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MS 3782 - Matthew Boulton and Family Papers - 1737 - 20th Century
1 - Records of the firm of Boulton & Fothergill - 1757 - 1792
2 - Records of the firm of M. Boulton - 1782 - 1816
3 - Records of Soho Mint - 1791 - 1850
4 - Records of the London Banking Agency - 1802 - 1819
5 - Records of Other Firms - 1802 - 1831
6 - Household Books and Documents - 1752 - 1863
7 - Housekeeper's Books and Accounts (Soho House) - 1787 - 1826
8 - Private Books and Documents - 1799 - 1855
9 - Great Tew Books and Documents - 1815 - 1844
10 - Miscellaneous Cashiers' and Agents' Records - 1805 - 1863
11 - Letters and Papers of Charles James Chubb - 1841 - 1863
12 - Correspondence and Papers of Matthew Boulton - 1760 - 1809
1 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1766 - 1768 - 1766 - 1768
2 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1768 - 1773 - 1768 - 1773
3 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1780 - 1789 - 1780 - 1789
4 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1780 - 1781 - 1780 - 1781
5 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1780 - 1783 - 1780 - 1783
6 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1783 - 1788 - 1783 - 1788
7 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1786 - 1788 - 1786 - 1788
8 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1789 - 1791 - 1789 - 1791
9 - Matthew Boulton: Letter Book 1791 - 1792 - 1791 - 1792
10 - Volumes relating to Steam-Engines: Directions for putting the Engine together - c 1779
11 - Volumes relating to Steam-Engines: Directions for putting the Steam Engine together. - c 1779
12 - Volumes relating to Steam-Engines: Performances of Cornish Engines - Jan 1783 - December 1789
13 - Volumes relating to Steam-Engines: Performances of Cornish Engines - Jan 1787 - December 1790
14 - Volumes relating to the Dispute with Jean Pierre Droz: Letter Book (Droz to Boulton). - 13 August 1787 - 23 June 1789
15 - Volumes relating to the Dispute with Jean Pierre Droz: Letter Book (Boulton to Droz). - 7 Mar 1787-August 1788
16 - Volumes relating to the Dispute with Jean Pierre Droz: Narrative of the Transactions subsequent to the Award. - c 12 July 1790
17 - Volumes relating to the Dispute with Jean Pierre Droz: Narrative of the Transactions subsequent to the Award. - c 12 July 1790
18 - Volumes relating to the Dispute with Jean Pierre Droz: Narrative of the Transactions subsequent to the Award. - c 12 July 1790
19 - Miscellaneous Volumes: ? Partners' Ledger. - 1768 - 1778
20 - Miscellaneous Volumes: Letter Book ("Case of B. with F."). - 25 January 1782 - 3 February 1782
21 - Miscellaneous Volumes: Tables for calculating the ticketing of Copper Ore. - n.d.
22 - Miscellaneous Volumes: Copy of Mr. Stanesby Alchorne's Report which he made to Lord Cadogan as Master of the Mint in consequence of being employed by the Lords of the Treasury to go into France and Flanders to make Observations of the State of the Mints in those Countries. - c1782
23 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence 1750 - 1773 - 1750 - 1773
24 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence 1774 - 1779 - 1774 - 1779
25 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence 1780 - 1780
26 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1781 - 1781
27 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1782 - 1782
28 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1783 - 1783
29 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1784 - 1784
30 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1785 - 1785
31 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1786 - 1786
32 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1787 - 1787
33 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1788 - 1788
34 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1789 - 1789
35 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1790 - 1790
36 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1791 - 1791
37 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1792 - 1792
38 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1793 - 1793
39 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1794 - 1794
40 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1795 - 1795
41 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1796 - 1796
42 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1797 - 1797
43 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1798 - 1798
44 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1799 - 1799
45 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1800 - 1800
46 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1801 - 1801
47 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1802 - 1802
48 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1803 - 1803
