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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

Series One: The Boulton & Watt Archive and the Matthew Boulton Papers from

Birmingham Central Library

Part 2: Muirhead I - Notebooks and Papers of James Watt and Family

Part 3: Engineering Drawings - Sun and Planet Type, c.1775-1802

Detailed Listing - Part 2

MUIRHEAD I


Box 1


MI/1/1:

Day Book, Journal and Ledger of John Watt of Greenock [Brother of James Watt], 1759-1761


MI/1/2:

Invoice Book of John Watt of Greenock, 1761-1762


MI/1/3:

Waste Book and Journal of John Watt of Greenock, 1761-1762


MI/1/4:

Ledger of John Watt of Greenock, 1761-1762


MI/1/5:

Burgess Ticket of The City of Perth granted to James Watt. With Seal. 9 April, 1770


MI/1/6:

Burgess Ticket of the town of Hamilton granted to James Watt. Hand painted crest. 7 June, 1770


MI/1/7:

Letter announcing election of James Watt as a Fellow of Royal Society, 29 November, 1785


MI/1/8:

Certificate of election of James Watt to the Batavian Society, Netherlands, 1787


MI/1/9:

Burgess ticket of the town of Paisley granted to James Watt. Hand painted crest. 9 October, 1800


MI/1/10:

Letter from Paisley Council accompanying the above, 9 October, 1800


MI/1/11:

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws awarded to James Watt by University of Glasgow. With seal (in metal box). 15 May 1806


MI/1/12-13:

Letter of nomination to membership and certificate of election of James Watt to the National Institute of France, 20 June 1808


MI/1/14:

ournal Notebook of James Watt. Includes: notes of expenses on a journey to London; notes about Patents; observations on Water of Leven, The Kinneil Engine and Survey of Strathmore canal, 1768 and 7 April-7 May 1770


MI/1/15:

Journal Notebook of James Watt. Includes: Strathmore canal survey (contd.), Monkland canal survey, River Clyde survey, Dumbarton road survey and Hamilton Bridge survey, May-October, 1770


MI/1/16:

Journal Notebook of James Watt. Includes: Monkland canal survey, Hamilton Bridge and Strathmore canal, October 1770 April 1771


MI/1/17:

Journal Notebook of James Watt. Includes: Monkland canal survey, Ayr harbour, Port Glasgow Dry Dock, Crinan canal and Borrowstoneness canal, April 1771 November 1771


MI/1/18:

Journal Notebook of James Watt. Includes: Monkland canal survey, Port Glasgow Dry Dock and Harbour and Ayr Harbour, November 1771 July, 1772


MI/1/19:

Journal Notebook of James Watt. Includes: Monkland canal survey, Crinan canal survey, Tarbert Report, Greenock Harbour, Greenock Waterworks, Lord Cochranes Steam Engine and Boulton and Roebuck negotiations, July 1772 April 1773


MI/1/20:

Journal Notebook of James Watt. Includes: Monkland canal, Campbeltown canal and harbour, Survey of River Forth, Survey of Caledonian canal, Boulton/Roebuck Settlement, steam experiments and death of his first wife, Margaret, May 1773 March, 1774


MI/1/21:

Journal Notebook of James Watt. Includes: Greenock cistern, Gilmerton coal mine, Rutherglen bridge, journey to Birmingham and note on Mr Smellies engine pit and Mr McGrigors mill at Glasgow (1775), March May 1774


MI/1/22-24:

Statement of cash received and paid on account of the Monkland canal by James Watt, 1770-1775


Box 2


MI/2/1:

Cash memorandum book of James Watt, 1761


MI/2/2:

Cash memorandum book of James Watt, 1763-1765


MI/2/3:

Cash memorandum book of James Watt, 1765-1767


MI/2/4:

Cash memorandum book of James Watt (includes expenses of a visit to London, 1767


MI/2/5:

Cash memorandum book of James Watt (includes notes on canal locks, Darwins medical theories etc.), 1767


MI/2/6:

Cash memorandum book of James Watt (includes travel expenses to London, Scotland etc.), 1774-1775


MI/2/7:

Cash notebook of James Watt (includes expenses in London, Birmingham and Sheffield and purchases of mathematical and musical instruments, household goods, jewellery, toys etc.), n.d., c.1769


MI/2/8:

Notebook of James Watt (steam and atmospheric experiments, notes on the power of various engines, the condenser, etc.), 1770-1781


