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Outgoing correspondence of James Watt

Catalogue reference: MS 3219/4/2

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Outgoing correspondence of James Watt dating from 1779 - 1819.

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Reference

MS 3219/4/2

Title

Outgoing correspondence of James Watt

Date

1779 - 1819

Description
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Arrangement

The outgoing correspondence has been arranged as follows:
Letter books.
Private letter books.
Unbound letters.
Letters returned to James Watt after the recipients' deaths.

Related material

Letters from James Watt to Robert Muirhead, 1778 - 1812. MS 4285/5

Held by
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Legal status

Not Public Record(s)

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ccbef696-38e7-4266-be2b-5bd9c560d2af/

Series information

MS 3219/4

Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)

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James Watt and Family Papers

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Within the series: MS 3219/4

Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)

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Outgoing correspondence of James Watt