File NLW MS 21805C. - Letters of James Watt, junior

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NLW MS 21805C.

Title

Letters of James Watt, junior

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  • 1845-1847 (Creation)

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i, 53 ff.

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Christie's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 84; 4 May 1982

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Twenty-seven letters, 1845-1847, from the engineer James Watt, jnr, of Aston Hall, Warwickshire, to Robert William Mylne, architect and engineer, relating to the rebuilding for Watt of Doldowlod, parish of Llanyre, Radnorshire, and containing references to the Gloucester and Aberystwyth Railway, the Central Wales Railway and the Welsh Midland Railway (ff. 29-30, 31 verso-32).

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  • English

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English.

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Finding aids

The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

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See also NLW MS 6998E and NLW Facs. 405.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21805C.

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vtls004243682

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000243682

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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  • English

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