MI/2/9:

Account Book of James Watt for repairs at Newhall Hill, travel to and expenses in Cornwall etc, 1775-1779


MI/2/10:

Engine Book (printed tables for performance and additional notes), 1774-1781


MI/2/11:

Cash Book (expenses in Cornwall), 1778-1783


MI/2/12:

Cash Book (Birmingham), 1786


MI/2/13:

Cash Book (journeys to London, Scotland etc.), 1787-1789


MI/2/14:

Cash Book, 1789-1793


MI/2/15:

Cash Book, 1793-1802


MI/2/16 (1):

Cash Book, 1802-1807


MI/2/16 (2) :

Cash Book, 1807-1808 [16a-j : Various receipts and engravings in /16 (1)]


MI/2/17:

Journal notebook of James Watt (includes visit to London; Albion Mill engine; pressed herb, paper silhouette etc.), 1786-1787


MI/2/18:

Notebook of James Watt (twisting cast iron, wood; lenses; velocity of water etc.), c. 1786-1789


MI/2/19:

Notebook of James Watt (various engines; collieries near Newcastle, and engines; journey to Cornwall; copying machines etc.), 1795-1797


MI/2/20:

Journal of James Watt, 1795-1803


MI/2/21:

Table of Cornish Engines with times and places of erection and removal, 1777-1800


MI/2/22-38:

List of Engines in the Two Old Drawing Books and details of various Engines in Cornwall and elsewhere, 1775-1780


MI/2/39:

Parchment pocket of James Watt. Heathfield.


MI/2/40:

Report relating to the Lomond Passage for the Great Canal by James Morison, Land Surveyor, 1767


MI/2/41:

Report of James Watt concerning navigating the Rivers Forth and Leven and making a navigable communication between the Forth and Loch Lomond [incomplete] n.d.


MI/2/42:

Notebook of James Watt with details of expenses, wages etc. for surveying for canals, 1769-1774


MI/2/43-51:

Miscellaneous receipts, accounts, 1769-1774


MI/2/52:

Report concerning the possibility and expense of carrying an artificial navigation into Strathmore by James Watt, 1771


MI/2/53:

Field Book of Surveys of the Monkland Canal (1769-1770) and Strathmore Canal (1770)


MI/2/54:

Notebook containing: reports on the River Clyde from Broomielaw Quay to Dumbuch Ford; copy letters to John Golborne concerning surveys; Monkland Canal Survey; proposals for Port Glasgow Harbour and dry dock (1769); observations on Mr Golbornes estimates for deepening the River Clyde; and copy letters to John Smeaton; William Alexander (Cluny Engine); Strathmore Canal (1770) lock estimates etc, 1769-1770
MI/2/55: Draft report on the Strathmore Canal, 1-18 [1770]
MI/2/56-79: Letters, notes, calculations etc. from MI/2/54. Includes proposals for Cluny Engine alterations (65-66); report on the River Clyde Level; letter from James Watt of Greenock re: Port Glasgow ( /59) Letter of Smeatons re: Monkland Canal ( /60) Crieff Canal distances ( /73).


MI/2/80:

Corrected copy of A Scheme for Making a Navigable Canal from The City of Glasgow to The Monkland Coalierys by James Watt (printed), 1769


MI/2/81:

An Account of the Scheme for Rendering Navigable the Rivers Forth and Devon by James Watt (printed), 1774


MI/2/82:

Draft Report concerning the isthmuses of Tarbert and Crinan by James Watt [c. 1771]


Box 3


MI/3/1:

Report by John Smeaton concerning navigation of River Devon, Clackmannanshire from Mellockfoot to River Forth, 1767


MI/3/2-10:

Letters, draft reports, surveys etc. of River Devon and River Forth, 1767-1769


MI/3/2-3:

Including: Draft letter concerning levelling the canal to Tullibody Bridge, 9 October 1767


MI/3/4:

References to James Morisons plan of the Lomond passage, with various calculations, 1767


MI/3/5:

Letter from John Golborne advising employment of James Watt [to Lord Cathcart?], 2 August, 1769


MI/3/6:

Letter from Lord Cathcart enquiring about a Report [to James Watt], 13 September, 1769


MI/3/7:

Description of River Forth from Craigforth New Miln to Alloa Shore with estimates of expense of canal, [1767]


MI/3/8:

Description of Course of Canal between the Forth and Loch Lomond, [1767]


MI/3/9:

Description of the Navigation of River Leven, [1767]


MI/3/10:

Report relating to the Lomond passage by James Morison with Mr Watts opinion on it, 1767


MI/3/11-17:

Rough notebooks of survey of River Forth etc.


