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Expand 1 - Records of the firm of Boulton & Fothergill - 1757 - 17921 - Records of the firm of Boulton & Fothergill - 1757 - 1792
Expand 2 - Records of the firm of M. Boulton - 1782 - 18162 - Records of the firm of M. Boulton - 1782 - 1816
Expand 3 - Records of Soho Mint - 1791 - 18503 - Records of Soho Mint - 1791 - 1850
Expand 4 - Records of the London Banking Agency - 1802 - 18194 - Records of the London Banking Agency - 1802 - 1819
Expand 5 - Records of Other Firms - 1802 - 18315 - Records of Other Firms - 1802 - 1831
Expand 6 - Household Books and Documents - 1752 - 18636 - Household Books and Documents - 1752 - 1863
Expand 7 - Housekeeper's Books and Accounts (Soho House) - 1787 - 18267 - Housekeeper's Books and Accounts (Soho House) - 1787 - 1826
Expand 8 - Private Books and Documents - 1799 - 18558 - Private Books and Documents - 1799 - 1855
Expand 9 - Great Tew Books and Documents - 1815 - 18449 - Great Tew Books and Documents - 1815 - 1844
Expand 10 - Miscellaneous Cashiers' and Agents' Records - 1805 - 186310 - Miscellaneous Cashiers' and Agents' Records - 1805 - 1863
Expand 11 - Letters and Papers of Charles James Chubb - 1841 - 186311 - Letters and Papers of Charles James Chubb - 1841 - 1863
Expand 12 - Correspondence and Papers of Matthew Boulton - 1760 - 180912 - Correspondence and Papers of Matthew Boulton - 1760 - 1809
Collapse 13 - Correspondence and Papers of Matthew Robinson Boulton - c.1770 - 184213 - 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
Expand 7 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, A. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 18187 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, A. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 8 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, B. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 18188 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, B. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 9 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C & D. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 18189 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C & D. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 10 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, E & F. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 181810 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, E & F. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 11 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G & H. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 181811 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G & H. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 12 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, I to L. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 181812 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, I to L. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 13 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 181813 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 14 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, N to R. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 181814 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, N to R. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 15 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, S & T. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 181815 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, S & T. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 16 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, V to Z. 1787 - 1818 - 1787-181816 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, V to Z. 1787 - 1818 - 1787-1818
Expand 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)
             Co17 - 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
Expand 18 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, B. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 183618 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, B. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
Expand 19 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 183619 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
Expand 20 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, D & E. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 181820 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, D & E. 1787 - 1818 - 1787 - 1818
Expand 21 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, F. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 183621 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, F. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
Expand 22 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G & H. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 183622 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G & H. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
Expand 23 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, I to L. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 183623 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, I to L. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
Expand 24 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M & P. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 183624 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M & P. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
Expand 25 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, R & S. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 183625 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, R & S. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
Expand 26 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, T to Z. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 183626 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, T to Z. 1819 - 1836 - 1819 - 1836
Expand 27 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, A & B 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 183927 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, A & B 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
Expand 28 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C to F. 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 183928 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, C to F. 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
Expand 29 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G to L 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 183929 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, G to L 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
Expand 30 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M to R. 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 183930 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, M to R. 1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
Expand 31 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, S to Z.1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 183931 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, S to Z.1837 - 1839 - 1837 - 1839
Expand 32 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence. January - May 1840 - January - May 184032 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence. January - May 1840 - January - May 1840
Expand 33 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, June - December 1840 - June - December 184033 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, June - December 1840 - June - December 1840
Expand 34 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, January - September 1841 - January - September 184134 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, January - September 1841 - January - September 1841
Expand 35 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, October 1841 - April 1842 - October 1841 - April 184235 - Matthew Robinson Boulton: General Correspondence, October 1841 - April 1842 - October 1841 - April 1842
Expand 36 - Matthew Boulton. 1787 - 1807 - 1787 - 180736 - Matthew Boulton. 1787 - 1807 - 1787 - 1807
Expand 37 - Matthew Boulton:  Biographical Memoirs, 1809 to 1829;  Decease & Funeral;  Medal & Print;  Epitaphs. - 19th cent. - 20th cent.37 - Matthew Boulton: Biographical Memoirs, 1809 to 1829; Decease & Funeral; Medal & Print; Epitaphs. - 19th cent. - 20th cent.
