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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
13 - Correspondence and Papers of Matthew Robinson Boulton - c.1770 - 1842
1 - Index to Copies (Selected & Familiar) - 1827 - 1840
2 - Copies of Letters (Soho) - 1827 - 1830
3 - Copies of Letters (Soho) - 1833 - 1836
4 - Copies of Letters (Soho) - 1836 - 1840
5 - Index to Copies (Soho) - 1827 - 1840
6 - Index to Copies (Great Tew) - 1827 - 1840
7 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, A. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
8 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, B. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
9 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C & D. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
10 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, E & F. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
11 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G & H. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
12 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, I to L. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
13 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
14 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, N to R. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
15 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, S & T. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
16 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, V to Z. 1787 - 1818 - 1787-1818
17 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, A. - 1819 - 1836 A / General / Correspondents 1819 / to / 1836 Within the portfolio, the documents were arranged in two chronological sequences, as follows: Letters (1-88) Co
18 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, B. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
19 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
20 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, D & E. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
21 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, F. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
22 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G & H. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
23 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, I to L. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
24 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M & P. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
25 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, R & S. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
26 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, T to Z. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
27 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, A & B 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
28 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C to F. 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
29 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G to L 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
30 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M to R. 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
31 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, S to Z.1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
32 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence. January - May 1840 - January - May 1840
33 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, June - December 1840 - June - December 1840
34 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, January - September 1841 - January - September 1841