MI/3/18-35:

Draft reports on River Forth, Lomond passage etc.


MI/3/36-52:

Miscellaneous calculations, notes etc. relating to the above surveys.


MI/3/53:

Report of John Smeaton on The Harbour of The City of Aberdeen [Printed], 1770


MI/3/54:

A Proposal for deepening and improving The Harbour of Ayr [1771]


MI/3/55a-c:

Observations on the present state of Ayr Harbour.


MI/3/56:

Report of John Golborne on The Deepening of River Clyde and Harbour of Port Glasgow [printed], 1768


MI/3/57:

Report concerning the Harbour of Port Glasgow by James Watt [printed], 1771


MI/3/58a-j:

Expenses of repairing Port Glasgow Dry Dock and report on the harbour, 1771


MI/3/59:

Draft report on the Borrowstowness Canal by James Watt, 1771-1772


MI/3/60-76:

Papers concerning various drainage schemes, bridge construction etc. VIZ:


MI/3/60-64:

etter from John Smeaton concerning the bridge at Hamilton on The Clyde with building estimates by William Purdie, Mason, 1770


MI/3/65:

Note of some particulars relating to the produce of cotton in Island of Cariacon, 1772


MI/3/66:

A Report to Charles Campbell of Barbreck concerning the drainage of his lands at Loch Sanish, by James Watt, 1773


MI/3/67:

The Opinion of James Watt concerning the tide miln Lord Cochrane proposes to erect at Culross, February 1773


MI/3/68:

Letter from James Watt concerning draining of Craigs Meadows and bringing water to Campbeltown Mills, June 1773


MI/3/69:

Report and estimate for draining of Craigs Meadows.


MI/3/70:

Report concerning the draining of the Craigs Meadows by James Watt [fire damaged], 1773


MI/3/71:

Letter and estimates for proposed cuts in the water of Saddell by James Watt [fire damaged] July 1773


MI/3/72:

Letter with James Watts opinion on the proposed cut of The Erecht, August 1773


MI/3/73:

Letter with opinion of James Watt on The Navigation of River Caradel, August 1773


MI/3/74:

Report by James Watt concerning a new Breast in Campbeltown Harbour [fire damaged], n.d. [1773]


MI/3/75:

Letter to the Magistrates of Renfrew concerning a proposed cut and navigation to Renfrew Bridge. n.d.


MI/3/76:

Regulations for the Undertaker of Rutherglen Bridge.


MI/3/77:

Plans of Crinan Isthmus by James Watt (unfinished), 1771


MI/3/78-80:

Sections of Crinan by James Watt, 1771


I/3/81:

Facts relative to Crinan and Tarbert in copy of a letter from James Watt to Henry Barclay, 1771


MI/3/82:

Draft Report and estimates by James Watt concerning the Isthmuses of Crinan (1-42) and Tarbert n.d. [1772]


MI/3/83:

Draft estimates and notes for the Report concerning Crinan and Tarbert (1-11) Isthmuses, n.d. [1772]


MI/3/84:

Prospectus of The Advantages to be derived from the Crinan Canal, by John Rennie. With map [printed], 1792


MI/3/85-89:

Estimates and notes on the Crinan Canal, 1793


MI/3/90:

Map of The Proposed Crinan Canal surveyed by John Rennie. Scale : 27/8 to 1 mile, 1792


MI/3/91/1-6:

Bundle of papers including: Mr. Rennies boreings of Crinan (1792); copy of letter from Rennie to the Duke of Argyll (1792); Mr Rennies estimate of the Dell passage (1792); estimate of Auchinshellach passage (1793); letter from Duke of Argyll (1793).


MI/3/92:

Plan of The Proposed Crinan Canal by John Rennie. Scale: 4 inches to 1 mile. Copied from Mr Rennies plan by William Bell. Hand coloured, 1793


MI/3/93:

Draft letter from James Watt to The Duke of Argyll concerning The Crinan Canal, February 1793


MI/3/94-95:

Copy letters from James Watt to William Patteney concerning The Crinan Canal, 1793


MI/3/96:

Lord Cathcarts Instructions to James Watt to survey the area between Fort William and Inverness and The Lochs Lochie, Oich and Ness etc, 30 August 1773


MI/3/97:

Draft report on the proposed Caledonian canal (1-41) n.d. [1773]


MI/3/98:

Draft estimates for cutting canals from Inverness to Fort William n.d. [1773?]


