Matthew Ridley papers, 1717-1812.

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Matthew Ridley papers, 1717-1812.

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Personal, business, and family papers of merchant Matthew Ridley of Maryland and France, 1717-1812. Personal papers include correspondence between Matthew and his fianceĢŒ (and later wife) Nancy Richardson Ridley discussing, among other things, their son Essex, 1771-82; diaries kept by Ridley discussing everyday life in Maryland during the Revolutionary War, 1777-78; and diaries kept while living in France and Amsterdam and working as an agent for the state of Maryland, 1781-84. Business papers include correspondence between Ridley and other merchants such as Mark Pringle, John Hunt, William Russell, and John Holker, 1771-86; letterbooks containing copies of letters discussing the effect of the Revolutionary War on Maryland commerce; copies of letters discussing Ridley's work with the London firm Stewart and Campbell; and an account book, 1776-78. Collection also includes an unidentified notebook containing business records of a salt mill in Portsmouth, England, 1717; math lesson books kept by Matthew, 1761, and his son Essex, 1793; and correspondence between Ridley's second wife, Catherine Livingston Ridley and Essex, 1795-96, and between his daughter, Susan Ridley and her future husband Theodore Sedgwick, 1812.

5 boxes and 11 cases.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Holker, John, 1719-1786

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Russell, William

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Stewart and Campbell (London, England)

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Sedgwick, Theodore, 1780-1839

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Ridley, Catherine Livingston, 1751-1813.

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Ridley, Matthew, 1749-1789

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Hunt, John, 1964-....

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Ridley, Essex Sherbourne, b. 1777.

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