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Letters from James Watt to Ann Watt, 1780.
Catalogue reference: MS 3219/4/10/2/1
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- MS 3219/4/10/2/1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Letters from James Watt to Ann Watt, 1780.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1780
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Description (What the record is about)
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A bundle of 24 letters from James Watt to Ann Watt, née MacGregor, his second wife, written from Cornwall, Birmingham and London in 1780.
Ann Watt spent some of this year with her children in Glasgow, staying with her father, before returning to Birmingham.
This may have been an original bundle but there is no surviving bundle label.
The letters were not numbered. They had been arranged in chronological order,
and this arrangement has been retained.
The docket by Ann Watt records the correspondent, ‘Mr Watt’, and the date of the letter.
A brief summary of the letters’ contents has been given in square brackets by the cataloguer. -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- M II/box 4/2
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 24 Items
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Finding no.: MS 3219/4/267
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/33e9e54e-2ab8-4056-9e3b-484f3f39fa04/
Series information
MS 3219/4
Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
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This record is held at Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Within the fonds: MS 3219
James Watt and Family Papers
Within the series: MS 3219/4
Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
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Letters from James Watt to Ann Watt, 1780.