MI/3/99-110:

Various notes and calculations concerning the Caledonian Canal [1773]


MI/3/111:

Plan of The Caledonian Canal. Scale to 1 mile, printed [1773?]


MI/3/112:

Plan of Loch Eil to Loch Ness. Scale: 1 to one English Mile [1773?]


MI/3/113:

Plan of Lomond Passage surveyed and drawn by James Morison. Coloured. Scale: 1 to 2 English miles, 1767


MI/3/114:

Letter to James Watt from Lord Cathcart with amended preface to the report on the Caledonian Canal by James Watt, December 1773


MI/3/115:

Letter to James Watt from William Small concerning the advantages of a deep canal and probable use of it; experiments with curves; Dr Roebuck etc, January 1774


MI/3/116-123:

Miscellaneous


MI/3/116:

List of bounds of The Muirs of Lesmahagow as mentioned in The Decreet: The Duchess of Hamilton against The Fewars of Lesmahagow, 1675. 1734


MI/3/117:

Letter from [?] at Aberdeen to Lord Cathcart reporting on a survey of Aberdeen Harbour etc. and proposals to curb emigration from Scotland by various landholding reforms, January 1774


MI/3/118-122:

Lists of ships and sailing dates, 1771-1772


MI/3/123:

Miscellaneous calculations


Box 4


MI/4/1-5:

Surveys of lands of Demarnock by River Clyde [now Dalmarnock, Glasgow]. Scale: 35 or 3 Scots chains to 1 inch. Field names etc. given, February 1734


MI/4/6-10:

Five drawings by perspective machine, VIZ: table; chair; Mr Johnston; lower walk of college grounds [Glasgow]; Rutherglen Farm, 1763-1772


MI/4/11:

Plan of the new Tongue, Port Glasgow designed by James Watt, 1771/2


MI/4/12:

Plan of Port Glasgow Harbour showing the new Tongue, 1772


MI/4/13:

Plan of The Monkland Canal in Queensly lands. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [English and Scots measures given] n.d. [1770]


MI/4/14-19:

Perspective drawings of Crinan Canal and Loch Gilp, n.d. [c. 1771]


MI/4/20-23:

Plans of Crinan Canal, n.d. [c. 1771]


MI/4/24:

Section of The Auchinshellach Line of Crinan Canal by John Rennie, 1792


MI/4/25:

Section of the Dunamuck Line of Crinan Canal by John Rennie, 1792


MI/4/26-29:

Drawings of Rutherglen Bridge. n.d.


MI/4/30:

Plan of Foundation of two middle piers of Coldstream Bridge by John Smeaton. Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch. n.d.


MI/4/31-33:

Drawings of Greenock cistern and Bleaching Mill. n.d. [c. 1772]


MI/4/34:

Drawing of Glasgow Dock Gate. n.d.


MI/4/35-37:

Copy of Mr Edgers map of Loch Lomond. [Fragile]. nd.


MI/4/38:

Plan of Loch Lochy. n.d. [c. 1772]


MI/4/39-41:

Plans of the projected Caledonian Canal. n.d. [c. 1772]


MI/4/42:

Plan of Loch Eil and Loch Arraig. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Very fragile, n.d. [c.1772?]


MI/4/43:

Plan of a fort? n.d.


MI/4/44-45:

Harbour measurements? n.d.


MI/4/46-69:

In separate bundle


MI/4/46:

Plan of the intended Canal from Perth to Forfar part of the Strathmore Canal, 1770


MI/4/47:

Plan of Borrowstowness Canal, surveyed by James Watt. Drawn by Mr Pinkerton. Scale: 10 Scots chains to one inch, 1771


MI/4/48-49:

Plans of Avon water, part of Borrowstowness survey. n.d. [c. 1771]


MI/4/50:

Plan of Ayr Harbour by James Gregg. Scale: one inch to two chains, fragile, 1771


MI/4/51:

Unfinished copy of above [c. 1771]


MI/4/52:

Section of Tarbert isthmus [c. 1771]


MI/4/53:

Section of Tarbert and Crinan isthmuses [c. 1771]


MI/4/54-56:

Plans of Tarbert and Crinan [c. 1771]


MI/4/57:

Plan of Greenock Harbour. Scale: one inch to eleven yards. Surveyor: ? James Watt, 1772


MI/4/58:

Plan of Greenock Harbour and Port Glasgow, 1772


MI/4/59:

A Draught of the New Harbour at Greenock. Scale: one inch to 72 feet (approx.). Surveyor: Henry Pate, Hand coloured, 1772


MI/4/60:

Survey for Campbeltown Canal [1773]


MI/4/61-69:

Graphs and calculations of boiling point of water etc, 1765-1802


Box 5


MI/5/1:

Correspondence from Joseph Priestley to James Watt concerning various experiments (1-17) with air, conversion of water to air and giving examples of Priestleys shorthand, 1778-1785


MI/5/2:

Extracts from correspondence between Watt and others on the composition of water. Correspondents include Joseph Priestley, Joseph Banks, Mr de Luc, Joseph Black, Mr Kirwan etc, 1782-1784


MI/5/3:

Rent book and Ledger for Watts estates in Wales and elsewhere (16 enclosures), 1798-1808


MI/5/4:

Ledger for Watts estates in Wales and accounts with James Crummer (12 enclosures), 1809-1813


MI/5/5:

Cash book of James Watt for Welsh estates, 1810-1813


MI/5/6:

Minutes of the Committee for the erection of a monument to the late James Watt (2 enclosures), 1824-1827


MI/5/7:

Notebook of Subscriptions for a monument to the late James Watt with Coutts & Co, 1824-1832


MI/5/8:

Notebook with Subscriptions for a monument to the late James Watt with Spooner, Attwood & Co, 1824-1832


MI/5/9:

Notebook of Subscriptions towards the fund for erecting a monument to the late James Watt from Soho Foundry [c. 1824]


MI/5/10:

Notebook of Subscriptions for the erection of a monument to the late James Watt and Subscriptions received in Birmingham [c. 1824]


MI/5/11:

Enclosures: Copy of Birmingham Chronicle with notice concerning subscriptions to the National Monument to the late James Watt, 15 July, 1824


MI/5/12:

Detailed accounts for labour and materials in erecting a Gothic Cemetery at Handsworth to the late James Watt by W. Hollins, 1825-1827


MI/5/13:

Abstract and codicil of the late James Watts will, letters and receipts concerning (1-14) erection of a monument to him etc, 1819-1830


MI/5/14:

Papers and newspapers concerning the funeral of James Watt, deceased (1-11). Includes: lists of friends and those to have mourning rings; Order of Funeral; expenses for Faculty to erect a chapel and vault at Handsworth parish church (1825); copies of The Courier; The Times; Ariss Birmingham Gazette; the Birmingham Chronicle; announcing the death and funeral of James Watt, August-September, 1819


MI/5/15:

Correspondence, accounts etc. concerning Handsworth Cemetery and Chapel, dispute (1-106) with W. Hollins, builder of the memorial chapel etc. Correspondents: George Barker; R. Bridgens; M. Burden; J. & J. Carline; F. Chantrey; F. Clayton; Revd. E. Dales; Thomas Dixon; Revd. T. L. Freer; Henry M. Griffiths; James Haden; J. W. Higgins; Benjamin Hollins; William Hollins; V. H. Miller; John Molt; W.C. Mylne; Rickman & Hutchinson; R. Thomson, 1825-1829


MI/5/16 :

Bundle of newspapers with obituary notices for James Watt and articles on James (1-7) Watts early life, his ancestors etc, 1819-1838


MI/5/17:

Schedule of Deeds and Papers at Messrs. Barker & Griffiths, Trustees of James Watt, Jnr. [catalogue of Watt family papers], 1848


MI/5/18:

Bundle of miscellaneous letters etc. including: notes on prevention of escape of heat (1-18) by confined air; arbitration of Dalzel contra Baxter & Hood; tables and instructions for calculating the velocity of water in pipes; bill for delivery of books etc. (1825); letter on printing Watts articles on The Production of air from water (1784); letters from Sir Joshua Banks about experiments, Royal Society etc. (1784); article on Handsworth for Lewis Topographical dictionary, 1784-1843


Box 6


MI/6/1:

Diary-notebook of James Watt, jnr. Describing a journey to The Erzgebirge and Bohemia with visits to various mines at Marienberg; Annaberg; Carlsbad etc. in English and German, 1787


MI/6/2:

Account book of James Watt, jnr. (Travel expenses to Paris, Italy, Sicily, Switzerland, Germany: List of books purchased etc.), 1792-1793


MI/6/3:

Ledger of James Watt, jnr., for wages of workmen; materials of new engines; engine manufactory, 1794-1801


MI/6/4:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. Includes: List of prices for making copying machines and equipment; counting house machines; materials; paper; ink etc. Also Minutes of meeting to consider a plan for establishing watchmen at Soho Manufactory (1801), 1796-1828


MI/6/5:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. (Soho Foundry Work), 1797-1799


MI/6/6:

Medical Journal of James Watt, jnr. (visit to Bristol to try Dr Beddoes Pneumatic Apparatus and Fumigation Chamber; curative baths; chemical remedies etc. Visit to Brecon, Abergavenny, Kingswood Collieries.), 1797-1799


MI/6/7:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. recording a journey to Manchester, Bradford etc. across to Newcastle, Durham. Visits to engines and mines. Various notes, calculations and sketches, May-July, 1798


MI/6/8:

Household memorandum book of James Watt, jnr. Lists of furniture and goods at The Rookery and at Soho Foundry, 1798, 1802


MI/6/9:

Catalogue of books belonging to James Watt, jnr., 1798


MI/6/10:

otebook of James Watt, jnr. (Soho Foundry and Engine business), 1797-1801


MI/6/11:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. With descriptions of coal, collieries and Iron Works in the Forest of Dean and South Wales (Neath, Swansea, Brecon, Merthyr etc.), c.1800. And Loose Papers: Copy of Codicil of Will of James Watt 7 July, 1819. Notes on Coals and Iron Stone in Forest of Dean.


MI/6/13:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. Includes: Coal trade; Foundry engines; Servants agreements; Well in Engine Yard; Populations of European States; Improvements at Soho Foundry; Duties on property etc, 1801-1804


MI/6/14:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. Includes: Notes and tables for physics experiments; Toasts; job descriptions for bricklayers, glaziers etc; notes on Slide Rule; Solids; prices of piping etc, 1800-1804


MI/6/15:

Cash book showing payments for building and repair work on various cottages etc, 1802


MI/6/16:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. with extracts for various guides to Ireland and Arran and itinerary of a journey round Scotland and North-East England in 1801, 1801-1805


MI/6/17:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. with various accounts, expenses, addresses, notes about the taxes on iron etc, 1806


MI/6/18:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. describing travels in Wales and Belgium, c.1806


MI/6/19:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. with notes on dock yards and saw mills and various steam engines, 1807


MI/6/20:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. with measurements of house at Ystrad, expenses at Doldowlod etc. 1806-1809


MI/6/21:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. containing geographical list of engines and owners, various sketches etc., 1808


MI/6/22:

Address notebook of James Watt, jnr. [c. 1809]


MI/6/23:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. with notes on various engines, eg. Lambeth Water Works, Chelsea Water Works, West Middlesex and Adelphi Water Works, Witham Engine Grand Junction Water Works etc., 1811


MI/6/24:

Memorandum book of James Watt, jnr. (various calculations, notes on Wales, boat drawings etc.), 1818


MI/6/25:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. (steam boat engine experiments etc.), 1818


MI/6/26:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. (steam boat engine experiments etc.), 1820-1821


MI/6/27:

Notebook of James Watt, jnr. (steam boat engines, boilers etc.), 1824-1827


MI/6/28:

Cash Book (postage, travel etc.), 1824


MI/6/29:

Memorandum book of James Watt, jnr. (Servants wages etc.), 1823-1835


MI/6/30:

Notebook containing tables of measurements, temperature, weights etc. Various enclosures (a-k), n.d.


Box 7


MI/7/1:

Letter book containing correspondence of James Watt, jnr. with T. & R. Walker of Manchester from France and Italy on business matters, 1792-1793


MI/7/2:

Notebook recording flower and vegetable seeds and plants at Aston Hall and The Rookery, 1800-1810


MI/7/3:

Notebook recording plants in the Flower Garden and Fruit Trees at Aston Hall, 1819-1836


MI/7/4:

Notebook of plants and trees in Aston Hall kitchen garden, 1819-1824


MI/7/5:

Notebook of plants and trees in Aston Hall kitchen garden, 1825-1828


MI/7/6:

Notebook of plants and trees in Aston Hall kitchen garden, 1829-1830


MI/7/7:

Notebook of Fruit Trees planted in Aston Hall Terrace and kitchen garden, 1831-1832