49 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1804 - 1804
50 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1805 - 1805
51 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1806 - 1806
52 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1807 - 1807
53 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1808 - 1808
54 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, 1809 - 1809
55 - Matthew Boulton: General Correspondence, Undated
56 - Matthew Boulton: Sir Joseph Banks, 1779-1806. - 1779 - 1806
57 - Matthew Boulton, Matthew Robinson Boulton, 1783 - 1807 - 1783 - 1807
58 - Matthew Boulton, William D. Brown, 1792 - 1805 - 1792 - 1805
59 - Matthew Boulton, Richard Chippindall; William Cheshire. 1782 - 1804 - 1782 - 1804
60 - Matthew Boulton: John Fothergill; Mrs. Fothergill; Misses Fothergill; Swellengrebel. 1764 - 1801. - 1764 - 1801
61 - Matthew Boulton, Samuel Garbett: Bankruptcy and Miscellaneous Letters, &c. - 1770 - 1785
62 - Matthew Boulton: Samuel Garbett: Bankruptcy and Miscellaneous Letters, &c. 1786-1797. - 1786 - 1797
63 - Matthew Boulton: John Hodges; Isaac Nelson; Johann Herman Ebbinghaus; John Hinckley Mitchell. - 1764 - 1802
64 - Matthew Boulton: Ann Holbrook (née Mynd); Thomas Holbrook, 1794. - 1793 - 1804
65 - Matthew Boulton: James Keir; Logan Henderson. 1771 - 1804. - 1771 - 1804
66 - Matthew Boulton: James Lawson; John Southern; John Roberts. 1788-1799. - 1788 - 1799
67 - Matthew Boulton, William Matthews; Charlotte Matthews, 1770-1791.
68 - Matthew Boulton: William Matthews; Charlotte Matthews. 1792 - 1796. - 1792 - 1796
69 - Matthew Boulton: Charlotte Matthews, 1797 - 1799. - 1797 - 1799
70 - Matthew Boulton: Charlotte Matthews. 1800 - 1801. - 1800 - 1801
71 - Matthew Boulton: John Motteux; Charles Vere. 1765-1804. - 1765 - 1804
72 - Matthew Boulton: John Scale; George & John Scale. 1765-1802. - 1765 - 1802
73 - Matthew Boulton: John Vivian; Thomas Williams; John Wilkinson; William Wilkinson; John Hurd. 1772-1805 - 1772 - 1805
74 - Matthew Boulton, Zaccheus Walker Senior - 1765 - 1790
75 - Matthew Boulton, Zaccheus Walker Senior - 1791 - 1806
76 - Matthew Boulton and James Watt 1768 - 1779 - 1768 - 1779
77 - Matthew Boulton and James Watt 1780 - 1781 - 1780 - 1781
78 - Matthew Boulton and James Watt 1782 - 1784 - 1782 - 1784
79 - Matthew Boulton and James Watt; James Watt Jr 1785 - 1791 - 1785 - 1791
80 - Matthew Boulton: Ambrose Weston; James Weston, 1792-1801 - 1792 - 1801
81 - Matthew Boulton: John Whitehurst; Josiah Wedgwood; Thomas Day; John Roebuck. 1760-1800. - 1760 - 1800
82 - Matthew Boulton: Thomas Wilson, 1773 - 1804 - 1773 - 1804
83 - Matthew Boulton, John Woodward, 1793 - 1803 - 1793 - 1803
84 - Matthew Boulton; John Woodward, 1804 - 1805 - 1804 - 1805
85 - Matthew Boulton: Charles Wyatt; Samuel Wyatt, 1760-1803. - 1760 - 1803
86 - Matthew Boulton; Albion Mill 1784 - 1799 - 1784 - 1799
87 - Matthew Boulton: American Disputes; Act to Prohibit the Exportation of Tools; Opposition to Brass Exportation Prohibition Act; Russian Prohibition Acts; Commercial Committee, Birmingham; Chamber of Manufacturers. - 1775 - 1794
1 - “Names to Petition of Inhabitants of Town and Neighbourhood of Birmingham to North America.” - c January 1775
2 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton (—) to —. - c 1775
3 - Swinney’s Birmingham and Stafford Chronicle. - 2 February 1775
4 - Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. - 6 February 1775
5 - Draft letter. — (—) to the printer of the London Evening Post. - c 7 February 1775
6 - Lloyd’s Evening Post. 13-15 Feb. 1775. - 13-15 February 1775
7 - Letter. Thomas Green (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 29 March 1775
8 - Copy letter. Mr. Wilkinson (—) to John Fothergill (—). - No date
9 - Copy letter. Mr. Wilkinson (Birmingham) to John Fothergill (—). - 5 April 1775
10 - Letter. Joseph Wilkinson [Birmingham] to John Fothergill (—). - 22 April 1775
11 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton (—) to —. - 1775
12 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton (—) to —. - 1775
13 - Cutting from Swinney’s Birmingham and Stafford Chronicle. - ?14 September 1775
14 - Cutting from Swinney’s Birmingham and Stafford Chronicle. - ?14 September 1775
15 - Printed address to the King, by the gentlemen, clergy, traders, and principal inhabitants of Coventry. - 25 September 1775
16 - Cutting from Swinney’s Birmingham and Stafford Chronicle. - 25 September 1775
17 - Cutting from Lloyd’s Evening Post. - 29 Sep-2 October 1775
18 - Cutting from Lloyd’s Evening Post. - 3-6 October 1775
19 - Printed paper entitled, “A Dissertation on Disputes between Great Britain and her Colonies.” - 10 October 1775
20 - Cutting from The Public Advertiser. - 27 October 1775
21 - Label.
