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Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in...
Catalogue reference: MS 3219/6/1/1/2/15
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MS 3219/6/1/1/2/15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in R. 1787 -1818.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1787 - 1818
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Description (What the record is about)
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101 letters arranged in alphabetical order. Where there is more than one letter from a correspondent, the individual's letters are then in chronological order.
There are 7 paper enclosures, and one lock of hair.
There is no surviving original bundle wrapper.
The letters had not previously been numbered.
The letters were transferred into four modern folders in the ?1970s, and numbered as B&W/ M IV/ Box /Bundle R in 1987.
Letter no.100 from the Royal Institution of Great Briatin was found with miscellaneous papers in MIV/ [box 18] old folder 2, and has been re-located here.
In 2001 they were transferred into ten archival folders.
The summaries are copies of the dockets written by James Watt jr. Any additions by the cataloguer are given in square brackets. -
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)
- Muirhead IV/Bundle R
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Finding no.: MS 3219/6/2/R
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f6807586-b52a-4d77-ab2a-305b3641a6be/
Series information
MS 3219/6
Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848)
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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 3219/6
Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848)
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Letters to James Watt jr. from various correspondents with a surname beginning in R. 1787 -1818.