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MSS Buxton

Inventory Number: 16061
Object Type: Archive
EAD Extent: Bound manuscript and printed volumes, plus some loose papers
EAD Scope and Content: Manuscripts collected by Harry Wilmot Buxton (1805-1880), chiefly papers of Charles Babbage (1791-1871), mathematician and inventor, 1817-1869. Also some papers of John Lee (1783-1866), lawyer, antiquary and astronomer; and of Sir John Ross (1777-1856), navigator and explorer. Together with a few papers of Buxton himself, plus later items, mostly relating to Babbage.
Collection Group: Buxton Collection

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