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MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873

1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727

2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744

3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787

4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)

5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762

6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848

1 - Correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1784 - 1844

2 - Notebooks of James Watt jr. - 1787 - 1846

3 - Personal papers of James Watt jr. - 1808 - 1848

1 - Papers concerning steam navigation and voyages of the Caledonia steamboat - 1817 - 1847

Collapse 2 - Papers concerning the death of James Watt on 19 August 1819, the erection of monuments to him and the building of a memorial chapel at Handsworth parish church - 1813 - 1859

2 - Papers concerning the death of James Watt on 19 August 1819, the erection of monuments to him and the building of a memorial chapel at Handsworth parish church - 1813 - 1859

1 - Letters and papers 'relative to my Executorship for my father' - 1818 - 1833

2 - Letters of condolence on the death of James Watt - 1819

3 - Letters and papers concerning the death and funeral of James Watt - 1819

4 - Letters and papers concerning legacies left by James Watt - 1819 - 1834

5 - Papers concerning legacies left by James Watt and stamp duties - 1819 - 1835

6 - Letters and papers from John Mosley and others concerning the estate of James Watt - 1815 - 1832

7 - Letters and papers concerning the death of James Watt, and his estate, especially the estate in Scotland - 1819 - 1834

8 - Correspondence with Robert Muirhead concerning the Delftfield Company and Watt's estate in Scotland - 1819 - 1826

9 - Letters and papers concerning the purchase of books for Greenock library and the erection of a monument there to James Watt - 1816 - 1835

10 - Newspaper articles and verses about James Watt - 1819 - 1826

11 - Letters and papers concerning the erection of a public monument to James Watt - May 1824 - December 1824

12 - Letters and papers concerning the erection of a public monument to James Watt - 1825

13 - Letters, mostly from C. H.Turner, and papers concerning statues and busts of James Watt - 1824 - 1845

14 - Letters and papers concerning inscriptions for statues of James Watt - 1832 - 1836

15 - Letters between James Watt jr. and Francis Chantrey and others about statues of James Watt - 1817 - 1831

1 - Memorandum respecting busts & casts by Mr Chantrey. - 1816 - 1831

2 - Bill. Francis Chantrey, for a marble bust & six plaster casts, with receipt for payment of same - [1817]

3 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 20 April 1817

4 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London). - 30 April 1817

5 - Letter. Thomas Murdock (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 30 April 1817

6 - Account. Francis Chantrey, for casts of Watt's Bust. - 1817

7 - Letter. Edward Thomason (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 10 August 1818

8 - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Soho) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 09 May 1819

9 - Letter. Allan Cunningham (London) to James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London). - 03 August 1819

10 - Letter. Josiah Wedgwood (Etruria) to James Watt jr. (Heathfield). - 06 August 1819

11 - List of recipients of busts - 1819 - 1825

12 - Memorandum of letters of advice written by me respecting the busts of my father. - 1820 - 1821

13 - Letter. Colonel Alston (London) to James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London). - 02 December 1820

14 - Letter. Dr. D. Brewster (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Aston Hall). - 01 November 1820

15 - Wrapper: Letters to F.L. Chantrey - January 1820 - March 1820

15a - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Aston Hall) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 28 January 1820

15b - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Heathfield) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 04 March 1820

15c - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Heathfield) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 15 March 1820

16 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (Aston Hall). - 16 February 1820

17 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (Aston Hall). - 10 March 1820

18 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 03 April 1820

19 - Copy Letter. James Watt jr. (London) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 05 February 1820

20 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London). - 16 September 1820

21 - Letter. Allan Cunningham for Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London). - 17 October 1820

22 - Letter. Allan Cunningham for Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London). - 30 November 1820

23 - Letter. James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 29 December 1820

24 - Letter. John Craig (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Aston Hall). - 01 November 1820

25 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London) to Allan Cunningham (at Mr Chantrey's, London). - 20 September 1820

26 - Letter. John Gordon (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (——). - 04 November 1820

27 - Letter. Dr. William Henry (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 14 November 1820

28 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London) to Dr. Hope (Edinburgh). - 14 November 1820

29 - Letter. Dr. Hope (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London). - 19 November 1820

30 - Letter. J. Robison (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (Heathfield). - 15 June 1820

31 - Two copy letters (on the same sheet). James Watt jr. (London) to James Walkinshaw (Greenock) and William Anderson (Greenock) - 25 February 1820

32 - Letter. Daniel Wilkinson (London) to James Watt jr. (Birmingham). - 13 January 1820

33 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 15 January 1821

34 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 17 January 1821

35 - Account.Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 1819 - 1821

36 - Letter. Allan Cunningham (London) to James Watt jr.(Norfolk Hotel, London). - 02 January 1821

37 - Letter. Allan Cunningham for Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 11 January 1821

38 - Letter. Allan Cunningham for Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 18 January 1821

39 - Letter. Sir Humphrey Davy (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 10 February 1821

40 - Three copy letters on the same sheet. James Watt jr. (London) to Leonard Horner (Edinburgh), Professor William Jardine (Glasgow), and Professor Lockhart Muirheid (Glasgow) - 15 January 1821

41 - Letter. Professor Jardine (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (——). - 10 February 1821

42 - Letter. Leonard Horner (Edinburgh) to James Watt jr. (——). - 20 January 1821

43 - Letter. Lockhart Muirheid (Glasgow) to James Watt jr. (——). - 20 January 1821

44 - Two copy letters on same sheet. James Watt jr. (London) to James Watt (Carsdyke) and Charles Wood (Port Glasgow). - 15 January 1821

