INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

Series One: The Boulton & Watt Archives and the Matthew Boulton Papers from Birmingham Central Library

Part 6: Muirhead II - Notebooks and Papers of James Watt and Family

Part 7: Matthew Boulton Correspondence (Subject Material and Individual Correspondents Including

            Garbett, Rennie, Southern and Wilkinson)

Part 8: Muirhead III and IV - Notebooks and Papers of James Watt and Family

Contents of Reels - Part 8

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Handlist to Muirhead III (17 pages)

Muirhead III - Box 1
MIII/1/1 – MIII/1/34: Legal Agreements, Leases and Mortgages,
1729 – 1759

Muirhead III – Box 2
MIII/2/1 – MIII/2/16: Legal Agreements, Leases and Mortgages,
1760 – 1801

Muirhead III – Box 3
MIII/3/1 – MIII/3/12: Waste books, ledgers and journeymen’s books of James Watt,
1757 – 1771; Sale of shop goods of James Watt of Greenock, 20 June 1776;
Miscellaneous papers,1747 – 1771.

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Muirhead III – Box 4
MIII/4/1 – MIII/4/11: Hand-coloured drawings of religious texts by John Watt
(uncle of James Watt), 1714
MIII/4/12 – MIII/4/13: Plans of Paisley and Port Glasgow, 1719 and n.d.
MIII/4/14 – MIII/4/124: Architectural plans and other papers concerning Heathfield House
and grounds in Handsworth, 1789 – 1795; includes some watercolour drawings and plans
thought to be by the architect Samuel Wyatt.
MIII/4/125 – MIII/4/153: Other drawings, plans and related papers, c1806 – 1814;
includes sketch of house proposed to be built at Doldowlod, plans for Badland farm in
Radnorshire, plans for Badland House and a Book of designs for gates by Hill & Breeze
of Tipton.

Muirhead III – Large portfolio of maps and plans
MIII/5/1/ - MIII/5/18: Maps and plans, c1728 – 1756, probably by John Watt
(uncle of James Watt), surveyor.

MUIRHEAD IV
Boxes 1-10: Correspondence: A-Z. Letters received by James Watt (or his son),
c1772-1818

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Muirhead IV – Box 1: A-B (8 folders)
A1: Acerbi (S) - Anderson (James)
A2: Arch (John & Arthur) – von Axen (Jacob)
B1: Ball (William) – Barker & Unett
B2: Barnes (Thomas) – Beckman (Baron de)
B3: Beddoes (Dr Thomas) [29 letters, 1794 – 1816] – Beddoes (Anna Maria)
B4: Bedford (William) – Boddington (S)
B5: Boffe (J de) – Boulton (Miss A)
B6: Boulton (M Robinson) [33 letters, 1785 – 1817]

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Muirhead IV – Box 2 B-C (9 folders)
B7: Boulton (M Robinson) [ 23 letters, 1817 – 1818] – Brougham (James)
B8: Brown (Capt. William) – Byerley (Thomas)
C1: Cadell & Davies – Cator (Thomas)*
C2: Cator (Thomas) [17 letters, all 1818]
C3: Cator (Thomas) [14 letters, all 1818] – Cheshire (William)
C4: Chippendale (R) – Clayfield (William)
C5: Le Clerc – Cooper (Thomas)
C6: Cooper (Thomas) – Corrie (Rev. John)
C7: Cowan (Robert) – Curtis (J)
* Includes Passport for James Watt to travel to the Continent of Europe, signed by Lord Castlereagh, Downing Street, 13 September 1816.

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Muirhead IV – Box 3: D-F (6 folders)
D1: Darcet [D’Arcy] (Peter) – Douglas (Thomas)
E1: Eckhard (T J) – Este (C)
E2: Ewart (Peter) [20 letters, 1794 – 1805]
E3: Ewart (Peter) [22 letters, 1806 – 1818]
F1: Faden (William) – Ferrier (Dr.)
F2: Finlay – Fulljame

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Muirhead IV – Box 4: G-H (8 folders)
G1: Gabourin (Louis) – Gordon, Dermer & Forsyth & Co
G2: Gott (B) – Green (Edward)
G3: Greenly (Sir Isaac Coffin) [27 letters, 1810 – 1817]
G4: Greenly (Sir Isaac Coffin) [5 letters, 1817 – 1818] – Grillier (J)
H1: Halford (Henry) – Hamilton (Robert)
H2: Hamilton (Robert) – Henry (Thomas)
H3: Henry (Thomas) – Hood (John)
H4: Hope (Dr. Thomas Charles) – Hutton (E S)