35 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, October 1841 - April 1842 - October 1841 - April 1842
36 - Matthew Boulton. 1787 - 1807 - 1787 - 1807
37 - Matthew Boulton: Biographical Memoirs, 1809 to 1829; Decease & Funeral; Medal & Print; Epitaphs. - 19th cent. - 20th cent.
38 - Letters from Anne Boulton (1768-1829). - 18 May 1781 - 15 January 1801
39 - Letters from James Watt, James Watt Jr., Gregory Watt. - 1792 - 1807
40 - James Watt; James Watt Jr. 1808 - 1821 - 1808 - 1821
41 - Agents: William D. Brown; Richard Chippindall; William Cheshire; John Glynn; Miscellaneous Soho Agents. - 1805 - 1820
42 - Agents (M. Boulton & Plate Company): W. B. Chamberlain; E. E. Edkins; T. Remmett. - 1819 - 1834
43 - James Lawson; John Southern. - 1800 - 1817
44 - John Woodward. 1802 - 1805 - 1802 - 1805
45 - John Woodward. 1806 - 1807 - 1806 - 1807
46 - John Woodward. 1808 - 1810. (cF3) - 1808 - 1810
47 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt, & Co.: John Mosley; John Robinson. - 1802 - 1818
48 - A. & J. Weston; James Weston; Weston & Teesdale. 1802 - 1820. - 1802 - 1820
49 - John Rennie, and Memoir, 1784 - 1824 - 1784 - 1824
50 - Pascoe Grenfell, 1804 - 1813 - 1804 - 1813
51 - Agents: Zaccheus Walker Junior. 1789-1822. - 1789 - 1822
52 - Introductions, Applications, &c. - 1781 - 1792
53 - Familiarum Epistolæ et Selectæ - 1755 - 1808
54 - Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, and Brothers and Sisters. 1829 - 1839 - 1829 - 1839
55 - James Watt Jr. 1822 - 1826 - 1822 - 1826
56 - James Watt Jr. 1827 - 1835 - 1827 - 1835
57 - James Watt Jr. 1836 - 1839 - 1836 - 1839
58 - Agents, Private (Soho): John Robinson. 1819 - 1830 - 1819 - 1830
59 - Agents, Private (Soho): John Robinson; Joseph Westley; Charles James Chubb. - 1831 - 1834
60 - Agents, Private (Soho): Charles James Chubb; Joseph Westley. 1835 - 1837 - 1835 - 1837
61 - Agents, Private (Soho): Joseph Westley; Charles James Chubb. - 1838 - 1839
62 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt & Co.: John Mosley, A. F. Stonebridge. 1819 - 1825. - 1819 - 1825
63 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt & Co.: John Mosley, A. F. Stonebridge. 1825 - 1832. - 1825 - 1832
64 - Agents, Private (London): Augustus Frederick Stonebridge; R. F. Davis. 1833-1834. - 1833 - 1834
65 - Agents Private (London): R. F. Davis. 1835 - 1837. - 1835 - 1837
66 - Agents, Private (London): R. F. Davis. 1838 - 1839. - 1838 - 1839
67 - Agents (Steam Engines): William Creighton, John Bennett, William Bennett, James Brown, William Buckle, Thomas Crane, Gilbert Hamilton, J. Cowcher and William Murdock Jr. , 1819 - 1839 - 1819 - 1839
68 - George & John Rennie, 1818 - 1835. - 1818 - 1835
69 - Land Agent (Soho): William Fowler. - 1837 - 1839
70 - Thomas Fulljames. 1830 - 1838. - 1830 - 1838
71 - George Barker; Barker & Unett. 1797 - 1830. - 1797 - 1830
72 - George Barker; Barker & Son, solicitors - 1831 - 1839
73 - Clement Ingleby; Ingleby & Wragge. - 1830 - 1839
74 - Weston, Teesdale, & Symes - 1821 - 1838
75 - Teesdale, Symes, & Company; John Coles Symes - 1839
76 - Exchequer: Soho, Staffordshire: Land and Buildings, Rents, Rates, &c. (A) - 1796 - 1838
77 - Exchequer: Expenditure & Supply (A2) - 1796 - 1825
78 - Exchequer: Expenditure & Supply (Aa2) - 1815 - 1841
79 - Exchequer: Property Tax. (A3) - 1799-1816
80 - Exchequer: Trade Accounts: Boulton, Watt, & Co.; Boulton, Watt & Sons. (A4) - 1794 - 1840
81 - Exchequer: Trade Accounts: Coinage; M. Boulton & Plate Company. (A5) - 1790 - 1835
82 - Exchequer: Trade Accounts: Boulton & Smith; J. Watt & Co.; Steel Trade (Bownas); Boulton, Walker, & Co.; M. R. Boulton, J. Watt, & Co. (A6) - c.1790-c.1835
