A Portrait of Matthew Boulton, Matthew Boulton: Industrialist Text: Malcolm Dick Image: Birmimgham City Archives Matthew Boulton was born in Birming...

Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Holiday at Soho Manufactory [1], HOLIDAY AT SOHO MANUFACTORY. It is much to the honour of the workmen at Soho, that, in conformity to the wishes expressed by their Employers, n...

Birmingham: “The Toyshop of Europe”, Image: Matthew Boulton by C F Von Breda, 1792. Oil on Canvas. Boulton was the most famous of Birmingham’s toymakers. The portra...

Catherine the Great and her non-visit to Soho House, Image: Death of Catherine the Great. Double-headed eagle and bust of the monarch. 1796. Designed by Conrad Heinrich Kuchler. Image fr...

Letter from Charles Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1777/01/13 [p1], Charles Darwin was Dr. Darwin's son and studied medicine at Edinburgh University. Dr. Joseph Black was a Professor of Chemistry and discovered the ...

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to James Watt, 1775/03/29 [p1], Boulton and Watt were now in partnership and Boulton was attempting to have a Private Bill passed in Parliament to extend the patent for Watt's ste...

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1762, Darwin writes to Boulton about the experiments of Dr. Petit and Dr. Franklin ---------------------------------------- Dear Boulton Dr Pet...

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1763/07/01 [p1], Darwin asks Boulton to help him with some apparatus for his scientific experiments. ---------------------------------------- Lichfield Jul. ...

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1764/11/03 [p1], Darwin attempts to mediate between Boulton and a Mr Baker due to a disagreement between the two. --------------------------------------- Lic...

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1764[?] [p1], A detailed letter in which Darwin explains to Boulton his theory of a mechanically propelled car. ---------------------------------------- De...

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1765/12/12 [p1], Darwin writes to Boulton on steam power and Harrison's Clock and the proposed Birmingham canal. --------------------------------------- Lich...

Letter from Erasmus Darwin to Matthew Boulton, 1766 [p1], Darwin's letter introducting Boulton to Richard Lovell Edgeworth. ---------------------------------------- Dear Boulton I have got with me...