MI/7/8:

Notebook of Fruit Trees planted in Aston Hall Terrace and kitchen garden, 1833


MI/7/9:

Notebook of Fruit Trees planted in Aston Hall Terrace and kitchen garden, 1835-1836


MI/7/10:

Notebook of Fruit Trees planted in Aston Hall Terrace and kitchen garden, 1839-1843


MI/7/11:

Notebook recording management of fish in Aston Hall pools, 1823-1846


MI/7/12:

OS Map of West Radnorshire. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile (in leather case), 1833


MI/7/13:

OS Map of East Radnorshire. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile (in leather case)


MI/7/14:

Account book of James Watt: businesses, Welsh estates etc, 1802-1808


MI/7/15-37:

Papers from MI/7/14: balance sheets, price lists, notes etc, 1800-1828


MI/7/38-53:

Bundle of correspondence concerning the late Mr Hampers collection of manuscripts for a history of the parish of Aston, 1831-1839


MI/7/54: Manuscript of: -
1) Mr Watts first sketch of his notes and corrections of Professor Robinsons Articles Steam & Steam Engines in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1786, 1797) made in 1814.
2) Mr James Millers first copy of the same, March 1814
3) Mr John Southerns letter to Mr Watt with Experiments on Steam, 27 March 1814
4) Notes by Mr Southern and Mr Watt, etc.


Box 8 Printed Items


MI/8/1:

Directions for Erecting and Working the Newly-Invented steam Engines by Boulton & Watt (annotated copy) [1779]


MI/8/2:

Specifications of an Invention of certain new improvements upon Steam or Fire Engines for raising water etc. by James Watt, 1782


MI/8/3:

the Philosophical Magazine, No. I, London 1798 (includes article on Mr Cartwrights Steam Engine)


MI/8/4:

The Arguments of the judges in two causes relating to the Letters Patent granted to James Watt etc, 1799


MI/8/5:

An Essay on the Warming of Mills and other buildings by Steam, by Robertson Buchanan, civil engineer (signed by the author, Glasgow 1807)


MI/8/6:

Annals of Philosophy. January 1813 No. I (contains biographical account of Hon. Henry Cavendish)


MI/8/7:

An Act for settling and securing the lands and estate of West Boreland and others in the County of Stirlingfor payment of debts contracted by the said William Morehead, deceased, 1813


MI/8/8:

The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany (includes an account of the late Professor Playfair p. 163, August, 1819)


MI/8/9:

Experiments on the Gas from Coal, with a view to its practical application by William Henry (signed by the author, Manchester 1819)


MI/8/10:

Observations on Larch: together with two experiments of the strength and resilience on the timber etc. by John, Duke of Atholl, London 1819


MI/8/11:

Expos Sommaire : Pour Mr Humphrey Edwards ingnieur hydraulique, Contre Mr Louis Didier Lecour, entrepreneur du Chauffage des Pompes a feu avec le Rapport de Mr Girard, ingnieur en chef des Ponts et Chaussees. (2 copies of Girards Report, Paris 1819)


MI/8/12: The monthly magazine, Vol. 50. No. 345, London, October 1820 (includes thirteen letters from the late James Watt to Dr James Lind (1764-1799)
MI/8/13a-b: The European Magazine, London, October 1820 (includes memoir and portrait of James Watt, 2 copies)


MI/8/14:

Articles by Professor Robinson on Steam and Steam Engines in The Encyclopaedia Britannica corrected by James Watt in 1814. (with note by James Watt, jnr. 1846), 1822


MI/8/15:

The Birmingham Spectator No. VII (includes memoir of James Watt and appeal for subscriptions towards a monument for him), 10 July 1824


MI/8/16:

Copy of The Birmingham Chronical Vol. II No. 81 with list of subscribers to the Watt monument and description of it, 15 July 1824


MI/8/17a-d:

History of the Steam Engine from its first invention to the present time, by Elijah Galloway, Engineer (parts 1-4 only), London 1826


MI/8/18:

Letters respecting the Watt family, by George Williamson, Greenock, 1840


MI/8/19-23:

Letters concerning Watts early life, family matters, inscriptions for Watts monument etc from MI/8/18, 1832-1840


MI/8/24:

Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water ed. J. P. Muirhead, 1846


MI/8/25a-c:

An account of James Watts Improvements upon the Steam or Fire Engine (3 copies) n.d.

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