Gregory Watt manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"22078", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Gregory Watt manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1799", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1799"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 item"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1799

date_inclusive_end

1799

origination

{"value"=>"Watt, Gregory, 1777-1804", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Gregory Watt, son of James Watt, the Scots-born engineer and scientist.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>To Davies Giddy (later Davies Gilbert), scientific administrator and applied mathematician : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1799 : (MISC 4144) : from Soho : begins, \"I sit down with pleasure to reply to your last obligng letter of which I communicated the contents to my father in town who desires me to return you his best thanks for your obliging offer of medication with the Adventures in Wheal Crenver.\" Written on p. [2-3] of folded lettersheet, on p. [1] of which is printed a price list for \"patent copying machines manufactured by James Watt & Co. ...\"; docketed on p. 4, probably in Giddy's hand.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

keydate

1799

prefercite

{"value"=>"Gregory Watt manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Gregory Watt, son of James Watt, the Scots-born engineer and scientist. To Davies Giddy (later Davies Gilbert), scientific administrator and applied mathematician : 1 autograph letter signed : 4 Mar 1799 : (MISC 4144) : from Soho : begins, \"I sit down with pleasure to reply to your last obligng letter of which I communicated the contents to my father in town who desires me to return you his best thanks for your obliging offer of medication with the Adventures in Wheal Crenver.\" Written on p. [2-3] of folded lettersheet, on p. [1] of which is printed a price list for \"patent copying machines manufactured by James Watt & Co. ...\"; docketed on p. 4, probably in Giddy's hand.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 item

date_start

1799

date_end

1799

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