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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
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
Collapse 6 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 17936 - Records relating to surveying by James Watt - 1767 - 1793
Expand 1 - Accounts of James Watt re surveying - 1769 - 17741 - Accounts of James Watt re surveying - 1769 - 1774
Collapse 2 - Records relating to surveys: estimates, notes, reports etc. - 1767 - 17932 - Records relating to surveys: estimates, notes, reports etc. - 1767 - 1793
1 - Copy of the report of John Smeaton and two drafts of a letter from James Watt to Lord Cathcart re the survey for making navigable the River Devon - 1767
2 - Copies of a report by James Morison, 1767; reports by James Watt; draft reports; estimates; survey notes; letters from Lord Cathcart relating to surveys of the Rivers Forth and Leven for a passage to Loch Lomond - 1767
3 - Report by John Golborne on deepening the Clyde, 1768; draft report by James Watt on the level of the River Clyde, 1769; various survey notebooks and a letter from Golborne to Lord Cathcart relating to survey of the River Clyde - 1768 - 1769
4 - Miscellaneous surveys and financial calculations relating to surveying - nd. c.1770
Collapse 5 - Printed and manuscript reports; field book; copies of surveys; calculations; papers; accounts; petitions; and correspondence concerning the construction of the Monkland Canal - 1752 - 17835 - Printed and manuscript reports; field book; copies of surveys; calculations; papers; accounts; petitions; and correspondence concerning the construction of the Monkland Canal - 1752 - 1783
6 - Report for making a canal for the Hon. Mr Baron Mure, the Caldwell Canal - 1770
7 - Report and draft report by James Watt concerning the possibility of artificial navigation into Strathmore - 1771
8 - Draft report and estimates by James Watt for the Bo'ness Canal - 1771 - 1772
9 - Plan; sections; draft reports; printed report;estimates; calculations; letters by James Watt and plan and reports by John Rennie for Crinan and Tarbert - 1771 - 1793
10 - Instructions for surveying; draft report; estimates and notes; plan; letter from Lord Cathcart; letter from William Small; reports and surveys of the Caledonian Canal and the Rivers Forth and Devon - 1773
11 - Draft opinion by James Watt on the proposed cut of the Ericht - 1773
12 - Draft report and printed report of the survey of the Rivers Forth and Devon - 1773 - 1774
13 - Draft reports of lands by Loch Sanish; the bay of Carradale; Campbeltown harbour; report and letters concerning Craigs meadows; estimates for the Saddell - 1773
14 - Report and letter by James Watt concerning the harbour at Aberdeen - 1770 - 1774
15 - Reports by James Watt, John Golborne and John Smeaton about improving the harbour at Ayr - 1772
16 - Printed report by John Golborne and draft and printed reports by James Watt about deepening the River Clyde, the dry dock and the harbour of Port Glasgow - 1768-1771
17 - Letter from John Smeaton (Austhorpe, near Ferrybridge) to -----------, concerning the bridge at Hambleton - 08 September 1770
18 - Estimates and papers about the construction of the bridge at Hamilton - 1770 - 1771
19 - Draft report by James Watt for Puddock burn and Renfrew bridge - nd. c. 1770
20 - Instructions by James Watt for the undertaker of Rutherglen bridge; extracts from the minutes of the Committee for building Rutherglen bridge; and letters - 1774
21 - Calculations by James Watt for Nethertown bridge - nd. c. 1770
22 - Draft opinion by James Watt to Lord Cochrane on rthe proposal to erect a tide mill at Culross - 1773
23 - Various surveying papers - 1770 - 1773
24 - Copy of a report by James Watt on the Gilmerton coalfield, East Lothian - 1774
Expand 3 - Drawings for surveys - 1770 - 17743 - Drawings for surveys - 1770 - 1774
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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