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  <dc:title>Strutt family of Belper</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Family correspondence of Jedediah Strutt (1726-1797), his successors and relations by marriage; letters from national figures including: 
Samuel Oldknow (d. 1828) cotton mill owner (D5303/23)
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) philosopher, writer and advocate of 'utilitarianism' (D5303/29) and his brother Sir Samuel Bentham (1757-1831), naval architect and engineer (D5303/44)
James Watt junior (1769-1848), son of James Watt and also a partner in Boulton and Watt (D5303/45)
Joseph Lancaster (1778-1839), the educational reformer, Quaker, and founder of the Lancastrian schools (D5303/46)
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), the Irish author, inventor and friend of Erasmus Darwin (D5303/47/1-8), his daughter Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849), the novelist and advocate of education for women (D5303/67, 69, 75)
John Romilly (1802-1874), 1st Baron Romilly and son of Sir Samuel Romilly (D5303/78) 
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914), the Birmingham businessman and politician</dc:description>
  <dc:date>c1780-c1830</dc:date>
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