INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Series Four: Sources from Record Offices in the United Kingdom

Part 3: The Papers of James Watt (1736-1819) and James Watt, jnr (1769-1848) from the James Patrick Muirhead Collection, at Glasgow University Library

REEL 1

MS Gen 1354/22

Voyage in Sicily, 1793, and journals of other journeys in France and Italy, by James Watt, jnr

MS Gen 1354/23

J P Muirhead’s fair copy of his translation of M Arago’s Eloge of James Watt, 28-31 August 1839

MS Gen 1354/24

Funeral procession of the late M R Boulton, May 27 1842

MS Gen 1354/25-66

Forty-one letters from Lockhart Muirhead to his wife, 1805-1819. One letter from Lockhart Muirhead to his son, 1820

MS Gen 1354/67-90

Miscellaneous letters, Nov 1806 - Feb 1858

MS Gen 1354/91-133

Twenty-two letters from J P Muirhead to Thomas Jones Wilkinson, 1847-1852. One letter from Samuel Smiles to J P Muirhead, 4 Jan 1858

REEL 2

MS Gen 1354/134-210

Letters of acknowledgment for copies of the correspondence of Watt, 1846-1847

MS Gen 1354/211-264

Correspondence concerning George Wilson’s article for the Edinburgh Review

REEL 3

MS Gen 1354/265-336

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, Jan 1833 - Sept 1839

MS Gen 1354/337-398

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, Oct 1839

REEL 4

MS Gen 1354/399-459

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, Nov - Dec 1839

MS Gen 1354/460-518

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, 1840

REEL 5

MS Gen 1354/519-611

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, 1841-184

MS Gen 1354/612-726

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, 1843

REEL 6

MS Gen 1354/727-767

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, 1844

MS Gen 1354/768-884

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, 1845

REEL 7

MS Gen 1354/885-976

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, Jan - May 1846

MS Gen 1354/977-1034

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, June - Sept 1846

REEL 8

MS Gen 1354/1035-1091

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, Oct - Dec 1846

MS Gen 1354/1092-1169

Correspondence between James Watt, jnr and James Patrick Muirhead, 1847

MS Gen 1354/1170-1198

Miscellaneous letters, 1840-1847

REEL 9

MS Gen 1354/1199-1293

Correspondence concerning publication of Life of Watt, etc, 1858-1865

MS Gen 1354/1294-1402

Letters from J P Muirhead to H A Napier, 1855-1871

MR 47/6

Letter from James Watt to William Meikleham, Birmingham, 17 May 1810

MS Cullen 574/11

Notes entitled “Ex[tract]s from Mr Watt’s letter to Dr Brewster on the origin of his improvements on the steam-engine.” With miscellaneous notes for material medica, 18--

REEL 10

GUL: U12-f.14

Historical Eloge of James Watt by M Arago translated by James Patrick Muirhead, with additional notes and an appendix. Edition / Year: First Ed, 1839

REEL 11

GUL: Store HQ00226-228

The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt, illustrated by his correspondence with his friends and the specifications of his patents by James Patrick Muirhead. Edition / Year: First Ed, 1854, 3 volumes.

REEL 12

GUL: U12-a.4

The Life of James Watt, with selections from his correspondence by James Patrick Muirhead. Edition / Year: First Ed, 1858