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Muirhead IV – Box 5: I-L (9 folders)
I&J1: Ingleby (Clement) – James (Richard)
I&J2: Jeffrey (F) – Justamond (John)
K1: Kabisch (L H) – Koehler
L1: Labourne (Claude) – Lawson (Mrs.)
L2: Lawson (A) – Lawson (James) [7 letters, 1796 – 1802]
L3: Lawson (James) [26 letters, 1802-1808]
L4: Lawson (James) [24 letters, 1808 – 1814]
L5: Lawson (James) [7 letters, 1814 – 1818] – Lee (George A) [22 letters, 1790 – 1800]
L6: Lee (George A) [30 letters, 1800-1808]

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Muirhead IV – Box 5: I-L (3 folders)
L7: Lee (George A) [27 letters, 1808 – 1814]
L8: Lee (George A) [16 letters, 1815 – 1818] – Lloyd (Knott &)
L9: Lloyd (Samuel) – Lyne and Donaldson

Muirhead IV – Box 6: M (6 folders)
MI: Maberley – Mallet & Devey
M2: Mallet & Devey – Manning (William)
M3: Mansell (Edward) – Matthews (Mrs C) [7 letters, 1794 – 1796]
M4: Matthews (Mrs. C) [22 letters, 1796 – 1801]* - Matthews (William)
M5: Maullin (Mrs.) – Miller (James) [11 letters, 1791 – 1794]
M6: Miller (James) [25 letters, 1795 – 1801]
* Mostly addressed to James Watt, jnr.

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Muirhead IV – Box 6: M (6 folders)
M7: Miller (James) [10 letters, 1801 – 1811] – Moilliet (J L)
M8: Moilliet (J L) – de Molleville (Bertrand)
M9: de Molleville (Bertrand) – Morris (James)
M10: Mosley (John) [26 letters, 1802 – 1816]
M11: Mosley (John) [19 letters, 1816 – 1818] – Muirhead (Robert)
M12: Murdock (John) – Mynd (George)

Muirhead IV – Box 7: N-R (2 folders)
N-P1: Newton, Gordon, Murdock & Scott – Pemberton (Thomas)
P1: Penrice (S) – Picquet (C)

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Muirhead IV – Box 7: N-R (7 folders)
P2: Pidcock (George) – Priestley (Joseph, jnr.) [12 letters]
P3: Priestley (Joseph, jnr) [24 letters, 1798 – 1818]
P&Q1: Pritchard (W) – Quillacq (F)
R1: Radford – Rennie (John) [19 letters, 1803 – 1816]
R2: Rennie (John) [19 letters, 1816 – 1818] – Rheinhard
R3: Rheinhard – Richards (T & T)
R4: Richardson (Michael) – Russel (Miss)

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Muirhead IV – Box 8: S-T (9 folders)
S1: Samadet (Dupuy) – Smallwood (A W & Co)
S2: Smith (Richard) – southern (John) [ 22 letters, 1789 – 1813] and Southern (Thomas)
S3: Southern & Pearson – Streiber (Madame)
S4: Surtees (John) – Symonds (Dr William)
T1: Taylor (Charles) – Thompson (James)
T2: Thompson (James) – Tuffen (John Furnell) [11 letters, 1794 – 1800]
T3: Tuffen (John Furnell) [27 letters, 1801 – 1808]
T4: Tuffen (John Furnell) [24 letters, 1808 – 1816]
T5: Tuffen (John Furnell) [6 letters, 1816 – 1818] – Turner (C H)

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Muirhead IV – Box 9: U, V, Y, Z and W (1-7) (8 folders)
UVWZ1: Unett (J W) – Zeisig (G)
W1: Wager (Capt. William) [22 letters 1817 – 1818]
W2: Wager (Capt. William) [11 letters 1818] – Walker (Henry)
W3: Walker (Thomas & Richard) [28 letters, 1792 – 1793]
W4: Walker (Thomas & Richard) [17 letters, 1793 – 1794]
W5: Walker (Richard) [18 letters, 1794 – 1802] –
Walker (Thomas) [7 letters, 1792 – 1793]
W6: Walker (Thomas) [20 letters, 1793 – 1808] –
Walker (Zachary) [4 letters, 1788 – 1802]
W7: Letters from Messrs. Walker’s Italian Correspondents, 1793.