22 - Paper entitled, “Observations on the Copper Trade of England and the Dangers of Exporting the Tools and Machines used therein.” - c April 1786
23 - Printed resolutions of a meeting of manufacturers at Batson’s coffee-house - 25 April 1786
24 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 9 May 1786
25 - Paper entitled, “Exportation of Tools and raw Materials. James Watt and James Keir,” being the evidence presented by them to the House of Lords.
26 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 19 June 1786
27 - Memorandum docketed “Facts relative to brass.”
28 - Calculation of brass-making by Champion. (2 pcs.)
29 - Memoranda of questions and answers, by Matthew Boulton.
30 - Memorandum by Matthew Boulton, respecting brass.
31 - Memorandum by Matthew Boulton, respecting brass.
32 - Memorandum by Matthew Boulton, respecting brass-making.
33 - Memorandum respecting the places where brass is made.
34 - Memoranda respecting experiments on calamine. 30 Dec. 1780, 9 Jan. 1781.
35 - Letter. — (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. 18 Feb. 1781.
36 - Hearings of counsel on second reading of the Brass Exportation Bill. - 20 May 1783
37 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 22 May 1783
38 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton (—) to Matthew Brickdale [London]. - [1783]
39 - Letter. Matthew Brickdale (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 13 June 1783
40 - Letter. Matthew Brickdale (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 16 June 1783
41 - Summons by C. W. Cornwall, speaker of the House of Commons, to Matthew Boulton, instructing him to appear at the Bar of the House on 20 Jun. - 18 June 1783
42 - Letter. Matthew Brickdale (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 19 June 1783
43 - Letter. Matthew Brickdale (London) to Matthew Boulton (—). - 20 June 1783
44 - Letter. Matthew Brickdale (London) to Matthew Boulton (—). - 28 June 1783
45 - Transcript of the Act of Parliament for prohibiting Brass. - 1783
46 - Ledger. - 15 March 1783 - 01 March 1785
47 - Statement of copper on hand. - 31 December 1784
48 - Statement of copper to be accounted for by John Hurd. - 1784
49 - Statement of the Secret Committee’s Balance Account. - 31 December 1784
50 - Statement of brass made in 1784, and brass in stock. - 31 December 1784
51 - Packet labelled “Brass”:—
52 - Copy letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to Lord Hawkesbury (London). - 19 July 1793
53 - Letter. Lord Hawkesbury (London) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. - 24 July 1793
54 - Letter. Andrew Collins (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 27 July 1793
55 - Letter. Andrew Collins (London) to Zaccheus Walker (Birmingham). - 30 July 1793
56 - Copy of draft letter. Matthew Boulton [Soho] to ? Michailo Iwanow Samoyloff (St. Petersburg). - c 1 August 1793
57 - Letter. Andrew Collins (St. Petersburg) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 20 August 1793
58 - Letter. Andrew Collins (St. Petersburg) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 30 August 1793
59 - Letter. Andrew Collins (Riga) to Zaccheus Walker (Birmingham). - 24 October 1793
60 - Letter. Andrew Collins (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton [London]. - 12 February 1794
61 - Letter. — (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton [Birmingham]. - 17 February 1794
62 - Copy letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow). - 9 March 1794
63 - Letter. Gilbert Hamilton (Glasgow) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. - 18 March 1794
64 - Memorandum by Matthew Boulton. - c March 1793
65 - Copy of a memorial to the King by the manufacturers and merchants of Birmingham. - March 1794
66 - Draft of a memorial by the merchants and manufacturers of Birmingham to William Pitt. - c March 1794
67 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton [Soho] to Sir John Mordaunt [London]. - c 24 March 1794