Expand 38 - Letters from Anne Boulton (1768-1829). - 18 May 1781 - 15 January 180138 - Letters from Anne Boulton (1768-1829). - 18 May 1781 - 15 January 1801
Expand 39 - Letters from James Watt, James Watt Jr., Gregory Watt. - 1792 - 180739 - Letters from James Watt, James Watt Jr., Gregory Watt. - 1792 - 1807
Expand 40 - James Watt; James Watt Jr. 1808 - 1821 - 1808 - 182140 - James Watt; James Watt Jr. 1808 - 1821 - 1808 - 1821
Expand 41 - Agents: William D. Brown;  Richard Chippindall;  William Cheshire;  John Glynn;  Miscellaneous Soho Agents.  - 1805 - 182041 - Agents: William D. Brown; Richard Chippindall; William Cheshire; John Glynn; Miscellaneous Soho Agents. - 1805 - 1820
Expand 42 - Agents (M. Boulton & Plate Company):  W. B. Chamberlain;  E. E. Edkins;  T. Remmett.   - 1819 - 183442 - Agents (M. Boulton & Plate Company): W. B. Chamberlain; E. E. Edkins; T. Remmett. - 1819 - 1834
Expand 43 - James Lawson;  John Southern. - 1800 - 181743 - James Lawson; John Southern. - 1800 - 1817
Expand 44 - John Woodward. 1802 - 1805 - 1802 - 180544 - John Woodward. 1802 - 1805 - 1802 - 1805
Expand 45 - John Woodward. 1806 - 1807 - 1806 - 180745 - John Woodward. 1806 - 1807 - 1806 - 1807
46 - John Woodward. 1808 - 1810. (cF3) - 1808 - 1810
Expand 47 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt, & Co.:  John Mosley;  John Robinson.   - 1802 - 181847 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt, & Co.: John Mosley; John Robinson. - 1802 - 1818
Expand 48 - A. & J. Weston;  James Weston;  Weston & Teesdale.  1802 - 1820. - 1802 - 182048 - A. & J. Weston; James Weston; Weston & Teesdale. 1802 - 1820. - 1802 - 1820
Expand 49 - John Rennie, and Memoir, 1784 - 1824 - 1784 - 182449 - John Rennie, and Memoir, 1784 - 1824 - 1784 - 1824
Expand 50 - Pascoe Grenfell, 1804 - 1813 - 1804 - 181350 - Pascoe Grenfell, 1804 - 1813 - 1804 - 1813
Expand 51 - Agents: Zaccheus Walker Junior. 1789-1822. - 1789 - 182251 - Agents: Zaccheus Walker Junior. 1789-1822. - 1789 - 1822
Expand 52 - Introductions, Applications, &c. - 1781 - 179252 - Introductions, Applications, &c. - 1781 - 1792
Expand 53 - Familiarum Epistolæ et Selectæ - 1755 - 180853 - Familiarum Epistolæ et Selectæ - 1755 - 1808
Expand 54 - Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, and Brothers and Sisters. 1829 - 1839 - 1829 - 183954 - Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, and Brothers and Sisters. 1829 - 1839 - 1829 - 1839
Expand 55 - James Watt Jr. 1822 - 1826 - 1822 - 182655 - James Watt Jr. 1822 - 1826 - 1822 - 1826
Expand 56 - James Watt Jr. 1827 - 1835 - 1827 - 183556 - James Watt Jr. 1827 - 1835 - 1827 - 1835
Expand 57 - James Watt Jr. 1836 - 1839 - 1836 - 183957 - James Watt Jr. 1836 - 1839 - 1836 - 1839
Expand 58 - Agents, Private (Soho): John Robinson. 1819 - 1830 - 1819 - 183058 - Agents, Private (Soho): John Robinson. 1819 - 1830 - 1819 - 1830
Expand 59 - Agents, Private (Soho): John Robinson;  Joseph Westley; Charles James Chubb.  - 1831 - 183459 - Agents, Private (Soho): John Robinson; Joseph Westley; Charles James Chubb. - 1831 - 1834
Expand 60 - Agents, Private (Soho): Charles James Chubb;  Joseph Westley. 1835 - 1837 - 1835 - 183760 - Agents, Private (Soho): Charles James Chubb; Joseph Westley. 1835 - 1837 - 1835 - 1837
Expand 61 - Agents, Private (Soho): Joseph Westley;  Charles James Chubb. - 1838 - 183961 - Agents, Private (Soho): Joseph Westley; Charles James Chubb. - 1838 - 1839
Expand 62 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt & Co.: John Mosley, A. F. Stonebridge.  1819 - 1825. - 1819 - 182562 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt & Co.: John Mosley, A. F. Stonebridge. 1819 - 1825. - 1819 - 1825
Expand 63 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt & Co.: John Mosley, A. F. Stonebridge. 1825 - 1832. - 1825 - 183263 - M. R. Boulton, J. Watt & Co.: John Mosley, A. F. Stonebridge. 1825 - 1832. - 1825 - 1832
Expand 64 - Agents, Private (London): Augustus Frederick Stonebridge;  R. F. Davis.  1833-1834. - 1833 - 183464 - Agents, Private (London): Augustus Frederick Stonebridge; R. F. Davis. 1833-1834. - 1833 - 1834