83 - Canals: Birmingham; Birmingham & Worcester; Birmingham & Warwick; Miscellaneous. (C) - 1766 - 1794
84 - Needwood Forest Enclosure; Yoxall Enclosure - 1795 - 1801
85 - Land Speculations, Vol. 1: (Ee1) - 1798 - 1818
85-90 - Land Speculations - 1798-1841
86 - Land Speculations, Vol. 2: (Ee2) - 1801 - 1808
87 - Land Speculations, Vol. 3: (Ee3) - 1805 - 1826
88 - Land Speculations, Vol. 4: (Ee4) - 1811 - 1826
89 - Land Speculations, Vol. 5: (Ee5) - 1798 - 1841
90 - Land Speculations, Vol. 6: (Ea6) - 1841
91 - M.Boulton & Plate Manufactory (F?) - 1798 - 1833
92 - Button Manufactory - 1795 - 1803
93 - Manufacture and Trade. - 1793 - 1832
94 - Birmingham Warehouse: Boulton & Fothergill; Boulton, Walkers, & Collins; G. A. Bruxner; Danish Claims. (F6)
95 - Iron Trade. (G) - 1785 - 1806
96 - Copper Trade, Vol. 1: Connection and Dispute with Hurd. (H) - 1789 - 1795
97 - Copper Trade, Vol. 2: Cornish Miners’ Contest. (H2) - 1770 - 1801
98 - Gas Light: Parliamentary Contest. (I) - 1808 - 1809
99 - Estate of the late William Wilkinson: Custom House, Liverpool; Flookborough (K) - 1832 - 1840
100 - Boulton v. Lander: Correspondence; Funeral of Matthew Boulton, Esq. (L) - 1809
101 - [Number not used]
102 - Samuel Garbett’s Bankruptcy: Documents Historical and Illustrative, Accounts and Vouchers. (M) - 1777 - 1806
103 - Samuel Garbett’s Bankruptcy: Correspondence, Legal and Official Documents. (M2) - 1798 - 1806
104 - Trafalgar Medal. (P) - 1798 - 1809
105 - Liberation of German Officers. (P) - 1813 - 1814
106 - Mint & Coinage, French: Propositions by Zaccheus Walker Jr. to Mr. Herries Herrisse (Q) - 1802
107 - Mint, Russian: Volume 1: Official Correspondence - 1796 - 1800
108 - Mint, Russian: Volume 2: Estimates, Proposals, Contracts, and Legal Documents; Birmingham Memorial, 1796-1814. - 1796-1814
109 - Mint, Russian: Volume 3: Zaccheus Walker Jr.; Workmen’s Correspondence; Miscellanies. - 1800-1814
110 - Danish Mint. (S) - 1796-1816
111 - [American Mints.] (S2) - 1807-1837
112 - Mint, British (T) - 1798-1838
113 - East India Mint; East India Company Coinage; Ceylon Coinage; Bermudas and Bahama Coinage. (V) - 1794 - 1849
114 - Calcutta Mint, Vol. 1. (V2) - 1809 - 1822
115 - Calcutta Mint, Vol. 2. (V3) - 1823 - 1826
116 - British Coinage Vol. 1 - Official Correspondence. 1795-1801. (W) - 1795 - 1801
117 - British Coinage, Vol. 2. (W2) - 1802 - 1811
118 - British Coinage, Vol. 3. (W3) - 1807 - 1808
118A - British Coinage, Vol. 4. (W4) - 1797 - 1807
119 - Recall & Recoinage of the old Copper Coin; Recoinage of Spanish Dollars (W5) - 1803 - 1811
120 - Mint Inventions and Improvements, Vol. 1. (W6) - 1799 - 1834
121 - Mint Inventions and Improvements, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3. (W7, W8) - 1787 - 1792
122 - Thoughts on Bullion, Coin, & Exchanges; S. Garbett[’s] Report on Tower Mint. (Z) [Not found]
123 - Soho Homestead. (AA) [Not found]
124 - 'Magazine' (BB) - 1800-1834
125 - Political Economy; Statistics. (CC) [Not found].
126 - J. Bownas & Co. Murdock and Toney. (DD) - 1777 - 1834
1 - Note. 'Rents' - nd. [18th cent.]
2 - Note. 'Rents' - nd. [18th cent.]
3 - List of names and charges. - nd. [18th cent.]
4 - Rents of Steel shops and Mill - 1791
5 - Memorandum 'of mistakes found out since the setlement last Xmas' etc. - nd. [18th cent.]
6 - Memorandum: 'Interest to be paid by Button trades', 'Remarks on Steel trade shown MB.' - nd. [18th cent.]
7 - List of Shops and costs. - nd. [18th cent.]
8 - List of names, shops and charges - nd. [18th cent.]
9 - List of charges for Sundry Shops and Warehouses - nd. [18th cent.]