68 - Letter. Sir John Mordaunt (London) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 26 March 1794
69 - Copy letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to Sir John Mordaunt (London). - 5 April 1794
70 - Letter. Sir John Mordaunt (London) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 8 April 1794
71 - Letter. Andrew Collins (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (—). - 8 May 1794
72 - Letter. Andrew Collins (Birmingham) to Matthew Robinson Boulton (London). - 12 May 1794
73 - List of the Commercial Committee. - c 1783
74 - Printed letter. — (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. - September 1783
75 - Printed minutes of a meeting of the General Commercial Committee. - 19 September 1783
76 - Printed minutes of meetings of the Commercial Committee. - 25 January & 1 February 1785
77 - Copy minutes of a meeting of the Commercial Committee. - 8 February 1785
78 - Printed memorial of the Commercial Committee to the House of Lords, against the Irish Propositions. - 7 June 1785
79 - Extracts from the minutes of the Commercial Committee. - 26 May 1786
80 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton and Samuel Garbett [Birmingham] to Charles Startin (Brussels). - May 1786
81 - Printed letter. Commercial Committee (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. - 15 April 1790
82 - Printed minutes of a meeting of the Commercial Committee. - 18 May 1790
83 - Printed notice issued by certain members of the Commercial Committee. - 28 May 1790
84 - Aris’s Birmingham Gazette. 31 May 1790. (2 pcs.) - 31 May 1790
85 - Printed paper entitled, “Treaty with Ireland,” containing Propositions and Queries issued on behalf of a meeting of manufacturers held at the London Tavern, 7 Mar. 1785. - 7 March 1785
86 - Printed resolutions of “a numerous and very respectable adjourned Meeting of Manufacturers, from various Parts of this Kingdom,” held at the London Tavern, 10 Mar. 1785. (2 pcs.) - c 10 March 1785
87 - Printed resolutions of a meeting of the General Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain, held at the London Tavern, 22 Mar. 1785. - 22 March 1785
88 - Printed paper entitled, “Report of the Select Committee of the General Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain.” - 21 April 1785
89 - Printed paper entitled, “The Irish Resolutions with Amendments as proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.” - c May 1785
90 - Printed resolutions (headed “Remarks on the Irish Resolutions as Amended”) of a Select Committee of the General Chamber of Manufacturers, held at London, 16 May 1785. - c 16 May 1785
91 - Printed paper entitled, “The Irish Resolutions with Amendments as proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and remarks by the Select Committee of Manufacturers. Approved by a General Chamber, held the 18th May, 1785.” - c 18 May 1785
92 - Printed resolutions of a Select Committee of the General Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain. - 20 May 1785
93 - Printed “Abstract of the Emperor of Germany’s Edict For prohibiting the Importation of Foreign Goods into his Dominions. Dated at Vienna, the 25th of September, 1784.” Issued by the Committee of the General Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain. - 20 June 1785
94 - Cutting from a newspaper. - 1 August 1785
95 - Letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 29 November 1785
96 - Printed paper entitled, “Sketch of a Plan of the General Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain.” - c December 1785
97 - Letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 29 December 1785
98 - Printed letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 29 December 1785
99 - Printed paper entitled, “Plan of the General Chamber of Manufacturers of Great Britain.” - c December 1785
100 - Printed paper entitled, “A View of the Effects of the Fourth Resolution of the Parliament of Ireland, on certain Manufactures of Great Brita[i]n, in the Commercial Regulations now about to be established.” c. 1785.