Expand 65 - Agents Private (London): R. F. Davis. 1835 - 1837. - 1835 - 183765 - Agents Private (London): R. F. Davis. 1835 - 1837. - 1835 - 1837
Expand 66 - Agents, Private (London): R. F. Davis. 1838 - 1839. - 1838 - 183966 - Agents, Private (London): R. F. Davis. 1838 - 1839. - 1838 - 1839
Expand 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 - 183967 - 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
Expand 68 - George & John Rennie, 1818 - 1835. - 1818 - 183568 - George & John Rennie, 1818 - 1835. - 1818 - 1835
Expand 69 - Land Agent (Soho):  William Fowler. - 1837 - 183969 - Land Agent (Soho): William Fowler. - 1837 - 1839
Expand 70 - Thomas Fulljames. 1830 - 1838. - 1830 - 183870 - Thomas Fulljames. 1830 - 1838. - 1830 - 1838
Expand 71 - George Barker;  Barker & Unett.  1797 - 1830. - 1797 - 183071 - George Barker; Barker & Unett. 1797 - 1830. - 1797 - 1830
Expand 72 - George Barker;  Barker & Son, solicitors - 1831 - 183972 - George Barker; Barker & Son, solicitors - 1831 - 1839
Expand 73 - Clement Ingleby;  Ingleby & Wragge. - 1830 - 183973 - Clement Ingleby; Ingleby & Wragge. - 1830 - 1839
Expand 74 - Weston, Teesdale, & Symes - 1821 - 183874 - Weston, Teesdale, & Symes - 1821 - 1838
Expand 75 - Teesdale, Symes, & Company;  John Coles Symes - 183975 - Teesdale, Symes, & Company; John Coles Symes - 1839
Expand 76 - Exchequer:  Soho, Staffordshire:  Land and Buildings, Rents, Rates, &c.  (A)  - 1796 - 183876 - Exchequer: Soho, Staffordshire: Land and Buildings, Rents, Rates, &c. (A) - 1796 - 1838
Expand 77 - Exchequer:  Expenditure & Supply (A2)   - 1796 - 182577 - 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
Expand 83 - Canals:  Birmingham;  Birmingham & Worcester;  Birmingham & Warwick;  Miscellaneous.  (C) - 1766 - 179483 - Canals: Birmingham; Birmingham & Worcester; Birmingham & Warwick; Miscellaneous. (C) - 1766 - 1794
Expand 84 - Needwood Forest Enclosure;  Yoxall Enclosure - 1795 - 180184 - 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
Expand 91 - M.Boulton & Plate Manufactory (F?)	 - 1798 - 183391 - M.Boulton & Plate Manufactory (F?) - 1798 - 1833
Expand 92 - Button Manufactory   - 1795 - 180392 - Button Manufactory - 1795 - 1803
Expand 93 - Manufacture and Trade.  - 1793 - 183293 - Manufacture and Trade. - 1793 - 1832
94 - Birmingham Warehouse: Boulton & Fothergill; Boulton, Walkers, & Collins; G. A. Bruxner; Danish Claims. (F6)
Collapse 95 - Iron Trade.  (G) - 1785 - 180695 - Iron Trade. (G) - 1785 - 1806
1 - Copy letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to L.H. Browne Esq. - 16 July 1785
2 - Document. - nd. c.1785
3 - Document endorsed ‘Estimates on the Nail Trade’ - nd. c.1785
4 - Document headed ‘A Sketch of Reasons for Granting a Bounty upon the Exportation of Ironwares in order to enable Britain to continue her Sales to the United States of America, and to supply the Continent of Europe with many Sorts of Ironwares.’ - nd. c.1785
5 - Document headed ‘A Hasty Sketch wrote to induce the Friends of the Iron Trade to collect opinions what number of men, women & children are employed…’ - nd. c.1785
6 - Document headed ‘A Sketch of General Reasons for promoting the increase of Bar Iron making in Britain and the Exportation of Iron wares’. - nd. c.1785
7 - Document headed ‘A Sketch, to shew the impropriety of Lowering the Duty upon the Importation of Bar Iron, and the Danger of an opinion prevailing that any Administration could possibly adopt such a Measure.’ - nd. c.1785
8 - Document headed ‘A Description of the different Classes & Denominations of the Merchants and Manufacturers in the Iron Trade’. - nd. c.1785
9 - Typed note from Assay Office headed ‘Tax on Pig Iron – Iron Trade and listing contents of ‘Packet, endorsed ‘G. [S. Garbett] on Iron respecting ye Duty’. Numbered 12-17. The 6 documents listed below are listed as forming part of the package: - 1785
9a - Document headed ‘Sketch of a Memorandum delivered to Mr. Browne when he set off for London’. - 25 June 1785.
