Samuel P. Richards diaries, 1848-1909 [microform].

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Samuel P. Richards diaries, 1848-1909 [microform].

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The collection consists of a microfilm copy of Richards' diary during the years 1848-1909. The entries detail Richards' daily activities, including Baptist prayer meetings, church services, and family life. Richards also gives an account of the shelling and evacuation of Atlanta, after which he moved to New York. He lived there as a refugee for one year.

3 microfilm reels.

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927061

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Richards family.

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Richards, Samuel P.

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Samuel P. Richards, stationer and book dealer, was born March 3, 1824, in Hooknorton, Oxfordshire, England, and died April 18, 1910, in Atlanta, Georgia. His family immigrated to the United States, first to New York and then to Penfield, Georgia, when he was young. He attended Mercer University in Penfield (1846-1848). He and his brother, Jabez, opened a retail book and stationery business in Macon, Georgia (J.J. and S.P. Richards), and moved it to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1861. The business name wa...

Mercer university

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S.P. Richards Company.

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