101 - Printed letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 5 January 1786
102 - Printed letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (Birmingham). - 28 January 1786
103 - Printed letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (London). - February 1786
104 - Printed letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (London). - March 1786
105 - Letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (—). - 11 January 1787
106 - Memorandum in an unidentified hand.
107 - Letter. William Nicholson (London) to Matthew Boulton (—). - 22 January 1787
108 - Printed minutes of a General Meeting of the Chamber of Manufacturers. - 10 February 1787
109 - Copy letter. James Penny (London) to Samuel Garbett (—). - 13 June 1787
110 - Receipt. James Penny to Samuel Garbett. - 26 June 1787
111 - Printed paper entitled, “Remarks on a Government Paper, entitled, Iron Trade, England and Ireland.”
112 - Printed paper entitled, “State of the Linen-Manufacture of Great-Britain and Ireland.”
113 - Printed paper entitled, “A View of the Effects of the Fourth Resolution of the Parliament of Ireland, on certain Manufactures of Great Britan [sic], in the Commercial Regulations now about to be established.” (9 pcs.)
88 - Matthew Boulton: Assay Office, Birmingham, Vol. 1. 1758 - 1773 - 1758 - 1773
89 - Matthew Boulton: Assay Office, Birmingham, Vol. 2. 1773 - 1784 - 1773 - 1784
90 - Matthew Boulton: Cornish Mines; Copper Trade; Cornish Metal Co; Copper Smelting; Foreign Copper Markets & Mines. 1778 - 1800. - 1778 - 1800
91 - Matthew Boulton: French Coinage. 1791 - 1793. - 1791 - 1793
92 - Matthew Boulton: Irish Propositions. 1785.
93 - Matthew Boulton: Mrs. Montagu's Glass; Silk Reels; China Trade (Lord Macartney's Embassy). 1771 - 1792 - 1771 - 1792
94 - Matthew Boulton: Shrievalty, M. Boulton; Soho Volunteer Association; County Rates of Warwickshire Discussion; Harborne Poor’s Rate Dispute. - 1792 - 1803
95 - Matthew Boulton: Agreements, 1763 - 1777 - 1763 - 1777
96 - Matthew Boulton: Bonds (Cancelled) and Receipts.
97 - Matthew Boulton: Copper Coinage - Government
98 - Matthew Boulton: Paris
99 - Matthew Boulton: Plans, Schemes and Advertisements
100 - Matthew Boulton, Printed Papers on Public Business, Circa 1779 - 1800 - Circa 1779 - 1800
101 - Salt and Startin
102 - Matthew Boulton: Soho Premises, 1783 - 1802 - 1783 - 1802
103 - Matthew Boulton: Wills, Receipts etc. of Luke Robinson. 1749-1767. - 1749 - 1767
104 - Matthew Boulton: Memoranda – Steam Engines. c. 1776-1803. - c 1776-1803
105 - Papers lent me by Mr. Garbett on the Sheffield Act for marking plated wares. - 1784
106 - Matthew Boulton: Other Files: Boulton & Smith, Boulton: Smith & Lander.
107 - Matthew Boulton - Diaries - 1766 - 1808
108 - Matthew Boulton - Notebooks - 1777 - 1803
109 - Steam Engines - Miscellaneous Papers. - 1777 - 1803
110 - Miscellaneous Agreements, Legal Documents etc. - 1768 - 1803
111 - Number not used
112 - Miscellaneous Loose Papers of Matthew Boulton - 1704 - 1808
113 - Letters from Lord Hertford to Joshua Sharpe - 1759 - 1762
13 - Correspondence and Papers of Matthew Robinson Boulton - c.1770 - 1842
14 - Papers of Ann Boulton [Daughter of Matthew Boulton] - 1793 - 1829
15 - Accounts of Mrs. Mary Anne Boulton [née Wilkinson, wife of Matthew Robinson Boulton, son of Matthew Boulton] - 1814 - 1827
16 - Other Personal Records - 1759 - 1845
17 - Legal Documents - 1790 - 1818
18 - Records of the 1st Battalion, Loyal Birmingham Volunteers - 1794 - 1805
19 - Records of the Committee at Verdun for the Relief of British Prisoners in France - 1808 - 1813
20 - Miscellaneous Documents - 1759 - 1813?
21 - Additions
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