9b - Document headed ‘A Description of the different Classes & Denominations of the Merchants & Manufacturers in the Iron Trade. - nd. c.1785
9c - Document headed ‘A Sketch to shew the impropriety of Lowering the Duty upon the importation of Bar Iron, and the Danger of an opinion prevailing that any administration could possibly adopt such a measure. - nd. c.1785
9d - Document headed ‘A Sketch of Reasons for Granting a Bounty upon the Exportation of Ironwares in order to enable Britain to continue her Sales to the United States of America; and to supply the Continent of Europe with many sorts of Ironwares. - nd. c.1785
9e - Document headed ‘A Sketch of General Reasons for promoting the increase of Bar Iron making in Britain & the Exportation of Ironwares.’ - nd. c.1785
9f - Document headed 'A Hasty Sketch wrote to induce the Friends of the Iron Trade to collect opinions what number of Men Women & Children are employed in Working for Exportation supposing 20 thousand Tons of Ironwares are annually exported, & supposing that one Ton of Ironwares is on average sold for £40. Suppose of every Sixty Persons employed at Iron Wares 50 are Nailers & 10 in other Articles.' - nd. c.1785
10 - Document headed ‘A Description of the different Classes and Denominations of the Merchants and Manufacturers in the Iron Trade. - nd. c.1785
11 - Document headed ‘A Sketch, to shew the impropriety of Lowering the duty upon the Importation of Bar Iron, and the danger of an Opinion prevailing that any Administration could possibly adopt such a Measure. It is supposed that about 90,000 Ton of Bar Iron - nd. c.1785
12 - Document headed ‘A Hasty Sketch wrote to induce the Friends of the Iron Trade to collect Opinions what number of Men Women and Children are employed in working for Exportation, Supposing 20 Thousand Tons are annually exported & supposing that one Ton of Iron Wares is on average sold for 40£. - nd. c.1785
13 - Document by William Wilkinson, headed ‘An Account of the different Iron works number’d with Red Ink in the Chart no.114 of the Map of France, to whom they belong and the Situation in which they are in the Chart.’ - 4 April 1787
14 - Document headed ‘From Mr. Gilpin’s Mem. Book October 1796’ - [1796]
15 - Document headed ‘The Quantity of Pig Iron made in the year 1796’. - c.1797
16 - Document headed ‘Supposed produce of the proposed Tax on Pig Iron’. - nd. c.1797
17 - Document headed ‘Heads of Iron Bill’. - nd. c.1797
18 - Copy letter. M. Boulton to H. Legge Esq.(London). - 14 November 1797
19 - Copy letter. Birmingham. - 18 November 1797
20 - Document headed ‘Archangel 10th November 1786’. - 1797
21 - Press copy letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to William Gibbons (—). - 11 November 1797
22 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 27 November 1797
23 - Document headed ‘December 15 1797 Mr Gibbons said’. - [15 December 1797]
24 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 28 November 1797
25 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 29 November 1797
26 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 1 December 1797
27 - Letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Matthew Boulton (London). - 2 December 1797
28 - Letter. Samuel Garbett [Birmingham] to Matthew Boulton (—). - 17 December 1797
29 - Document re: Iron tax. - nd. c.1797
30 - Note - nd. c.1797
31 - Document headed ‘Calculation to shew how the tax upon pig iron at 20/- per ton will operate upon the different branches of the trade.’ - nd. c.1797
32 - Document headed ‘Heads of Iron Bill’. - nd. c.1797
33 - Document headed ‘An Account of the Names & Situations of all the Furnaces or Houses employed in the respective Collections for Smelting Iron, Lead, Copper, & Tin, and also for Making or procuring Brass, with as accurate an Account as can be obtained of the Quantity of each Species of Metal procured from the Ores at each such Furnace or smelting House with the last year.’ - nd. c.1797
34 - Printed document headed ‘At a General Quarterly Meeting, of Iron Masters, held at Stourbridge’. - 13 January 1798
35 - Printed document headed ‘Remarks respecting Hardware-Manufacturers upon the Continent of Europe and in the United States of America’, by T. Maullin of Birmingham. - nd.
