Hardy Richardson and family papers, 1809-1951.

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Hardy Richardson and family papers, 1809-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122467799

Correspondence and legal and business papers pertain to national and local politics, land administration and sales, and the Grange movement. Topics addressed in correspondence include flood control of the lower Mississippi River, levees, education in Louisiana, and Louisiana elections. The collection includes a broadside soliciting assistance of Grangers to complete construction of the Washington Monument (1875); a U.S. military railroad map; bills, receipts and tax documents (1848-1924); newspaper clippings; notebooks; photographs (one of Hardy Richardson); and personal items including recipes.

625 items.2 ms. v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6725094

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Richardson, Hardy, 1822-1883.

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Hardy Richardson of Washington Parish, Louisiana, was a lawyer, a Louisiana State Senator, and a colonel in the Confederate Army. From the description of Hardy Richardson and family papers, 1809-1951. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122467799 ...