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Muirhead IV – Box 9: W(8-9) (2 folders)
W8: Wedgewood (John) – Wedgewood (Josiah, jnr.)
[18 letters, 1789-1795]
W9: Wedgewood (Josiah, jnr.) [23 letters, 1796 – 1818]
Muirhead IV – Box 10: W(10-15) (6 folders)
W10: Wedgewood (Thomas) – Weston (Ambrose) [7 letters, 1796 – 1805]
W11: Weston (Ambrose) [19 letters, 1805-1809] –
Weston (James) [4 letters, 1805-1810]
W12: Weston (James) [26 letters, 1810 – 1813]
W13: Weston (James) [20 letters, 1814 – 1818] – Whateley (H P)
W14: Whateley (H P) – Widmer (Messrs.)
W15: Wiedenmann (J F – Wild (John)

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Muirhead IV – Box 10: W(16-21) (6 folders)
W16: Wilday – Winchester & Co
W17: Withering (Dr William) [4 letters, 1790-1798] –
Woodward (John)
W18: Woodward (J) [19 letters, 1798 – 1804]
W19: Woodward (J) [20 letters, 1804 – 1806]
W20: Woodward (J) [19 letters, 1806 – 1809]
W21: Woodward (J) [28 letters, 1809 – 1815] – Wyatt (Mrs)

MUIRHEAD IV
Boxes 11-19: Family Correspondence and Papers.

Muirhead IV – Box 11: Thomas & James Watt of Greenock
Papers of Thomas Watt, Mathematician, in Crawfordsdyk, 1694-1733 (1 folder).
Sundry Papers of James Watt of Greenock (3 folders).

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Muirhead IV – Box 11: Thomas & James Watt of Greenock
Sundry Papers of James Watt of Greenock (5 folders).
Family Papers of James Watt of Greenock, 1714 – 1781
(4 folders).

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Muirhead IV – Box 12: James Watt of Greenock
Lord Cathcart’s correspondence with James Watt of Greenock,
1757 – 1766 (2 folders).
Letters to his son John Watt, jnr, 1759 – 1762 (3 folders)
Accounts, 1756 – 1774 (3 folders).

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Muirhead IV – Box 12: James Watt of Greenock
Accounts, 1756 – 1774 continued. (5 folders)
Accounts, Miscellaneous, 1727 – 1785 (1 folder).

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Muirhead IV – Box 13: John Watt, senior
Letters and Papers of John Watt, senior, 1724 – 1733,
Including Papers re: ship “Greenock”. (1 folder).
Letters and Papers of John Watt, senior, 1731 – 1737
(1 folder).
Letters and Papers of John Watt, senior, 1720 – 1744,
Including letters to James Watt, senior, 1726 – 1733
(1 folder).
Letters to James Watt, senior, 1733 – 1735 and 1 letter from
Neill Buchanan to John Watt, 1733. (1 folder).

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Muirhead IV – Box 13: John Watt, senior
Sloop “Fortune’s” papers and John Watt, junior’s letters
and accounts, 1760 – 1761 (3 folders).
Also includes Cash Book of John Watt, jnr. 1760 – 1762
Sloop “Fortune’s” papers, 1761 – 1762 with Accounts of John Watt,
1759 – 1762 (2 folders).

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Handlist to Muirhead IV – Box 14 (3 pages typescript)

Muirhead IV – Box 14: Papers of John Watt, Senior and Notebooks
of James Watt of Greenock
MIV/14/1 – MIV/14/13: Notebooks, Cash books and other papers of
John Watt, senior, 1719 – 1737
MIV/14/14 – MIV/14/17: Bill of lading, 1736; Gift of money, 1756; and
2 Notebooks of James Watt of Greenock, 1765 – 1773.

