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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

Expand 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

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

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

Collapse 94 - Matthew Boulton: Shrievalty, M. Boulton; Soho Volunteer Association; County Rates of Warwickshire Discussion; Harborne Poor’s Rate Dispute. - 1792 - 1803

94 - Matthew Boulton: Shrievalty, M. Boulton; Soho Volunteer Association; County Rates of Warwickshire Discussion; Harborne Poor’s Rate Dispute. - 1792 - 1803

1 - Letter. Francis Brookes (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 15 November 1792

2 - Letter. John Jesson, &c. (Wolverhampton) to Matthew Boulton (Handsworth). - 5 December 1792

3 - Letter. John Parrott (Wolverhampton) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. - 5 December 1792

4 - Letter. Henry Dundas (Westminster) to the High Sheriff of Staffordshire. - 23 August 1793

5 - Letter. William Parkes Spurrier (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (Handsworth). - 16 November 1793

6 - Letter. John Collins (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 4 January 1794

7 - Letter. John Collins (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 21 January 1794

8 - Letter. Henry Smith (Wolverhampton) to Matthew Boulton (Handsworth). - 22 January 1794

9 - Letter. Francis Brookes (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 7 February 1794

10 - Letter. William Parkes Spurrier (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 9 February 1794

11 - Letter. Samuel Tutin (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 10 February 1794

12 - Letter. William Holden (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. - 17 February 1794

13 - Letter. John Collins (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (—). - March 1794

14 - Letter. Isaac Hawkins Browne Jr. (London) to Dr. Morrison (Wolverhampton). - 6 March 1794

15 - Letter. John Collins (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (—). - 9 March 1794

16 - Letter. John Collins (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 13 March 1794

17 - Letter. Robert Silvester (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 13 March 1794

18 - Letter. Sampson Cartwright (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 17 March 1794

19 - Letter. John Collins (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 17 March 1794

20 - Letter. S. Barker (Lichfield) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 20 March 1794

21 - Letter. Francis Cobb (Lichfield) to Matthew Boulton (—). - 21 March 1794

22 - Letter. Henry Dundas (Westminster) to the High Sheriff of Staffordshire. - 24 March 1794

23 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton [Stafford] to Henry Dundas [Westminster]. - 26 March 1794

24 - Printed notice, headed: “Staffordshire, Lent Assizes, March 26th, 1794. A Calendar Of the Criminal Prisoners, in the Custody of Littleton Scott, Keeper of His Majesty’s Gaol for the Said County. Matthew Boulton, Esq; Sheriff.” - 26 March 1794

25 - Letter. John Collins (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 4 April 1794

26 - Letter. Dr. Croft [Birmingham] to William Bedford (Birmingham). - May 1794

27 - Letter. William Bedford (London) to Matthew Boulton [London]. - 14 May 1794

28 - Memorandum, docketed: “To prevent Escapes from Stafford Gaol.” - 3 July 1794

29 - Letter. Sir Edward Littleton Bt. (Teddesley Park) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. - 11 July 1794

30 - Copy letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to Sir Edward Littleton Bt. (Teddesley Park). - 16 July 1794

31 - Letter. Sir Edward Littleton (Teddesley Park) to Matthew Boulton [Soho]. - 21 July 1794

32 - Letter. Robert Silvester (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 29 July 1794

33 - Letter. John Collins (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 31 July 1794

34 - Letter. Sir George Chetwynd (Brocton Hall) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 2 August 1794

35 - Printed notice, headed, “Staffordshire, Summer Assizes, August 6th, 1794. A Calendar Of the Criminal Prisoners, in the Custody of Littleton Scott, Keeper of His Majesty’s Gaol, for the Said County. Matthew Boulton, Esq; Sheriff.” - 6 August 1794

36 - Memorandum by Matthew Boulton, headed: “Commission Day, Sheriff Treats.” - c 21 January 1794

37 - Memorandum. Thomas Evans (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - c February 1794

38 - Rough memoranda by Matthew Boulton, respecting clothes, &c., for the men in the Sheriff’s procession, their marshalling and accommodation. - c March 1794

39 - Wrapper labelled, “Mr. Harrold, Mr. Mobbs, Mr. Edwards, and Mr. Knight. Paid by Mr. Walker.”

40 - Bills. William Harrold [Birmingham] to Matthew Boulton. - 4 February 1794

41 - Bill. — (—) to —. - 24 March 1794

42 - Bill. Leonard Tyson (—) to Matthew Boulton. - 13 August 1794

43 - Wrapper, labelled: “Accounts to be paid by the bailiffs in August. Paid by Mr. Boulton, who [sic] they are to repay.” 5 ff.

