INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

Series Four: Sources from Record Offices in the United Kingdom

Part 1: Papers of Boulton & Watt, Wedgwood and Harvey & Co of Hayle from Cornwall Record Office

Contents of Reels

REEL 1

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) & James Watt (1736-1819), Engineers.

Letterbooks, mainly by Boulton, Watt or their agents (including Ambrose Weston) to Thomas Wilson, their agent at Chacewater.

Papers concerning steam engines and their use in mining.

Volumes 1, 2, 3 1-54. AD1583

REEL 2

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) & James Watt (1736-1819), Engineers.

Letterbooks, mainly by Boulton, Watt or their agents (including Ambrose Weston) to Thomas Wilson, their agent at Chacewater.

Papers concerning steam engines and their use in mining.

Volumes 3 55-108, 4, 5. AD1583

REEL 3

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) & James Watt (1736-1819), Engineers.

Letterbooks, mainly by Boulton, Watt or their agents (including Ambrose Weston) to Thomas Wilson, their agent at Chacewater.

Papers concerning steam engines and their use in mining.

Volumes 6, 7. AD1583

REEL 4

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) & James Watt (1736-1819), Engineers.

Letterbooks, mainly by Boulton, Watt or their agents (including Ambrose Weston) to Thomas Wilson, their agent at Chacewater.

Papers concerning steam engines and their use in mining.

Volumes 8, 9. AD1583

REEL 5

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) & James Watt (1736-1819), Engineers.

Letterbooks, mainly by Boulton, Watt or their agents (including Ambrose Weston) to Thomas Wilson, their agent at Chacewater.

Papers concerning steam engines and their use in mining.

Volumes 10, 11. AD1583

REEL 6

Thomas Wilson, Agent to Boulton & Watt, of Chacewater.

Letters, administration of Boulton & Watt’s patents in Cornwall, 1800-1803. X208

Wedgwood Diary, 1775. Transcript.

REEL 7

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In Letters, 1829. 1/1/1-228

History of Harvey & Co of Hayle, by T R Harris of Camborne (d.1978), draft.

REEL 8

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In Letters, 1830. 1/2/1-283

REEL 9

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In Letters, January - June 1831. 1/3/1-190

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, July - December 1831. 1/4/1-193 (continued on Reel 10)

REEL 10

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, July - December 1831. 1/4/1-193 (continued from Reel 9)

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, January - June 1832. 1/5/1-195

REEL 11

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, August - December 1832. 1/6/1-212

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, 1833. 1/7/1-312 (continued on Reel 12)

REEL 12

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, 1833. 1/7/1-312 (continued from Reel 11)

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, January - August 1834. 1/8/1-194 (continued on Reel 13)

REEL 13

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, January - August 1834. 1/8/1-194 (continued from Reel 12)

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, September - December 1834. 1/9/1-200

REEL 14

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, January - June 1835. 1/10/1-255

REEL 15

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, July - August 1835. 1/11/1-194

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, September - December 1835. 1/12/1-150 (continued on Reel 16)

REEL 16

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, September - December 1835. 1/12/1-150 (continued from Reel 15)

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, January - June 1836. 1/13/1-218

REEL 17

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, July - December 1836. 1/14/1-234

REEL 18

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, January - June 1837. 1/15/1-236

REEL 19

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, July - December 1837. 1/16/1-293

REEL 20

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, January - April 1838. 1/17/1-237

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, May - August 1838. 1/18/1-346 (continued on Reel 21)

REEL 21

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, May - August 1838. 1/18/1-346 (continued from Reel 20)

REEL 22

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In letters, September - December 1838. 1/19/1-284

REEL 23

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In Letters, January - March 1839. 1/20/1-256

REEL 24

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In Letters, April - June 1839. 1/21/1-239

REEL 25

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In Letters, July - August 1839. 1/22/1-245

REEL 26

Harvey & Co of Hayle. In Letters, September - December 1839. 1/23/1-203

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