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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
Expand 4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
Expand 5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 17625 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762
Collapse 6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 18486 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848
Collapse 1 - Correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1784 - 18441 - Correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1784 - 1844
Collapse 1 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1784 - 18441 - Incoming correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1784 - 1844
Expand 1 - Incoming letters to James Watt jr. from James Watt - 1784 - 18181 - Incoming letters to James Watt jr. from James Watt - 1784 - 1818
Collapse 2 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents - 1787 - 18982 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents - 1787 - 1898
Expand 1 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in A - 1793 - 18181 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in A - 1793 - 1818
Expand 2 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in B - 1792 - 18182 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in B - 1792 - 1818
Expand 3 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in C - 1792 - 18183 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in C - 1792 - 1818
Expand 4 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in D - 1785 - 18184 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in D - 1785 - 1818
Expand 5 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in E - 1793 - 18185 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in E - 1793 - 1818
Expand 6 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in F - 1787 - 18186 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in F - 1787 - 1818
Expand 7 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in G - 1792 - 18187 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in G - 1792 - 1818
Expand 8 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in H - 1788 - 18188 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in H - 1788 - 1818
Expand 9 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in I or J - 1788 - 18189 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in I or J - 1788 - 1818
Expand 10 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in K - 1794 - 181810 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in K - 1794 - 1818
Expand 11 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in L - 1785 - 181811 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in L - 1785 - 1818
Expand 12 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in M - 1791 - 181812 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in M - 1791 - 1818
Expand 13 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in N and O - 1792 - 181813 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in N and O - 1792 - 1818
Collapse 14 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in P. and Q. - 1789 - 181814 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in P. and Q. - 1789 - 1818
1 - Letter. Joseph Painter (Stafford) to James Watt jr. (Howey, Builth, c/o James Crummer). - 08 July 1809
2 - Letter. George de Papow (London; Richard's Coffee House) to James Watt jr. - 04 March 1801
3 - Letter. A. F. Payn jr. (Dover; York Hotel) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 12 November 1816
4 - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Soho) to Mr Payne (Dover; York Hotel). - 11 November 1816
5 - Letter. Richard Southern, Pearson & Co. (Hull) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 19 April 1804
6 - Letter. Dr. Richard Pearson. (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (London; c/o Mrs Matthews, 6 Green Lettuce Lane). - 08 February 1795
7 - Letter. T. Pearson (——;[docket reads Birmingham]) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - [04 January 1795]
8a - Letter. T. Pearson. (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (London; c/o Mrs Matthews, 6 Green Lettuce Lane). - 16 January 1795
8b - Letter. Robert Baldwin (London; 47 Paternoster Row) to (T. Pearson, Bookseller(Birmingham). - 08 January 1795
8c - Printed notice advertising the pamphlet on the medicinal use of airs by Richard Pearson and a description of pneumatic apparatus by James Watt. - 16 January 1795
9 - Letter. T. Pearson. (——[docket reads Birmingham]) to James Watt jr. (——). - 17 April 1795
10 - Letter. T. Pearson. (——; High Street [docket reads Birmingham]) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - [07 September 1795]
11 - Mem[orandu]ms [by James Watt jr.] respecting the Houses of [Robert] Peel [Thomas] Yates & Co., communicated by Mr Thomson. - 07 January 1811
12 - Letter. Thomas Pemberton (——) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 24 March 1815
13 - Letter. S. Penrice (Bilston) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 14 June 1812
14 - Letter. Henry Perkins jr.(——) to James Watt jr. (Manchester; c/o Taylor & Maxwell). - nd. [November 1789]
15 - Letter. Ann Perman (Thornhill) to James Watt jr. (London; London Street). - 26 December 1812
16 - Letter. Ann Perman (Thornhill) to James Watt jr. (——). - 27 March 1813
17 - Letter. Ann Perman (Thornhill) to James Watt jr. (London; London Street). - 20 August 1817
18 - List. Ann Perman (Thornhill) to James Watt jr. (——). - nd. [26 September 1817]
19 - Letter. Ann Perman (Thornhill) to James Watt jr. (Rotterdam; c/o Collings & Maingy). - 29 January 1818
20 - Letter. Mr Perman (——) to James Watt jr. (——). - 14 May 1816
21 - Letter. T. Perman (for Quincey & Co.([London]; Albion Wharf, Blackfriars Bridge) to James Watt jr. (——). - 09 April 1817