36 - Document headed ‘Expence at Aberpergwin from June 30 1798 to July 1st 1799 - [August 1799]
37 - Document headed ‘List of the Principal Land Owners in Wales with the Situations of their Properties’. - May 1800 - June 1800
38 - Document headed ‘Table of Contents’, which forms an index to the set of documents listed below. - nd. [c. 1800]
39 - Document headed ‘Sections of the Strata at Sirhowy from Mr. Monkhouse. June 1800.’ - [June 1800]
40 - Document headed ‘Expence making Iron at Neath from June 30th 1799 to July 1st 1800 - 1 July1800
41 - Document. List of furnaces - nd. c. 1800
42 - Diagram of Lightmoor Furnace No.1, addressed to M.R. Boulton - nd. c.1800
43 - Notes and sketches headed ‘Cyfarthen’ - nd. c. 1800
44 - Wrapper titled 'Publication in the Evening Mail on the proposed Tax on Pig Iron' - April 1806
45 - Printed notice headed ‘To The Inhabitants of this Town and Neighbourhood’ - 7 April 1806
46 - Printed notice giving the resolutions passed at the Town Meeting (see no. 45 above) - 11 April 1806
47 - Letter. From Thomas Ryder to the Editor of the Evening Mail - 11 April 1806
48 - Printed notice of resolutions passed at a general meeting of the iron trade held in Bristol - 16 April 1806
49 - Printed notice of resolutions passed at a general meeting of iron masters at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, London. - 18 April 1806
50 - Document headed ‘Statement of the Supposed Proceeds of the Duty upon Iron’. - 25 April 1806
51 - Printed notice headed ‘Tax on Pig-Iron’. - 25 April 1806
52 - Document headed ‘Calculation of the increased price of smiths iron work’. - 29 April 1806
53 - Document headed ‘Calculation of the advance upon Pig Iron in consequence of the Proposed Duty.’ - April 1806
54 - Document headed 'A Calculation upon 5 tons of Nails' - April 1806
55 - Document headed 'Calculation of the Drawback on Iron and Iron Wares exports in the year 1805' - April 1806
56 - Document headed ‘In 20 Packages exported to the Mediterranean’. - April 1806
57 - Document headed ‘Estimate of what Government may actually pay more pr annum for Iron & Iron Wares if the proposed tax on Iron should take place’. - April 1806
58 - Document headed ‘Summary of leading facts relative to the Iron Trade’. - nd. c. 1806
59 - Document headed ‘Estimate of the Increased Price of Bar & Rod Iron in consequence of the proposed Tax’. - April 1806
60 - Printed notice headed 'Tax on Pig Iron' - April 1806
61 - Documented headed 'Memoranda for the deputation from Birmingham' - nd. c.1806
62 - Printed notice of the representations of the deputation from Birmingham and Sheffield to the House of Commons. - nd. c.1806
63 - Document headed ‘Iron exported to America upon an average of ten years’. - 2 May 1806
64 - Printed pamphlet titled 'Observations on the proposed tax on Pig-Iron, by an iron-master' - 3 May 1806
65 - Document headed ‘Calculations of the Drawback on British Iron & Iron Wares exported in the year 1805, supposing a Drawback to be allowed only on the quantity of Raw Material consumed in the Manufacture of the Article.’ - May 1806
66 - Document headed ‘Calculations of the advance upon Nails by Mr. T. Price - 1806
67 - Document headed ‘Calculation of the increased price of castings in consequence of the proposed tax of £2 per ton on Pig.’ - 1806
68 - Note - 1806
69 - Printed notice headed ‘Tax on Pig Iron’ - 1806
