Theodore Richmond papers, 1844-1926.

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Theodore Richmond papers, 1844-1926.

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Letters, 1861-1863, between Richmond and Harriet Burgert of Navarre, Ohio, whom he married in 1862, and correspondence with members of her family; slight family and social correspondence after the Richmonds moved to Tennessee; frequent letters from Richmond's daughter Grace, while she was a student at Vassar College, 1880-1884, as well as letters to Grace from her family describing social life and schools in Chattanooga, Tenn.; and a brief diary, 1926, by Richmond's daughter Bessie, of a West Indian cruise. Early papers pertain to Richmond's father, Judah L. Richmond (1807-1868), Baptist preacher, and include a diary, 1844, written while he was living in Forestville, N.Y., and preaching in Chatauqua County, N.Y., and scattered family letters.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Richmond, Grace, fl. 1880-1884.

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Vassar College.

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Burgert family.

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Richmond, Harriet Burgert, fl. 1861-1863.

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Richmond, Bessie.

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Richmond, Judah L., 1807-1868.

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Richmond family.

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Richmond, Theodore, 1837-1916.

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Theodore Richmond (1837-1916) was the son of Judah L. Richmond (1807-1868), Baptist preacher of Ohio and New York. Theodore Richmond became a lawyer and practiced in Ligonier, Ind., 1861-1862, moving to Marshall, Iowa, in 1863. He went to Tennessee in 1865, living first in Athens and after 1870 in Chattanooga. He was a law partner of S. A. Key and later of Henry A. Chambers. He married Harriet Hallie Burgert, daughter of Adam Burgert of Navarre, later Cleveland, Ohio, in 1862. Their children wer...