10 - Measurement of Shops in the Soho Manufactory, and Persons' names in the Shops - 1776 -1777
11 - Measurement of Shops in the possession of Button Co[mpany] at Xmas 1786 - 1786
12 - Memorandum stating the origin of the Rents & their progression ........... by J. Bownas - 1786
13 - List of rents - 1787
14 - List of Shops & Sizes - 1797 - 1798
15 - Shops in Possession of Steel Co[mpany] - 31 December 1801 - 1805
16 - Copy of Rents given in to Mr Brown, not including Machinery - 1802 - 1805
17 - jottings: rents for Shops - 1802 - 1803
18 - List of Gilt & Plate Shops and sizes - 1805
19 - List of Rents for Shops - 1799 - 1807
20 - Memoranda of mistakes etc. - 1810
21a-b - a. Wrapper, endorsed: Rent Statements; b. Rents: Remarks by J. Bownas - 1791 - 1798
22a-b - Summary of the Rents.....prepared by J. Bownas, with a press copy of the same and 'Rents for the last Ten Years' - 1799 - 1807
23 - Memorandum. Rents &c. from 1791 to 1809 - 1799 - 1807
24 - Rents. Steel Co[mpany] - 1803
25a-b - A Summary of the Rents of Steel Shops, Mill, Gilt & Plated Shops, Dwelling House, Counting House, with enumeration of the Shops & Areas of each, prepared by J. Bownas, with a Statement of the Rent chargeable to J. Bownas & Co[mpany] - 1801 - 1807
26 - Abstracts of balances from M. Boulton's Button Co[mpany]'s Account - 31 December 1809
27a-b - a. Wrapper: Original Docum[en]ts, Agreement & Duplicates. Remarks of J. Bownas. b. Memorandum of Agreement with J. Bownas - nd. [1810]
28 - Duplicate, being first drafts of the Memorandum of Agreement with J. Bownas - nd. [1810]
29 - 'J. Bownas's remarks.' - nd. [1810]
30a-b - Wrapper: Original Docum[en]ts. debts & Balances transferred & Collected by J. Bownas, with calculations. List of Debts of 1809 rec[eive]d in 1810. - 1810
31 - Statement of Debts owing 1809, received in 1810, with calculation of Int[erst?] by J. Bownas - 1810
32 - Debts of 1809 not rec[eive]d 31 Dec[embe]r 1810 - 1810
33 - Debts to come in [in] 1811 - 1811
34 - List of Debts - nd. [1811]
35 - Rents of Shops to be occupied; Mill; Tools,Fixtures & Materials. Advance of Capital - nd. [1811]
36 - 'Mr Edward Bonas's memoranda about his connection with his brother.' - nd. [1811]
37 - Agreement for 7 years. Messrs. John & Edward Bonas with Samuel Colins, Grinder - 23 February 1819
38 - Letter. J. Bownas (Soho) to Mr W. Ashburner (Edgbaston) - 30 December 1818
39 - Letter. J. Bownas (Handsworth) to [? ] - 12 January 1820
40 - Letter. J. Bownas (Handsworth) to Mr William Ashburner (Edgbaston) - 13 January 1820
41 - Letter. J. Bownas (Handsworth) to [Mr William Ashburner (Edgbaston)] - 15 January 1820
42 - Promissory Note for £200. J. Bownas & Co. to William Ashburner.Receipted on the back. - 3 February 1820
43a-b - a. Wrapper: Original Documents. Correspondence with Messrs. Scales. Miscellaneous jottings. b. Letter. George Scale (Aberdare Iron Works) to John Bownas (Soho) - 24 November 1810
44 - Letter. George Scale (Aberdare Iron Works) to John Bownas (Soho) - 26 November 1810
45 - Letter. George Scale (Aberdare Iron Works) to John Bownas (Soho) - 19 January 1811
46 - Letter. George Scale (Aberdare Iron Works) to John Bownas (Soho) - 14 March 1819
47 - Letter. George Scale (Aberdare Iron Works) to John Bownas (Soho) - 19 March 1819
48 - Letter. George Scale (Aberdare Iron Works) to John Bownas (Soho) - 10 January 1820
49 - Letter. George Scale (Aberdare Iron Works) to John Bownas (Soho) - 23 April 1820
