert - nd. [c. 1771]
11 - Letter. James Morison (Aberdona) to James Watt (Glasgow). - 22 August 1772
12 - Letter. John Alston (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Glasgow). - 09 February 1773
13 - Letter. James Watt (Glasgow) to George Clerk Maxwell, ‘one of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs’ (Edinburgh). - 24 August 1773
14 - Letter. Lord Cathcart (Shaw Park) to James Watt (Glasgow). - 07 December 1773
15 - Letter. James Morison (Alloa) to James Watt (Glasgow). - 07 December 1773
16 - Letter. Lord Cathcart (Shaw Park) to James Watt (Glasgow). - 08 December 1773
17 - Letter. Robert Finlay (Glasgow) to James Watt (Glasgow; ‘ Caltoun’ ). - [1773 – 1774]
18 - Letter. James Lind (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Glasgow). - 20 January 1774
19 - Measurments of rubble and square work in Clyde Street and Argyle Street, 'between the town of Glasgow and Alexander Campbell', by James Watt - 25 January 1774
20 - Details of measurements of the levels of Gilmerton coal, by James Watt. - March 1774
21 - Draft of recipes for rice, potatoes and salt beef - January 1801
22 - Letter. James Lawson (Manchester) to James Watt (Glasgow). - 27 January 1803
23 - Notes by James Watt. - 1815
24 - Notes by James Watt - June 1818
25 - Notes by James Watt jr. - nd.
26 - Notes by James Watt. - nd.
27 - Notes by James Watt. - nd.
28 - Epitaph from the Lexicon of Noltinius (Berlin, 1780) written out by James Watt. - nd.
29 - Ink sketch of the west side of Easterhouse Bridge, with measurements. - nd.
30 - Ink drawing by James Watt. - nd.
31 - Printed map of a sketch of the intended canal from the river Clyde to the river Carron - nd.
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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