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NLW MS 6998E
Title
James Watt: Letters
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- 1830-1846 (Creation)
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Forty-seven letters, 1830-1846, from James Watt [1769-1848] of Birmingham and Doldowlod House, Radnorshire to William Mylne [1734-1790] and Robert Mylne [1733-1811], London. They relate to the making of machinery, to alternations made by Watt at Doldowlod House, and to the activities of surveyors employed by a company desirous of constructing a railway through part of Watt's property.
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- English
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English
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 6998E
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vtls004380256
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000380256
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- Doldowlod House (Llanyre, Wales) (Subject)
- Watt, James, 1769-1848 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Mylne, William, 1734-1790 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Mylne, Robert, 1733-1811 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Mylne, William, 1734-1790 (Subject)
- Mylne, Robert, 1733-1811 (Subject)