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Wedgwood, Josiah, (1730-1795), potter

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Surname: Wedgwood
Forenames: Josiah
Gender: Male
Date: 1730-1795
Biography: ODNB link for Wedgwood, Josiah (1730-1795), potter
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P135823 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30042 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for Josiah Wedgwood Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Josiah Wedgwood
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
V&A Wedgwood Collection
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2
corresp
V&A Wedgwood Collection
See Foster & Sheppard, British Archives, 2002
3
1758-1795: corresp (copies)
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
GB 133 Eng Mss 1101-1110
4
1739-76: extracts from transactions of scientific societies
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 28309-18
5
papers
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
6
papers among those of Samuel Smiles
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 71070-93
See Annual Return 1992
7
1760-1795: corresp with Boulton family
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
MS 3782
NRA 9497 Boulton
8
1779-89: corresp with James Watt
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
MS 3219/4/95, 128
NRA 22549 Watt
9
1773-91: voucher and 12 accounts for pottery made for the Earl of Pembroke
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
2057
NRA 22080 Herbert
10
1781-1793: corresp with Boulton & Watt
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
MS 3147/3/528
NRA 14609 Boulton & Watt