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Formal title:: George James Adams papers
Extent:: 15 linear feet
Date range:: 1795-1890
Abstract:: These papers span much of George James Adams’s long career as a textile manufacturer at various mills in Rhode Island and chief agent at the Narragansett Print Works. Included are personal, family, and business correspondence, invoices and receipts, inventories, payroll and supply lists, deeds and contracts, and photographs. A large set of letters are from Thomas P. Richmond, a banker of Bristol, Rhode Island, probably affiliated with the Bank of Bristol. They communicate Richmond’s strong abolitionist feelings and include descriptions of slave uprisings such as the insurrection on the ship La Amistad in 1839, meetings of abolitionist societies, etc. Also discussed are Richmond’s other interests, including phrenology, electricity, epidemiology, mesmerism, animal magnetism, and ships.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2010.021

Formal title:: Anna Tirocchi and Laura Tirocchi Cella Business records
Extent:: 18 boxes and 1 flat file
Date range:: 1912-1947
Abstract:: This collection consists of business records and some household repair/maintenance records, as well as floor plans of the Tirocchi house. There is considerable documentation of dressmaking supplies purchases including invoices, receipts, a few fabric samples, and correspondence.
Repository:: Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Collection call no:: SP11.0

Formal title:: Berkeley House collection
Extent:: 1.668 linear feet
Date range:: 1881-1895, undated (bulk 1884-1895)
Abstract:: This collection contains 4 architectural drawings and specifications, personal artwork, and household receipts related to LeRoy King and his residence, Berkeley House.
Repository:: Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:: MS.2012.33

Formal title:: Birckhead collection of Redwood family papers
Extent:: 0.21 linear feet (1 half document case)
Date range:: 1730-1866 (bulk 1730-1774)
Abstract:: This collection consists mainly of letters, receipts, and accounts relating to Abraham Redwood (1709-1788), the founder of the Redwood Library, and his business dealings in Newport, Rhode Island. Also included are documents concerning the Redwood Library, Abraham Redwood’s contemporaries in Newport, and later letters from David King, a former president of the Redwood Library.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.025

Formal title:: Guide to the Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., collection of manuscripts
Extent:: 0.42 linear foot (1 document case)
Date range:: 1711-1920 and undated (bulk 1711-1870)
Abstract:: This collection consists mainly of letters, receipts, and accounts from 1711-1920 that were collected by Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. (1910-2009). The majority of these documents regard various people, places, and events in Newport, Rhode Island, from the colonial period through the early twentieth century.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.040

Carrington Papers

Formal title:: Carrington Papers
Extent:: 122 linear feet
Date range:: 1798-1911 (bulk 1802-1860)
Abstract:: Edward Carrington (1775-1843) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. As a young man, he came to Providence, R.I., where he worked as a clerk and supercargo for local merchants Seth Wheaton, Samuel Butler, and Richard Jackson. He resided in Canton, China from 1802 to 1810, serving as American Consul, acting as an agent for other American merchants, and amassing a considerable fortune by trading on his own behalf. The collection documents his mercantile and shipping activities in China, South America and Europe during 1802-1857. It also documents his other business enterprises in the textile industry in Rhode Island with the Hamlet Mill and Manufacturing Company, 1834-1860 and the Blackstone Canal Company, 1823-1831. The collection also contains the personal papers of Edward Carrington, his son Edward II, and Edward II's wife Candace (Dorr) Carrington.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 333

Formal title:: Odell M. Chapman papers
Extent:: 0.417 linear feet and 2 museum objects
Date range:: 1882-1975
Abstract:: This collection contains photographs, music books, sheet music,a fife, as well as other documents relating to martial ensembles primarily of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Repository:: Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:: Ms.44.4

Formal title:: William Claggett invoice
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1748
Abstract:: This collection contains an invoice from printer and engraver William Claggett (1696-1749) of Newport, Rhode Island, to the Colony of Rhode Island for currency printed in 1748.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.508

Formal title:: Collection of Newport, R.I. tax statements
Extent:: 0.02 linear feet
Date range:: 1813-1820 and undated
Abstract:: This collection consists of tax records presented to tax collectors by various residents of Newport, RI in the years 1813-1820 and undated.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.581

Formal title:: Collection of Redwood family papers
Extent:: 1.8 linear feet (1 half document case, 1 flat box)
Date range:: 1710-1999 and undated (bulk 1729-1796)
Abstract:: This collection consists of letters, legal documents, accounts, family histories, and other papers related to the Redwood family and its descendants, particularly Abraham Redwood (1709-1788), the founder of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.029

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