Papers, 1855-1869.

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Papers, 1855-1869.

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A small collection of letters, most with typescripts, exchanged between brothers Albert D. and Charles A. Richardson. The few letters from Charles date from 1855-57 and relate to his work as partial owner and editor of "The Congregationalist," a Boston newspaper, as well as personal matters. Albert was a war correspondent for the "N.Y. Tribune" in the South during the Civil War. He was captured in 1863 and held at various Confederate prisons until his escape in 1864. His letters to Charles from 1864-65 describe conditions at the military prison at Salisbury, N.C., his seventh prison, and life after the war including his joining the lecture circuit to describe his experiences. An 1869 letter from Schuyler Colfax to Charles concerns Albert's death.

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Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 9th congressional district as a member of the anti-slavery Indiana People's Party in 1854, Colfax joined the Republican Party during his first term. He served as ...

Richardson, Albert D. (Albert Deane), 1833-1869

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Journalist. From the description of Letter of Albert D. Richardson, 1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449523 ...

Richardson family.

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Richardson, Charles F. P.,

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Central City, Colo. civil and mining engineer. From the description of Charles S. Richardson papers, 1871-1883 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 14710096 A Virginian by birth, Richardson as a young man established a plantation in Northern Louisiana on Bayou Macon, but in 1863 he was forced to abandon it when the Confederate government flooded that area to try to impede Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's forces. After staying briefly with his brother in Monroe, ...