22 - Letter. J.F. Perregaux (Paris) to James Watt jr. ([Glasgow]; Morison's Court, c/o James Miller; redirected from Soho) A note written in red ink reads ‘ to be called for at the Post Office, Edinburgh’). - 18 July 1801
23 - Letter. George Philips (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho). ‘By favour of Count Palin’. - 21 August 1806
24 - Letter. George Philips (Sedgley) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 24 February 1812
25 - Letter. J. Leigh Phillips (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 28 August 1797
26 - Letter. Edward Phipps (London) to James Watt jr. (York Hotel). - 07 October 1817
27 - Letter. Antonio Piatti (London) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 05 November 1795
28 - Letter. Antonio Piatti (London) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 12 December 1795
29 - Letter. Antonio Piatti (Hamburg) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 13 April 1796
30 - Letter. Antonio Piatti (Hamburg) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 12 July 1796
31 - Letter. Antonio Piatti (Amsterdam.) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 13 August 1796
32 - Letter. T & M. Pickford [signed by James Oldfield on their behalf] (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 20 November 1816
33 - Letter. Mr. Picquet (Paris) to James Watt jr. (——). - nd. [1816]
34 - Letter. Mr. Picquet (Paris) to [James Watt jr.] (——). - nd. [October 1816]
35a - Letter. Mr. Picquet (Paris) to [James Watt jr.] (——). - nd. [October 1816]
35b - Strip of paper with indication of case measurements. - nd. [October 1816]
36 - Letter. Mr. Picquet (Paris) to James Watt jr. (Glasgow; c/o Robert Muirhead [redirected from London]). - 21 November 1816
37 - Letter. Mr. Picquet (Paris) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - May 1817
38 - Letter. George Pidiock (Birmingham; New Street) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 06 January 1814
39a - Letter. George Pidiock (Birmingham; New Street) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 13 February 1814
39b - Letter. George Pidiock (Birmingham; New Street) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 17 December 1813
39c - Letter. George Pidiock (Birmingham; New Street) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 28 December 1813
39d - Permit for James Watt jr. to remove the wine. - 28 December 1813
40 - Letter. Thomas & John Pidiock & Co. (Stourbridge) to James Watt jr. (——). - 30 October 1811
41 - Letter. John Pilsbury (——;[docket reads Wombourn]) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 09 November 1808
42 - Letter. John Playfair (London) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 20 June 1814
43 - Memorandum by James Watt jr. about pocketbooks required. - 23 December 1812
44a - Wrapper. Pole, Thornton & Co. (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 14 September 1816
44b - Memorandum of the route from Calais to Antwerp and of what is paid for the Postillions and Horses - 14 September 1816
44c - Letter. Campbell Bowden & Co (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - [14 September 1816]
44d - Letter of introduction to J.H. Serruys, Ostend - [14 September 1816]
44e - Letter of introduction to Collings & Maingy, Rotterdam - [14 September 1816]
44f - Letter of introduction to Messrs. de Baccque, Dunkirk - [14 September 1816]
44g - Letter of introduction to J.G.Mettenius, Brussels - 14 September 1816
45 - Copy note. James Watt jr. (——) to Rt. Hon.Wellesley Pole, Master of His Majesty's Mint, London. - 18 April 1818
46a - Letter. Mrs Agnes Porter (London; Upper Norton Street) to James Watt jr. (London; York Hotel). - 23 May 1809
46b - Letter. Mrs Agnes Porter (London; Upper Norton Street) to James Watt jr. (——). - 22 April 1818
47 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (London) to Agnes Porter (London; 46 Upper Norton Street). - 25 April 1818
48a - Letter. Reverend Mr Price (——) to James Watt jr. (——). - [22 September 1803]
48b - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (——) to Mr Price (——). - [22 September 1803]
49 - Letter. John [docket reads Thomas] Price (Cornhill;[docket reads Builth]) to James Watt jr. (Howey Hall, Radnorshire). - 23 July 1807
49b - Receipt. D. Pritchard to J. Watt. - 23 July 1807
50a - Letter. Richard Price, M.P. (Knighton) to James Watt jr. (——). - 02 October 1812
50b - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Doldowlod) to Mr Price (Knighton). - 07 October 1812
51 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Bradley) to James Watt jr. (Manchester; c/o Taylor & Maxwell). - 25 January 1791
52 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (Manchester; c/o Taylor & Maxwell). - 18 February 1791
53 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (——). - 08 February 1793
54 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Manchester) to James Watt jr. ([Manchester]; per favour of Mr Maxwell). - 16 March 1793
55 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (——). - 14 April 1793
56 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 24 August 1793
57 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Philadelphia) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 11 March 1794
58 - Printed notice on the ‘Purchase of American Lands’. Joseph Priestley jr. (Philadelphia) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 31 May 1794
59 - Annotated ink sketch of lands near the river Susquahannah [by Joseph Priestley jr.]. - nd. [1794]
60 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Northumberland, Pensylvania) to James Watt jr. (Mr Boulton’s, near Birmingham). - 20 November 1794
61 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Northumberland, Pensylvania) to James Watt jr. (London; 13 London Street [Soho deleted]). - 10 November 1795
62 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Northumberland, Pensylvania) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 18 December 1796