50 - Extract of a letter from Mr George Scale to Edward Bownas - 28 April 1820
51 - Note. J. Kellet, for M.R.Boulton (Soho Rolling Mill) to Messrs. Barker & Unitt (Birmingham),with account kept against John Bownas & Co. in Mr. Boulton's Rolling Mill Books - 9 May 1820
52 - Letter. Z. Walker (Soho) to Messrs. Barker & Unitt, Solicitors (Birmingham), with 5 accounts of postage, carriage etc. paid by Matthew Boulton on account of Messrs. Bownas & Co. to be added to his claim against that Firm - 30 September 1819 - 9 May 1820
53 - 5 Accounts for plated items (snuffers, trays,candlesticks, tea urn, nutcrackers etc.) - c. 1790 - 22 January 1820
54 - Copy of Statement of Account of outstanding Debts due to the Firm of Bownas & Co. - 18 March 1820
55 - 'Valuation of the House & Premises Mr Bownas lives in' by S. Smith (Handsworth) - 17 April 1820
56 - List of principal creditors, addresses and amounts by Edward Bownas jr. to Mr George Barker, attorney (Birmingham) - 19 April 1820
57 - Letter. Edward Bownas jr. (Soho) to Mr G. Barker (Birmingham) - 21 April 1820
58 - Summary of Debits & Credits of the Estate of John Bownas & Co., with wrapper - 18 March 1820
59 - Sttatement of M. R. Boulton's Account with John Bownas & Co. - 1 January 1820 - 25 March 1820
60 - General Statement of J. Bownas & Co.'s affairs - 18 March 1820
61 - Account of the proceedings of meeting of J. Bownas & Co.'s creditors - 24 April 1820
62 - Accountwith M. R. Boulton j. watt & Co. from the death of J. Bownas - 22 May 1820
63 - Statement of the rents chargeable to J. Bownas for 1801 - 1816 - nd. c. 1820
64 - Memoranda & Statement by M. R. Boulton for filling up the Blanks of Interest in the agreement with J. Bownas. Allowance for Tools & Utensils. - nd. c. 1820
65 - Notice from Z. Walker (Soho) to Edward Bonas (Soho) for rent due for over 10 years - 29 May 1820
66 - Notice from Z. Walker (Soho) to Edward Bonas (Soho) for rent due for over 10 years and description of agreement of the creditors of Bownas & Co. with that firm, with all their signatures - 13 June 1820
67 - List of Debts of J. Bownas & Co. arising since 18 March 1820 - June 1820
68 - Statement of the Assets of J. Bownas & Co. - June 1820
69 - General Statement of the Liquidation of the Debts of J. Bownas & Co. , of the late J. Bownas & of E. Bownas, according to the proposed arrangement - 15 June 1820
70 - Letter. E. Bownas (Soho) to M. R. Boulton (13 London Street, London) - 7 July 1820
71 - Memoranda for the settlement of affairs of J.Bownas & Co. by M. R. Boulton (Soho) - 13 June1820
72 - J. Robinson's receipt for Sundry Documents relative to J.Bownas & Co. - 1 September 1820
73 - E. Bownas's receipt to M. R. Boulton for Inventories belonging to the trade of J.Bownas & Co. - 2 September 1820
74 - Valuation of Inventories &c. &c. & Contra, by E. Bownas - 2 September 1820
75 - Receipt of Z. Walker (Soho) for lists of Balances of the Debts due to & from the Firm of J. Bownas & Co. - 5 September 1820
76 - Copy of the Agreement with J. Bownas & Co. - 1809 - 1810
77 - Debts due by J. Bownas & Co. - 23 January 1821
78 - Letter. George Barker (-----) to M.R.Boulton (13 London Street, London) - 24 January 1821
79 - Letter. T. Lane Parker (Bull Street, Birmingham) to Edward Bownas (Soho) - 18 May 1821
80 - Letter. Z. Walker (Soho) to George Barker (The Square, Birmingham) - 23 May 1821
81 - Appraisal of the Household Goods of the late John Bownas of Handsworth - 25 May 1820
