Scope and Contents The correspondence is dated 1788, 1792, 1800, 1802, 1806, 1808-1821. Since John Rennie always used Boulton and Watt's engines, and Boulton and Watt Rennie's mill work, the bulk of this correspondence is to be found with the papers relating to specific undertakings. This volume contains miscellaneous and personal material, but it does include the letters from James Watt junior on his trip up the Rhine in the steam ship 'Caledonia' in 1817. It also contains (folio 1) a copy of the patent...

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With patent, 1839, to Abraham Bury.

Scope and Contents Inserted at the end are: memorial of John Philp Wood, 1806 (page 177); copy of report of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland to H M Treasury on the office of Auditor of Excise, 1812 (page 179); account of the establishment of the Auditor's office in 1797, by Wood, 1821 (page 185); account of sums recovered and saved for the Revenue by Wood, undated (page 187); history of the office, by Wood, with copies of correspondence relating to previous auditors, undated (page 195); copy of patent...

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Included are: burgess tickets; an election return, 1722; a patent, 1854, concerning the manufacture of cannon; and, a public testimonial, ?1865, to George Dundas, later Lieutenant-Governor of St Vincent, from the inhabitants of Prince Edward Island.