63 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Northumberland, Pensylvania) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 18 July 1797
64 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Philadelphia) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 19 December 1798
65 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 05 May 1799
66 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (——) to James Watt jr. (——). - [May 1800]
67 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Liverpool) to James Watt jr. (——). - [21 May 1800]
68 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Philadelphia) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 12 May 1808
69 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (——) to James Watt jr. (——). - 07 May 1812
70a - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (London) to James Watt jr. (Doldowlod [Soho deleted]). - 18 March 1813
70b - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (London) to James Watt jr. (Doldowlod [Soho deleted]). - 16 March 1813
71 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Ystrad) to Joseph Priestley jr. (Birmingham). - 01 April 1813
72 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tipton) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 24 October 1815
73 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tipton) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 10 April 1816
74a - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tividale) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 17 April 1816
74b - Bill for £100. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tividale) to James Watt jr. (----) - 10 June 1816
75 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tipton) to James Watt jr.(——). - [19 May 1816]
76 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tipton) to James Watt jr.(——). - 29 May 1816
77 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tipton) to James Watt jr.(Soho). - 02 August 1816
78 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tipton) to James Watt jr.(Soho). - 08 August 1816
79a - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tipton) to James Watt jr.(Soho). - 13 August 1816
79b - Bill for £100. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tividale) to James Watt jr. (——). - 13 August 1816
80 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tividale) to James Watt jr.(——). - 26 August 1816
81 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tividale) to James Watt jr.(Soho). - 29 August 1816
82 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (——) to James Watt jr.(——). - 24 March 1817
83 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tipton) to James Watt jr.(Soho). - 22 February 1818
84 - Letter. Joseph Priestley jr. (Tividale) to James Watt jr.(Soho). - 05 June 1818
85 - Letter. William Pritchard (Shobdon) to [James Watt jr.](——). - 16 May 1817
86 - Letter. John Pugh (Bristol) to James Watt jr.(Soho). - 23 March 1812
87 - Letter. John Pugh (Bristol) to James Watt jr.(Soho). - 15 May 1813
88 - Letter. Mr Purden (Henburys) to James Watt jr.(Thornhill). - 26 May 1811
89a - Letter. Mr Purden (Henburys) to James Watt jr.(Thornhill). - 27 May 1811
89b - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (——) to [Mr Purden](——). - nd. [May 1811]
90 - Memorandum on expense of towing a boat - 26 November 1817
91 - Letter. L. Quillacq (Calais) to James Watt jr. (London; 13 London Street). - 05 November 1816
Expand 15 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in R. 1787 -1818. - 1787 - 181815 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in R. 1787 -1818. - 1787 - 1818
Expand 16 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in S. 1793 - 1818. - 1793 - 181816 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in S. 1793 - 1818. - 1793 - 1818
Expand 17 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in T. - 1788 - 181817 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in T. - 1788 - 1818
Expand 18 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in U and V, 1804-1818. - 1804 - 181818 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in U and V, 1804-1818. - 1804 - 1818
Expand 19 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in W - 1792 - 181819 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in W - 1792 - 1818
Expand 20 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in Y or Z - 1792 - 181820 - Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with surname beginning in Y or Z - 1792 - 1818
3 - Letters from George Rennie about the death of John Rennie etc. - 1821 - 1823
4 - Letters from various persons about a memoir of Humphry Davy - 1829 - 1831
5 - Letters from various persons about Charles Henry's memoir of Peter Ewart - 1843 - 1844
Expand 2 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1792 - 18212 - Outgoing correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1792 - 1821
Expand 2 - Notebooks of James Watt jr. - 1787 - 18462 - Notebooks of James Watt jr. - 1787 - 1846
Expand 3 - Personal papers of James Watt jr. - 1808 - 18483 - Personal papers of James Watt jr. - 1808 - 1848
Expand 4 - Legal documents - 1637 - 18414 - Legal documents - 1637 - 1841
Expand 5 - Drawings by James Watt jr. - 1789 - 18465 - Drawings by James Watt jr. - 1789 - 1846
Expand 6 - Papers of the antiquarian, William Hamper, relating to the parish and manor of Aston - 13th cent. - 18396 - Papers of the antiquarian, William Hamper, relating to the parish and manor of Aston - 13th cent. - 1839
Expand 7 - Miscellaneous printed items which belonged to James Watt jr. - 1799 - 18407 - Miscellaneous printed items which belonged to James Watt jr. - 1799 - 1840
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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