70 - Printed notice headed ‘Demonstrations of the Injury which the Nail-Trade will experience from the proposed Tax upon Iron. - nd. c.1806
71 - Printed notice headed ‘An attempt to elucidate the effect which the proposed tax on Iron will have upon one article, from which it is presumed some ideas may be gathered relative to others’. - 2 April 1806
72 - Document titled 'A Statement to shew the effects of the proposed Iron Tax on the Agricultural Interest' - nd. c.1806
73 - Document headed 'Statement transmitted by Mr Vansittart' - nd. c.1806
74 - Document headed ‘(copy) Calculation of the Amo[un]t of the proposed Drawback on British Iron exported (by Mr Vansittart). - n.d. c.1806
75 - Note of figures concerning the manufacture of pig iron - nd. c.1806
76 - Notes headed ‘Objections to the proposed tax on Pig Iron’ - nd. c.1806
77 - Notes headed ‘A View of the financial operation of the proposed Tax of £2 pr Ton on Pig Iron’. - nd. c.1806
78 - Statement ‘shewing the difference between making and Exporting 20 Tons of Bar Iron’. - n.d. c.1806
79 - Note on Sinclair’s calculations on the expense of collecting duties published in his History of the Revenue. - nd. c.1806
80 - Printed pamphlet headed ‘Letters on the Iron-Tax, by an Iron-Master’ - May 1806
81 - Printed notice headed ‘Comparative view of the estimates of the nett proceeds of the duty on pig iron’. - nd. c.1806
82 - Printed pamphlet headed ‘An Account of the Quantity and Value (Real and Official) of all British Iron and Iron Wares exported from Great Britain, for Ten Years, ending the 5th of January 1806. - 21 April 1806
83 - Table headed ‘December 1825 Blast Furnaces in Great Britain’. - 20 March 1826
84 - Statement headed 'A comparative statement of the quantity of Pig Iron made at the Blast Furnaces in South Wales, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham in the years 1823 and 1830. Also the Total No. Of Furnaces at each' - 21 August 1832
96 - Copper Trade, Vol. 1: Connection and Dispute with Hurd. (H) - 1789 - 1795
Expand 97 - Copper Trade, Vol. 2:  Cornish Miners’ Contest.  (H2) - 1770 - 180197 - Copper Trade, Vol. 2: Cornish Miners’ Contest. (H2) - 1770 - 1801
Expand 98 - Gas Light:  Parliamentary Contest.    (I) - 1808 - 180998 - Gas Light: Parliamentary Contest. (I) - 1808 - 1809
Expand 99 - Estate of the late William Wilkinson: Custom House, Liverpool; Flookborough  (K) - 1832 - 184099 - Estate of the late William Wilkinson: Custom House, Liverpool; Flookborough (K) - 1832 - 1840
Expand 100 - Boulton v. Lander:  Correspondence;  Funeral of Matthew Boulton, Esq.  (L) - 1809100 - Boulton v. Lander: Correspondence; Funeral of Matthew Boulton, Esq. (L) - 1809
101 - [Number not used]
Expand 102 - Samuel Garbett’s Bankruptcy:  Documents Historical and Illustrative, Accounts and Vouchers.  (M) - 1777 - 1806102 - Samuel Garbett’s Bankruptcy: Documents Historical and Illustrative, Accounts and Vouchers. (M) - 1777 - 1806
Expand 103 - Samuel Garbett’s Bankruptcy:  Correspondence, Legal and Official Documents.  (M2) - 1798 - 1806103 - Samuel Garbett’s Bankruptcy: Correspondence, Legal and Official Documents. (M2) - 1798 - 1806
Expand 104 - Trafalgar Medal.  (P) - 1798 - 1809104 - Trafalgar Medal. (P) - 1798 - 1809
Expand 105 - Liberation of German Officers.  (P) - 1813 - 1814105 - Liberation of German Officers. (P) - 1813 - 1814
Expand 106 - Mint & Coinage, French:  Propositions by Zaccheus Walker Jr. to Mr. Herries Herrisse  (Q) - 1802 106 - Mint & Coinage, French: Propositions by Zaccheus Walker Jr. to Mr. Herries Herrisse (Q) - 1802
