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Richardson family. Papers, 1675-ca.1910.

Title: Papers, 1675-ca.1910.

The collection contains personal and business letters, recipe books, account books, leases and deeds, wills and estate inventories, some genealogical material, silhouettes (mostly hollow-cuts from the Peale Museum), stencils, printed books, and newspapers. Some of the material is from the Richardsons' silversmithing business, including an account book of Francis II, Joseph Sr.'s commonplace book, a few receipts, business letters and letter books, and inventories of goods. Other records were generated by the Richardsons' real estate interests. There are a number of accounts, copies of wills, and some inventories relating to the settlement of the estates of various people, both friends and members of the extended Richardson family. Many of the receipts in the collection show the payment of taxes. Others record the purchase of clothing and shoes, coffins, medical services, building supplies, food items, school tuition, and other goods and services. Some of the items and medical services were noted as being for Negro servants. In volume, the bulk of the collection relates not to the Richardsons themselves, but to the people who married into their family, particularly members of the Allen, Gibbons, and Webb families, but also Clark, Growden, Hoskins, Howell, Shippen, and Taylor. As well, there are papers from others, chiefly resulting from the settlement of estates for which Joseph Richardson, Sr., served as executor. There are also some stray individuals represented in the collection, perhaps more distant relations or perhaps family friends.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes, 3 volumes.

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