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Muirhead IV – Box 15: James Watt: Letters to his wife and son. (10 folders)
1: 24 Letters to his wife “Annie”, 3 Jan – 5 Dec 1780
2: 22 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.”, 15 May 1784 – 19 Feb 1786
3: 24 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.”, 14 March 1786 – 24 Sep 1788
[includes 1 letter from Mrs. Watt to James Watt, jnr.]
4: 23 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.” 27 Oct 1788 – 8 Feb 1790
5: 19 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.” 16 Feb 1790 – 28 Oct 1790
[includes 1 letter from Mr Weaver to James Watt, jnr.]
6: 22 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.” 25 Jan 1791 – 25 Nov 1793
7: 21 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.” 1 Dec 1793 – 21 Oct 1797
[includes 1 letter from Mrs. Watt to James Watt, jnr. and 1 letter from
James Watt to J Wilkinson, 11 March 1795.]
8: 24 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.”, 21 Oct 1797 – 15 Oct 1799
[includes 1 letter from G Watt and 1 letter from Mrs. Watt.]
9: 22 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.”, 18 May 1800 – 26 Jan 1802
10: 22 Letters to his son “James Watt, jnr.” 29 Jan 1802 – 7 Aug 1803

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Muirhead IV – Box 16: James Watt:

Letters to his son James Watt, jnr. (9 folders)
11: 21 Aug 1803 – 19 June 1804 [24 letters]
12: 21 June 1804 – 25 Aug 1804 [22 letters]
13: 31 Aug 1804 – 30 Aug 1805 [22 letters]
14: 10 Sep 1805 – 10 Oct 1806 [24 letters]
15: 1 March 1807 – 3 Dec 1807* [20 letters]
16: 22 Feb 1808 – 11 May 1809 [23 letters]
17: 15 May 1809 – 6 Nov 1809 [22 letters]
18: 23 March 1810 – 20 Aug 1810* [21 letters]
19: 22 Aug 1810 – 12 Nov 1811 [22 letters]
* includes one letter from Mrs. Watt.

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Muirhead IV – Box 17: James Watt:
Letters to his son James Watt, jnr. (9 folders)
20: 16 March 1812 – 4 July 1812* [21 letters]
21: 4 July 1812 – 15 Aug 1813# [23 letters]
22: 1 Sep 1813 – 29 Nov 1814 [23 letters]
23: 9 June 1815 – 4 Nov 1815 [25 letters]
24: 7 June 1815 – 20 Aug 1816 [22 letters]
25: 24 Aug 1816 – 24 July 1817 [21 letters]
26: 27 July 1817 – 24 Dec 1817 [22 letters]
27: 1 Jan 1818 – 9 April 1818 [22 letters]
28: 9 April 1818 – 8 Oct 1818 [23 letters]
* includes three letters from Mr. White Watson and one letter from Cadell & Davies.
# includes one letter from M R Boulton and one letter from J Harris.

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Muirhead IV – box 18: James Watt:
Letters to and from his son James Watt, jnr. (2 folders)
29: 10 Oct 1818 – 31 Dec 1818 [8 letters, James Watt to his son.]
30 Sep 1819 – 27 July 1820 [13 letters, James Watt, jnr. to Mrs Watt,
including two letters from Mr Weston.]
30: 28 July 1820 – 22 Dec 1820 [13 letters, James Watt, jnr. to Mrs. Watt, plus two unsigned letters.]
James Watt: Miscellaneous Papers (3 folders).

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Muirhead IV – Box 19: John Watt, jnr:
Letters of John Watt, jnr, to his father, James Watt of Greenock, 1755 – 1762 (3 folders).
Papers concerning the Death of John Watt, jnr, 1763 – 1764 (1 folder).

Muirhead IV
Boxes 20 – 21 Canal Papers

Muirhead IV – Box 20: Canal Papers:
Papers re: Calculations & Dimensions for the Monkland Canal, c1770 – 1772 (5 folders).
Decrets Arbitral and Letters about Canal Business & Valuation of Lands, c1771 – 1776 (2 folders).

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Muirhead IV – Box 20: Canal Papers:
James Watt’s Accounts re: Canal business, 1770 – 1772 (4 folders).
Monkland Canal Papers, 1770 – 1773 (4 folders).

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Muirhead IV – Box 21: Canal Papers:
Monkland Canal Accounts, 1770 – 1772 (6 folders).

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Muirhead IV – Box 21: Canal Papers:
Monkland Canal Accounts, 1770 – 1772 (2 folders).
Letters sent with remittances, 1771 – 1772
Articles, petitions etc (1 folder).
Canal Papers – 3 bundles; miscellaneous items (1 folder).

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