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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
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
1 - Printed description and use of the rolling parallel ruler, invented by A. G. Eckhardt. - Not dated
2 - Printed document entitled: “Succinct account of the advantages of mills with inclined float-board wheels”. Used for the draining of marshes, and invented by A. G. Eckhardt. - Not dated
3 - Printed document entitled: “Account of a machine constructed for the purpose of deepening and scouring canals, rivers and ports”. Invented by the brothers F. & A. Eckhardt. - n.d.
4 - Printed advertisement for Rolling Waggons. - 15 Mar 1773
5 - Printed advertisement for Christopher Gullett’s hydraulic engines, for lifting ores, coals, culm, water, &c. - 28 November 1773
6 - Printed document entitled; “The Case of Mr. John Harrison.” - 1773
7 - Printed proposal. “For disposing (on the most advantageous terms) of a large land-estate in the French Netherlands, called Moeres, near Dunkirk, either by sale or on a long lease.” London. - 8 Jan 1778
8 - Printed bill for supplying the inhabitants of the parish of Lambeth, and parts adjacent, in the county of Surrey, with water. - 1785
9 - Printed document. Entitled “Proposals for printing new tables of exchanges” by Robert Bewicke, Merchant. - [1787]
10 - Andrew Meikle’s specification for a threshing mill. - 1 May 1788
11 - Printed list of subscribers for casts of Nathanial Marchant’s works. - [Jun] 1790
12 - Samuel Peal’s patent for varnishing leather cloth &c. - [1791]
13 - Document endorsed, “Project for a machine pr. Monsieur Tournant.” - [1791]
14 - Printed document relating the conclusions of a meeting of the subscribers to the Cornwall county library, dated at Truro on the 25 Oct. 1792. - 25 Oct. 1792.
15 - Printed document. “Proposals by Messrs. Jee & Eginton of Birmingham, for publishing by subscription a superb historical print of the late Queen of France.” - [1794]
16 - Specification of William Whitmore’s patent improved weighing machines. - 26 Mar 1796
17 - Specification of a new weighing machine or Poideometer, by Robert Salmon. - 1796
18 - Printed advertisement of Scweppe’s Artificial Mineral Waters. - [1798]
19 - Printed document. “Mr. Nicholson’s Philosophical and Chemical Lectures”, etc. - 1799
20 - Printed notice for tickets to philosophical lectures at the Royal Institution. - 5 Mar 1800
21 - Printed document entitled; “A Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps”, by Alexander Gillsepie. - 1803
22 - Printed copy of the enlarged Prospectus of Yorkshire, with a list of subscribers. - [1803]
23 - Printed advertisement for Jacob & Viny’s patented method for bending large timber at their wheel manufactory, Blackfrairs Road, London. - No date
24 - Printed advertisement for Knott & Lloyd, wholesale and retail stationers and booksellers, of Birmingham. - No date
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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