45 - Letter. James Watt (Carsdyke) to James Watt jr. (London). - 22 January 1821

46 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (London) to James Watt (Carsdyke). - 03 February 1821

47 - Letter. James Watt (Greenock) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 13 February 1821

48 - Two copy letters on same sheet. James Watt jr. (Aston Hall) to William Withering (Bristol) and James Davies (Kington) - 06 July 1821

49 - Letter. William Withering (Bristol) to James Watt jr. (Aston Hall). - 10 July 1821

50 - Letter Archibald Raine (Chief Magistrate, Greenock) to James Watt jr. (——). - 20 September 1822

51 - Letter. George Barker (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (Aston Hall). - 16 March 1822

52a - Letter. Hugh Birley (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (——). - 14 May 1822

52b - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Soho) to Francis Chantrey (London) - 24 May 1822

53 - Letter. Hugh Birley (Manchester) to James Watt jr. (——). - 19 September 1822

54 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Aston Hall) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 03 January 1822

55 - Letter. Allan Cunningham for Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (Norfolk Hotel, London). - 27 August 1822

56 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Aston Hall) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 28 October 1822

57 - Press copy letter. James Watt jr. (London) to the Magistrates & Council of the Town of Greenock. - 29 August 1822

58 - Letter. T. Taylor (Soho) to James Watt jr. (——). - 12 February 1822

59 - Letter. James Thomson of Clitheroe (Birmingham) to James Watt jr. (——). - 20 October 1822

60 - Letter. James Watt (Greenock) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 27 April 1822

61 - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (London) to James Watt (Carsdyke). - 29 August 1822

62 - Letter. James Watt (Carsdyke) to James Watt jr. (——). - 02 September 1822

63 - Newscutting from the Greenock Advertiser - 24 September 1822

64 - Letter. James Watt (Greenock) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 07 October 1822

65 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (Aston Hall) to James Watt (Carsdyke). - 15 October 1822

66 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 22 May 1824

67 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (London) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 24 May 1824

68 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (Tunbridge Wells) to James Watt jr. (——). - 08 November 1824

69 - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Aston Hall) to Allan Cunningham (London). - 07 October 1824

70 - Copy letter. James Watt jr. (London) to Thomas Lee (Chairman of the Committee of the Birmingham Canal Navigation). - 07 April 1825

71 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 16 March 1825

72 - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Aston Hall) to Francis Chantrey (London). - 20 March 1825

73 - Letter. Francis Chantrey (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 13 April 1825

74 - Letter. Allan Cunningham (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 23 March 1825

75 - Letter. Thomas Lee (Edgbaston) to James Watt jr. (Aston Hall). - 16 April 1825

76 - Letter Benjamin Sayle (Sheffield) to James Watt jr. (——). - 02 March 1825

77 - Copy press letter. James Watt jr. (Aston Hall) to Benjamin Sayle (Sheffield). - 08 March 1825

78 - Letter. Allan Cunningham (London) to James Watt jr. (Soho). - 23 November 1831

79 - Letter with receipt. Allan Cunningham (London) to James Watt jr. (——). - 30 November 1831

16 - Letters and papers concerning the maintenance and repair of the chapel of James Watt in Handsworth church - 1846 - 1859

17 - Miscellaneous subscriptions to the monument to James Watt - 1825 - 1831

18 - Papers and newspapers concerning the funeral of the late James Watt - 1819 - 1825

19 - Newspapers,with obituary notices for James Watt etc. - 1819 - 1838

20 - Papers concerning the momument to James Watt - 1819 - 1830

21 - Minute book - 1824 - 1827

22 - Account book - 1824 - 1832

23 - Account book - 1824 - 1832

24 - Account book - nd. [c. 1824]

25 - Account book - nd. [c.1824]

26 - Copy of the Birmingham Chronicle - 1824

27 - Copy of the Birmingham Spectator - 10 July 1824

28 - The Birmingham Chronicle No. VII. - 15 July 1824

29 - Accounts - 1825 - 1827

30 - Correspondence, accounts etc. concerning Handsworth cemetery and chapel, and the dispute with William Hollins, builder - 1825 - 1829

31 - Copy letters and newscuttings concerning the death of James Watt - 1819

32 - Drawings by Richard Bridgens for the James Watt Memorial Chapel at St Mary's Church, Handsworth. 1825. - 1825

33 - Drawings by William Creighton for the James Watt Memorial Chapel at St Mary's Church, Handsworth. 1824 - 1825. (9 items). - 1824 - 1825

34 - Drawings by William Hollins for the James Watt Memorial Chapel at St Mary's Church, Handsworth. 1825. (6 items). - 1825

35 - Drawings by Thomas Rickman for the James Watt Memorial Chapel at St Mary's Church, Handsworth. 1825-1826. (27 items). - 1825 - 1826

36 - Plans, specification, drawings, and a watercolour of the Watt Insitution, Greenock. 1827-1834 and n.d. [c.1835-1837]. (28 items and 2 wrappers) - 1827 - [1837]

3 - Papers concerning publications - 1808 - 1848

4 - Various legal papers of James Watt jr. - 1808 - 1848

5 - Various papers of James Watt jr.'s about the firms of Boulton & Watt - 1775 - 1847

6 - Various personal papers belonging to James Watt jr. - 1779 - 1848

7 - Various general papers of James Watt jr.'s - 1791 - 1843

4 - Legal documents - 1637 - 1841

5 - Drawings by James Watt jr. - 1789 - 1846

6 - Papers of the antiquarian, William Hamper, relating to the parish and manor of Aston - 13th cent. - 1839

7 - Miscellaneous printed items which belonged to James Watt jr. - 1799 - 1840

7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804

8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

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