Papers, 1803-1891, 1803-1869 (bulk)

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Papers, 1803-1891, 1803-1869 (bulk)

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Correspondence, financial records, and legal papers pertaining to his business interests and his work as an attorney. Correspondence primarily consists of letters received, 1822-1850, concerning lumber, legal cases, financial transactions, property matters, and requests for legal assistance, and personal news from his brother James H. Redington of Rochester, N.Y.; financial records include notes, receipts, pay orders, bills, accounts, bills of sale, and account books pertaining to lumbering, livestock, taxes, sawmill, hardware, and household expenses, 1817-1859; legal papers include deeds, surveys, indentures, contracts, agreements, record of court costs, judgments, and quit-claims, 1803-1854; other items include his notebooks on law, n.d., and minutes, benefit records, and accounts of the Sons of Temperance, 1849-1859.

ca. 12 linear ft.

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Redington, James, 1810-1891

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Sons of Temperance of North America. Grand Division of Western New York

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Redington, George, 1798-1850

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Redington was a prominent businessman in Waddington, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. He initially began his career as a lawyer, but later became heavily interested in the lumber trade. Redington also had large real estate holdings in St. Lawrence County. He served as a New York State Assemblyman, representing St. Lawrence County, and was later appointed a county judge. At Redington's death in 1850, his brother James assumed direction of his diverse business interests. From the description ...