RIAMCO

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:: 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

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 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

Formal title:: Department of State Division of Corporations trademarks
Extent:: 1.2 other
Date range:: 1908-1972 (bulk 1908-1972)
Abstract:: Applications for trademarks and/or form of advertisements with attached specimens or facsimiles
Repository:: Rhode Island State Archives
Collection call no:: 2003-63

Formal title:: Easton family accounts and business records
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 loose volume, 2 folders)
Date range:: 1835-1860, 1871-1883
Abstract:: Account books and receipts compiled by various members of the Easton family of Newport, Rhode Island, including James C. Easton (1803-1861), William H. Easton (1834-1910) and George W. T. Tilley (1838-1898) of William H. Easton & Co.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.031

Ellery (William) letter

Formal title:: William Ellery letter
Extent:: 0.02 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Date range:: 1798
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter from William Ellery (1727-1827), collector of the port of Newport, Rhode Island, to David L. Barnes (1760-1812), Rhode Island District Attorney, regarding maritime law.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.536

Formal title:: Benjamin Franklin and John Foxcroft receipt
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1763
Abstract:: This collection consists of one receipt to Thomas Vernon (1718-1784), postmaster for Newport, Rhode Island, from Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and John Foxcroft (d. 1790), the deputy Postmasters General for North America in 1763.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.513

Results