44 - Letters patent appointing Matthew Boulton as sheriff of the County of Stafford. Subscribed by Arden Winter. - 3 February 1794

45 - Indenture of appointment from Matthew Boulton to John Collins, appointing Collins as under-sheriff of the County of Stafford. - 8 February 1794

46 - Indenture of appointment from Matthew Boulton to William Parkes Spurrier, appointing Spurrier steward of the hundred court of Offlow. Witnesses: Charlotte Matthews, James Watt. - 13 February 1794

47 - Cutting from a newspaper. - 17 x 20 March 1794

48 - “An Act for augmenting the Militia.” (Printed.) - 28 March 1794

49 - Printed notice, headed: “Scarbrough Volunteers.” (Printed by J. Todd, Scarborough.) - c May 1794

50 - Printed notice, entitled: “Articles of Enrolment for the proposed Corps of Northamptonshire Yeomanry.” - 3 May 1794

51 - Petition by certain inhabitants of Staffordshire to the sheriff of Staffordshire. - 19 May 1794

52 - Petition by certain inhabitants of Staffordshire to the sheriff of Staffordshire. - 19 May 1794

52a - Cutting from a newspaper. - c 21 May 1794

53 - Cutting from a newspaper. - c 26 May 1794

54 - Cutting from The Times. - 28 May 1794

55 - Cutting from a newspaper. - c 24 May 1794

56 - The Sun newspaper. - 5 June 1794

57 - Cutting from a newspaper. - c 9 June 1794

58 - Printed minutes of a “General Meeting of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the County of Stafford . . . to consider of the Measures proper to be adopted by the County for the Internal Defence of the Kingdom, conformably to - c 9 June 1794

59 - The Sun newspaper. - 2 July 1794

60 - Printed notice, entitled: “Articles of Enrolment, For the Corps of Staffordshire Volunteer Cavalry.” - 4 July 1794

61 - Printed notice, entitled: “Articles of Enrolment, For the Corps of Staffordshire Volunteer Cavalry.” - 4 July 1794

62 - Minutes of a meeting of the Committee for the Hundred of Offlow South, held at Handsworth. - 11 July 1794

63 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton (Soho) to William Keen [Stafford]. - 11 July 1794

64 - Printed notice [issued by Thomas Gilbert], relative to subscriptions for the Staffordshire Volunteer Cavalry in the Hundred of Totmonslow South. - 11 - 18 July 1794

65 - Printed minutes of a meeting of the Sub-Committee for the Hundred of Totmonslow South, held by adjournment at the Royal Oak, Cheadle. - 17 July 1794

66 - Letter. Jesson & Wright (West Bromwich) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 25 July 1794

67 - Printed minutes of a meeting of the Staffordshire Volunteer Cavalry Committee, held at the Swan Inn, Stafford. - 8 August 1794

68 - Printed notice, entitled: “Staffordshire Volunteer Cavalry. Explanation of the Articles of Enrolment, with a few Observations.” (Printed by Boden, at Stafford.) - 15 August 1794

69 - Letter. William Keen (Stafford) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 19 August 1794

70 - “List of Constablewicks in the Hundred of Offlow South.” - c 26 August 1794

71 - Letter. Zaccheus Walker (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (Soho). - 27 September 1794

72 - Printed pamphlet, entitled: “Letters, on the Subject of the Arm’d Yeomanry, addressed to the Rt. Hon. Earl Gower Sutherland, Colonel of the Staffordshire Volunteer Cavalry, by Francis Percival Eliot, Major, in the above Corps. Printed at the desire of t - c 1 October 1794

73 - Letter. Mr. Brearley (—) to Matthew Boulton (—). - 1794

74 - Rough statements of accounts, specimen printed form, memoranda, &c., relative to subscriptions to the Volunteer Corps. - 1794

75 - Printed paper, entitled: “Admonitions to British Subjects, by A Country Gentleman, author of ‘Consolations under the Burdens of the Present War.” - 1794

76 - Wrapper, labelled: “Soho Volunteers & Association in 1798.”

77 - Memorandum, docketed: “Proposals for Enrolling Men at Soho.” - 1798

78 - Draft letter. Matthew Boulton [London] to Lord Stafford (—). - 4 May 1798

79 - Copy letter. Matthew Boulton [London] to Lord Stafford (—). - 4 May 1798

80 - Letter. William Keen (Stafford) to the Commanding Officer of the Soho Association. - 28 July 1798

81 - Printed circular. Henry Dundas (London) to the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford. - 24 August 1798

82 - Letter. George Lipscomb (Warwick) to the Captain Commanding the Volunteer Infantry (Handsworth). - 7 September 1798

108 - Memorandum by William Cheshire, entitled: “Facts without Comments, And Calculations resulting therefrom relative to Assessments in the Parish of Harbourne.”

109 - Memorandum by J. Wyatt, entitled: “Valuation of sundry Gentlemen’s houses, Manufactories, &ca., in the Parish of Harborne, for an Assessment of Poors’ Rate.”

110 - Rough memoranda by Matthew Boulton, docketed: “Taxes and Leveys.”

111 - Rough memoranda and calculations by Matthew Boulton, docketed: “Leveys on Engines.”

112 - Memoranda by James Watt, docketed: “Case of Rateability of Engines in payment of Poors’ Leveys & Taxes.”

113 - Memoranda, docketed: “Case of Poors’ Leveys, to Bearcroft.”

114 - Procession of Mr. Clay, sheriff of Staffordshire.

115 - Printed list of the names of the Jurors for the Summer Assizes, Staffordshire. - 1803

116 - List of men employed in the Steel Business at Soho.

117 - List of men employed in the Plated Trade at Soho.

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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