82 - Letter. I. Owens (D[erit]end) to Messrs. Barker & Unett (The Square, Birmingham) - 25 May 1820
83 - Letter. Z. Walker (Soho Mint Office) to George Barker (Great Charles Street) - 30 May 1821
84 - Inventory of Tools, Utensils & Goods, the Property of M. R. Boulton which have been entrusted to the care of Messrs. J. Bownas & Co. - June 1820
85 - Letter. E. Bownas (-----) to M. R. Boulton (at G. Barker, Great Charles Street) - 12 June 1820
86 - Accounts from ledgers for Sundries of John Bownas & Co. - nd. [c. 1820]
87 - Mr John Bownas's private debts - nd. [c. 1820]
88 - Mr Edward Bownas's private debts - nd. [c. 1820]
89 - Meeting of the Creditors of John Bownas & Co and of the separate Creditors of John Bownas and Edward Bownas - nd. [c. 1820]
90 - Another copy of MS 3782/13/126/89 - nd. [c. 1820]
91 - Another copy of MS 3782/13/126/89 - nd. [c. 1820]
92 - Creditors of Messrs. Bownas & Co. whose Debts Amount to more than £5 who have not signed - nd. [c. 1820]
93 - Copy Memoranda for the Settlement of the Affairs of J. Bownas & Co. - 13 June 1820
94 - Letter. William Horton (St Paul's) to Mr Stewart (----) - 15 June 1820
95 - Letter. Barker & Unett (Birmingham) to Messrs. J & T Crompton, Paper Makers (Bolton) and a further letter to Creditors, and a note. - 16 June 1820 - 28 August 1820
96 - Creditors of J. Bownas & Co. written to subsequent to the Meeting - 19 June 1820
97 - Note: Amount of Farrors Appraisement - 19 June 1820
98 - Inventory and Valuation of Sundry Household Furniture belonging to Mr Edward Bownas of Handsworth appraised by Isaac Farror, auctioneer - 19 June 1820
99 - Letter. R. Bayley & Co. (Sheffied) to Barker & Unett (Birmingham) - 20 June 1820
100 - Letter. Nicholas Jackson & Sons (Sheffied) to Barker & Unett (Birmingham) - 20 June 1820
101 - Letter. Messrs. Caldwell & Littlewood (Sheffied?) to Barker & Unett (Birmingham) - 20 June 1820
102 - Letter. Taylor & Sadler (London) to Edward Bownas (Birmingham) - 21 June 1820
103 - Draft memorandum. Boulton & Bownas. Minute of agreement. - nd. c. 1820
104 - Draft memorandum. M. R. Boulton's Claim. Proposal for settlement of Bownas & Co's affairs - nd. c. 1820
105 - Probate and copy of the Will of John Bownas deceased - 1820
106 - Letter. Edward Bownas (Soho) to G. Barker (Birmingham) - 22 June 1820
107 - Letter. Edward Bownas (Soho) to G. Barker (Birmingham) - 27 June 1820
108 - Letter. Edward Bownas (Soho) to G. Barker (Birmingham) - 29 June 1820
109 - Letter. George Scale (Aberdare iron Works, Glamorganshire) to Barker & Unett (Birmingham) - 29 June 1820
110 - Statement of Account, 1819 - 1820. George & John Scale (Aberdare Iron Works, Glamorganshire) with John Bownas & Co. and short letter from Scale to Barker & Unett - 1 July 1820
111 - Letter. Thomas Dooley (1 ?Lenister Street, ?Dublin) to Bownas & Co. (Birmingham) - 12 July 1820
112 - Letter. Edward Bownas (Soho) to G. Barker (Birmingham) - 29 November 1820
113 - Letter. Edward Bownas jr. (Soho) to G. Barker (Birmingham) - 8 December 1820
114 - Letter. Edward Bownas (George & Blue Boar, Holborn) to M. R. Boulton (Norfolk Hotel) - 31 May 1827
115 - Propositions from William V. Toney for taking both Stock & Effects of the Steel Trade - 16 July 1832
116a-b - Inventory of the Steel Trade, Soho and Draft Proposition by M. R. Boulton - 17 August 1832
117 - Proposition by William Toney for purchase of the Steel Trade at Soho from M.R.Boulton - 21 August 1832