Expand 107 - Mint, Russian: Volume 1: Official Correspondence - 1796 - 1800107 - Mint, Russian: Volume 1: Official Correspondence - 1796 - 1800
Expand 108 - Mint, Russian: Volume 2: Estimates, Proposals, Contracts, and Legal Documents; Birmingham Memorial, 1796-1814. - 1796-1814108 - Mint, Russian: Volume 2: Estimates, Proposals, Contracts, and Legal Documents; Birmingham Memorial, 1796-1814. - 1796-1814
Expand 109 - Mint, Russian: Volume 3: Zaccheus Walker Jr.;  Workmen’s Correspondence;  Miscellanies. - 1800-1814109 - Mint, Russian: Volume 3: Zaccheus Walker Jr.; Workmen’s Correspondence; Miscellanies. - 1800-1814
Expand 110 - Danish Mint.    (S) - 1796-1816110 - Danish Mint. (S) - 1796-1816
Expand 111 - [American Mints.]   (S2) - 1807-1837111 - [American Mints.] (S2) - 1807-1837
Expand 112 - Mint, British  (T) - 1798-1838112 - Mint, British (T) - 1798-1838
Expand 113 - East India Mint;  East India Company Coinage;  Ceylon Coinage;  Bermudas and Bahama Coinage.  (V) - 1794 - 1849113 - East India Mint; East India Company Coinage; Ceylon Coinage; Bermudas and Bahama Coinage. (V) - 1794 - 1849
Expand 114 - Calcutta Mint, Vol. 1.  (V2) - 1809 - 1822114 - Calcutta Mint, Vol. 1. (V2) - 1809 - 1822
Expand 115 - Calcutta Mint, Vol. 2.  (V3) - 1823 - 1826115 - Calcutta Mint, Vol. 2. (V3) - 1823 - 1826
Expand 116 - British Coinage Vol. 1 - Official Correspondence.  1795-1801. (W) - 1795 - 1801116 - British Coinage Vol. 1 - Official Correspondence. 1795-1801. (W) - 1795 - 1801
Expand 117 - British Coinage, Vol. 2.  (W2) - 1802 - 1811117 - 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
Expand 120 - Mint Inventions and Improvements, Vol. 1.  (W6) - 1799 - 1834120 - Mint Inventions and Improvements, Vol. 1. (W6) - 1799 - 1834
Expand 121 - Mint Inventions and Improvements, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3.  (W7, W8) - 1787 - 1792121 - 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]
Expand 124 - 'Magazine'    (BB) - 1800-1834124 - 'Magazine' (BB) - 1800-1834
125 - Political Economy; Statistics. (CC) [Not found].
Expand 126 - J. Bownas & Co.  Murdock and Toney. (DD) - 1777 - 1834126 - J. Bownas & Co. Murdock and Toney. (DD) - 1777 - 1834
Expand 127 - Exchequer:  Property and Income.  M.R.Boulton - 1794 -1825127 - 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
Expand 132 - Hodges v. Boulton: Correspondence & Accounts. - 1808 - 1814132 - Hodges v. Boulton: Correspondence & Accounts. - 1808 - 1814
Expand 133 - Hodges v. Boulton: Briefs etc. - 1809 - 1814133 - Hodges v. Boulton: Briefs etc. - 1809 - 1814
Expand 134 - Hodges v. Boulton: Law Instruments. - 1809-1813134 - Hodges v. Boulton: Law Instruments. - 1809-1813
Expand 135 - Boulton, Watt, & Co.:  Proposal to Mr. Cotton, &c.;  Dissolution Documents & Statements, & Final Settlement.   - 1839 - 1841135 - Boulton, Watt, & Co.: Proposal to Mr. Cotton, &c.; Dissolution Documents & Statements, & Final Settlement. - 1839 - 1841
Expand 136 - M. Boulton & Plate Co.:  Disposal of the Concern.   - 1833 - 1848136 - M. Boulton & Plate Co.: Disposal of the Concern. - 1833 - 1848
Expand 137 - Engine Manufactory, Vol. 2 (Technical):  Boilers;  Slide Valves - 1795 - 1829137 - Engine Manufactory, Vol. 2 (Technical): Boilers; Slide Valves - 1795 - 1829
Expand 138 - Boilers: William Murdock Jr.’s reports of boiler experiments at Soho Foundry - 1824 - 1829138 - Boilers: William Murdock Jr.’s reports of boiler experiments at Soho Foundry - 1824 - 1829
