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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
Collapse 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
1 - Letter. Henry Halford (West Bromwich) to James Watt jr (——) - 27 December 1792
2 - Letter. Henry Halford (West Bromwich) to James Watt jr. (——) - 08 June 1801
3 - Letter. J. Halford (Smethwick) to James Watt jr. (Handsworth) - 03 January 1806
4 - Copy of three letters. James Watt jr. (Handsworth) to J.Halford (——) - 03 January 1806 - 25 January 1806
5 - Letter. E. Hamilton (Fenton) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 17 January 1817
6 - Letter. Colonel Edward Hamilton (London; 4 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair) to James Watt jr. ([London]; York Hotel, Blackfriars). - nd. [May 1809]
7 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham) - 05 February 1788
8 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (Edinburgh; c/o George Jeffrey, writer) - 11 June 1791
9 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 10 November 1800
10 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 15 August 1803
11 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (c/o Post Office, Sidmouth; Soho deleted) - 01 October 1804
12 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 21 November 1804
13 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 06 December 1804
14 - Letter. James Hamilton (Freiburg) to James Watt jr. (Manchester; c/o Taylor & Maxwell) - 19 May 1790
15 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Edinburgh; c/o Post Office. Redirected from Soho) - 14 August 1801
16 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 10 May 1802
17 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 11 June 1802
18 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Salford; c/o George A. Lee) - 28 July 1803
19 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 19 December 1803
20 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 14 November 1804
21 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Liverpool) to James Watt jr. (——) - 10 March 1805
22 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 18 June 1805
23 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 11 November 1805
24 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 29 June 1806
25 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 02 July 1809
26 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (London; 13 London Street). - 21 July 1810
27 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 07 April 1812
28 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 07 May 1812
29 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 25 November 1813
30 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Stoke) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 06 September 1815
31 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (Rotherhithe; 5 Bedford Place) to James Watt jr. ([London]; Norfolk Hotel) - 21 March 1818
32 - Letter. Robert Hamilton (London) to James Watt jr. (——) - 11 May 1818
33 - Letter. J. Hammond (Union Row;[docket reads Handsworth]) to James Watt jr. (——) - nd. [October 1818]
34 - Printed notice concerning the establishment of a Night Patrol 'for the Preservation of Public Peace' in Handsworth - 12 November 1816
35 - Letter. J. Hanson (Strangways Hall near Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 16 September 1807
36 - Letter. John Harris (Edgbaston) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 15 July 1812
37 - Letter. Thomas Hasluck (Handsworth; Hampstead Row) to James Watt jr. (Handsworth) - 17 July 1816
38 - Letter. Thomas Hasluck (Birmingham; Great Hampton Street) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 01 August 1816
39 - Letter. Thomas Hasluck ([Birmingham]; Great Hampton Street) to James Watt jr. (Handsworth) - 21 April 1817
40 - Letter. Charles Hatchett (London; Hammersmith Town Hall ) to James Watt jr. (London; 13 London Street) - 17 December 1804
41 - Letter. Thomas Hawes (London; Bury Street) to James Watt jr. (——). - 24 May 1790
42 - Letter. William Hawkes (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Handsworth) - 02 August 1799
43 - Letter. William Hawkes (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 18 July 1817
44 - Letter. E. Hawkins (Macclesfield) to James Watt jr. (Manchester; c/o Taylor & Maxwell). With postscript by James Startin - 01 March 1790
45 - Letter. Archibald Hay (London; South Molton Street) to James Watt jr. (——) - 12 February 1801
46a - Printed notice. Thomas Haynes, propagator of plants, (Oundle) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 02 November 1808
46b - Manuscript list of hardy trees and shrubs and list of subscribers - nd. [1808]
47 - Printed notice and letter. John Henning (London) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - nd. [September 1817]
48 - Letter. Thomas Henry jnr. (Liver[pool) to James Watt jr. (——) - 24 November 1789
49 - Letter. Thomas Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham) - 02 December 1794
50 - Letter. Thomas Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 10 December 1794
51 - Letter. Thomas Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 08 August 1796
52 - Letter. Thomas Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham) - 20 January 1797
53 - Letter. Thomas Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 21 February 1797
54 - Letter. Thomas Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 18 April 1797
55 - Letter. Thomas Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 27 July 1797
56 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 03 July 1802
57 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 16 August 1802
58 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 28 November 1802
59 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 04 February 1804
60 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Bath; 42 Milsom Street) - 23 May 1804
61 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 26 August 1804
62 - Letter. William Henry (——;[docket reads Manchester]) to [James Watt jr.](——) - nd. [1808]
63 - Letter. William Henry (—— [docket reads Birmingham]) to James Watt jr. (——) - [05 August 1809]
64 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (——) - 13 July 1810
65 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 20 December 1810
66 - Letter. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 02 May 1812
67 - Letter. George Hill (Walker Colliery; Northumberland) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 29 June 1809
68a - Letter. Captain J. Hill (Calais) to James Watt jr. (Edinburgh, c/o Post Office; redirected from Soho) - 30 November 1816
68b - Certificate for registration of despatch of goods from Calais. - nd. [November 1816]
69 - Letter. John Hodges (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (The Rookery) - May 1805
70 - Letter. Mrs A. Holbrook (Ynis Works, Swansea) to James Watt jr. (——). - 24 September 1794
71 - Letter. Leonard Homer (Warwick) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 12 October 1809
72 - Letter. S.T.Galton (——) to James Watt jr. (——) - 31 October 1809
73 - Letter. Leonard Homer (London) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 09 November 1809
74 - Letter. John Hood (Moy) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 28 December 1812
75 - Letter. Dr.Thomas Charles Hope (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 11 October 1801
76 - Letter. Dr.Thomas Charles Hope (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Soho; redirected from Manchester; c/o George Lee) - 09 September 1802
77 - Letter. Dr.Thomas Charles Hope (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 17 September 1802
78 - Letter. Dr.Thomas Charles Hope (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 17 May 1803
79 - Letter. Dr.Thomas Charles Hope (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 30 March 1804
80 - Letter. Mr.Thomas Hope (Duchess Street) to James Watt jr. (Osborne’s Hotel) With note by Matthew Robinson Boulton to James Watt jr. about opening of the letter. - nd. [May 1806]
81 - Letter. Reverend John Hornby ([Handsworth]; Nineveh) to James Watt jr. (Handsworth) - 14 July 1795
82 - Letter. Miss Horseman (Bridgnorth; Coton Hall) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 14 September 1810
83 - Letter. Miss Horseman (Bridgnorth; Coton Hall) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 25 September 1810
84 - Letter. Miss Horseman (Bridgnorth; Coton Hall) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 30 September 1810
85 - Letter. Miss Horseman (Oxford) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 05 November 1811
86 - Letter. John Houghton ([Birmingham]; Navigation Office) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 17 August 1804
87 - Letter. Captain J. Huddart (London; 12 Highbury Terrace) to James Watt jr. (Salford; redirected from Soho) - 17 June 1802
88 - Letter. William Hunt (——[docket reads Birmingham]) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 31 August 1795
89a - Letter. James A.Hunter (Cottage;[docket reads Hockley]) to James Watt jr. (Handsworth) - 02 February 1813
89b - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Soho) to Messrs Hunter & Riddle, Nurserymen, (Birmingham) - 01 February 1813
90 - Letter. Mr Hurt (Soho Foundry) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 14 September 1807
91 - Letter. E. S. Hutton (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Soho) - 01 December 1803
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
Expand 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
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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