118 - Letter. William Murdock (Sycamore Hill) to M.R.Boulton (Soho) - 22 August 1832
119 - Letter. Clement Ingleby (Birmingham) to M.R.Boulton (-----) - 28 August 1832
120 - Letter. Clement Ingleby (Birmingham) to M.R.Boulton (-----) - 13 September 1832
121a-h - Draft memoranda about goods ordered and sold; draft schedule of Fixtures in the Shops belonging to M.R.Boulton and annotate list of mr Toney's objections and remarks on the terms of the Steel Trade - 27 August 1832
122 - Inventory of the Stock and Tools belonging to the Steel Trade at Soho - May 1832
123 - Letter. John Murdock (Sycamore Hill) to M. R. Boulton (Soho) - 10 August 1833
124 - Letter. William Murdock jr. (Soho) to M. R. Boulton (Soho House) - 20 February 1834
125 - Letter. Ingleby & Wragge (Birmingham) to M. R. Boulton (Soho) - 21 February 1834
126 - Letter. William Murdock jr. (Soho) to M. R. Boulton (Soho House) - 21 February 1834
127 - Letter. William Murdock (Sycamore Hill) to M. R. Boulton (Soho) - 21 February 1834
128 - Letter. William Murdock jr. (Soho) to Mr Westley (Mint) - 21 February 1834
127 - Exchequer: Property and Income. M.R.Boulton - 1794 -1825
128 - Exchequer: Property and Income - 1826 - 1840
129 - Exchequer: Current - 1828 - 1842
130 - Exchequer: Miscellaneous Pecuniary Memoranda - c.1798 - c.1834
131 - Exchequer: [Ownership and Private?] - 1805-1844
132 - Hodges v. Boulton: Correspondence & Accounts. - 1808 - 1814
133 - Hodges v. Boulton: Briefs etc. - 1809 - 1814
134 - Hodges v. Boulton: Law Instruments. - 1809-1813
135 - Boulton, Watt, & Co.: Proposal to Mr. Cotton, &c.; Dissolution Documents & Statements, & Final Settlement. - 1839 - 1841
136 - M. Boulton & Plate Co.: Disposal of the Concern. - 1833 - 1848
137 - Engine Manufactory, Vol. 2 (Technical): Boilers; Slide Valves - 1795 - 1829
138 - Boilers: William Murdock Jr.’s reports of boiler experiments at Soho Foundry - 1824 - 1829
139 - Bombay Mint, Vol. 1 - 1809 - 1823
140 - Bombay Mint, Vol. 2 - 1824-1837
141 - Soho Mint—Coining, Rolling, Melting - 1786 - 1844
142 - Thornhill, Miss Boulton. - 1787-1832
143 - Correspondence and College Bills for Hugh William Boulton. - 1837 - 1842
144 - In re Baldock: Correspondence & Memoranda - 1839 - 1841
145 - Inventions, Schemes, & Projects; also Miscellaneous Mechanical Undertakings - 1779 - 1821
146 - Ad Referendum. [Miscellaneous papers] - 1803 - 1836
147 - Travelling Repository - 1833 - 1842
148 - Pool at Winson Green Farm: Counsel’s opinion, correspondence &c. - 1831-1833
149 - Soho House and Garden. - 1797 - 1861
150 - Diaries - 1801 - 1802
151 - Notebooks - 1795 - 1839
152 - Steam engines – miscellaneous papers and drawings. - 1793-1848
153 - Miscellaneous writings of M. R. Boulton - 1801-1829
154 - Murdock & Toney – Memoranda. - 1841 - 1842
155 - 'Cash Account 1787-1789' - 1787-1789
156 - Pages from a letter book - 1788 - 1789
157 - Bills of Mary Anne Boulton’s funeral - 1829
158 - Catalogue of Papers: Matthew Boulton’s Counting-House. - 1791 - 1819
159 - Catalogue of Deeds - c.1806
160 - Index to Correspondents and Documents - c.1806
161 - Rough Catalogue - c.1820
162 - Catalogue of the Iron Safe - 1842
163 - 'Hampton Court Report' : Reports on various estates and manors in Herefordshire - nd. c. 1808
164 - Miscellaneous papers - 1801 - 1837
165 - Leather wallets - nd. 19th cent.
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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