Expand 139 - Bombay Mint, Vol. 1 - 1809 - 1823139 - Bombay Mint, Vol. 1 - 1809 - 1823
Expand 140 - Bombay Mint, Vol. 2 - 1824-1837140 - Bombay Mint, Vol. 2 - 1824-1837
Expand 141 - Soho Mint—Coining, Rolling, Melting - 1786 - 1844141 - Soho Mint—Coining, Rolling, Melting - 1786 - 1844
Expand 142 - Thornhill, Miss Boulton. - 1787-1832142 - Thornhill, Miss Boulton. - 1787-1832
Expand 143 - Correspondence and College Bills for Hugh William Boulton.   - 1837 - 1842143 - Correspondence and College Bills for Hugh William Boulton. - 1837 - 1842
144 - In re Baldock: Correspondence & Memoranda - 1839 - 1841
Expand 145 - Inventions, Schemes, & Projects;  also Miscellaneous Mechanical Undertakings - 1779 - 1821145 - Inventions, Schemes, & Projects; also Miscellaneous Mechanical Undertakings - 1779 - 1821
Expand 146 - Ad Referendum.  [Miscellaneous papers] - 1803 - 1836146 - Ad Referendum. [Miscellaneous papers] - 1803 - 1836
Expand 147 - Travelling Repository  - 1833 - 1842147 - Travelling Repository - 1833 - 1842
Expand 148 - Pool at Winson Green Farm:  Counsel’s opinion, correspondence &c.     - 1831-1833148 - Pool at Winson Green Farm: Counsel’s opinion, correspondence &c. - 1831-1833
Expand 149 - Soho House and Garden. - 1797 - 1861149 - Soho House and Garden. - 1797 - 1861
Expand 150 - Diaries - 1801 - 1802150 - Diaries - 1801 - 1802
Expand 151 - Notebooks - 1795 - 1839151 - Notebooks - 1795 - 1839
Expand 152 - Steam engines – miscellaneous papers and drawings.   - 1793-1848152 - Steam engines – miscellaneous papers and drawings. - 1793-1848
Expand 153 - Miscellaneous writings of M. R. Boulton - 1801-1829153 - Miscellaneous writings of M. R. Boulton - 1801-1829
Expand 154 - Murdock & Toney – Memoranda.   - 1841 - 1842154 - Murdock & Toney – Memoranda. - 1841 - 1842
Expand 155 - 'Cash Account 1787-1789'  - 1787-1789155 - 'Cash Account 1787-1789' - 1787-1789
156 - Pages from a letter book - 1788 - 1789
Expand 157 - Bills of Mary Anne Boulton’s funeral - 1829157 - 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
Expand 164 - Miscellaneous papers - 1801 - 1837164 - Miscellaneous papers - 1801 - 1837
Expand 165 - Leather wallets - nd. 19th cent.165 - Leather wallets - nd. 19th cent.
Expand 14 - Papers of Ann Boulton [Daughter of Matthew Boulton] - 1793 - 182914 - Papers of Ann Boulton [Daughter of Matthew Boulton] - 1793 - 1829
Expand 15 - Accounts of Mrs. Mary Anne Boulton [née Wilkinson, wife of Matthew Robinson Boulton, son of Matthew Boulton] - 1814 - 182715 - Accounts of Mrs. Mary Anne Boulton [née Wilkinson, wife of Matthew Robinson Boulton, son of Matthew Boulton] - 1814 - 1827
Expand 16 - Other Personal Records - 1759 - 184516 - Other Personal Records - 1759 - 1845
Expand 17 - Legal Documents - 1790 - 181817 - Legal Documents - 1790 - 1818
Expand 18 - Records of the 1st Battalion, Loyal Birmingham Volunteers - 1794 - 180518 - Records of the 1st Battalion, Loyal Birmingham Volunteers - 1794 - 1805
Expand 19 - Records of the Committee at Verdun for the Relief of British Prisoners in France - 1808 - 181319 - Records of the Committee at Verdun for the Relief of British Prisoners in France - 1808 - 1813
Expand 20 - Miscellaneous Documents - 1759 - 1813?20 - Miscellaneous Documents - 1759 - 1813?
Expand 21 - Additions21 - Additions

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