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C o l l e c t i o n Synopsis
Provenance: The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y a c q u i r e d t h e R i c h a r d s
F a m i i y Papers as a g i f t o f Joseph Brewer o f New York C i t y i n
August 1974. R i c h a r d W. A r p i processed t h e c o l l e c t i o n i n May
1987.
P r o p e r t y r i g h t s : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y owns t h e p r o p e r t y
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
C o p y r i g h t s : Joseph Brewer has d e d i c a t e d such c o p y r i g h t s as he
possesses i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c . C o n s i d e r a t i o n o f a l l
o t h e r c o p y r i g h t s i s t h e r e s p o n s i b i l l t y o f t h e a u t h o r and
p u b l i s h e r .
Access: T h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s open under t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s
of t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
C i t a t i o n : Researchers a r e r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e c o i l e c t i o n name,
c o l i e c t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y i n a l I f o o t -
n o t e and b i b l i o g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e s .
T r a n s f e r : Four p h o t o g r a p h s were t r a n s f e r r e d t o SC 5428 and two
pamphlets and a R i c h a r d s F a m i l y Genealogy were t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e
l i b r a r y i n May 1987.
B i o g r a p h i c a l s k e t c h e s : J a n e t E l i z a b e t h Hosmer R i c h a r d s ( b o r n ca.
1858) l e c t u r e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s and Europe from t h e
l a t e 1890s t o t h e l a t e 1930s on h i s t o r y , a r t . p h i l o s o p h y ,
p o l i t i c s , c u r r e n t e v e n t s . and o t h e r t o p i c s . She was one o f t h e
818 c h a r t e r members o f t h e Daughters o f t h e American R e v o l u t i o n
i n 1891, a s u f f r a g i s t , and a d e l e g a t e t o t h e Women's I n t e r -
n a t i o n a l Congress I n Rome i n 1914. She i n t e r v i e w e d M u s s o l i n i
( 1924, 1927, 1934), Benes, Masaryk, and o t h e r w o r l d l e a d e r s and
t h e French government awarded her t h e Reconnaissance F r a n c a i s e
medal i n g r a t e f u l r e c o g n i t i o n o f her s e r v i c e s t o t h e war e f f o r t
i n World War I.
H i l l i a m R i & m . . & ( 1819- 1899) a t t e n d e d Kenyon C o l l e g e from 1835
t o 1838, a t t e n d e d Yale Law School f r o m 1841 t o 1842. and was
a d m i t t e d t o t h e O h i o B a r i n 1842. On October 16, 1844, he
m a r r i e d Helen M. R a l s t o n o f L o c k p o r t , New York. They had f o u r
c h i l d r e n : W i l l i a m J r . F r a n c i s , Mary, and Janet ( see above).
Janet, however, was t h e o n l y c h i l d t o s u r v i v e p a s t age t w e n t y -
two. From 1847 t o 1852 R i c h a r d s r a n a Whig newspaper, t h e - ( O h i o ) G a z e t t e , a l o n g w i t h George P. Conrad. He a l s o was p o s t -
master a t Newark from 1851 t o 1853. I n A p r i 1 1854 he moved t o
Keokuk, Iowa, and j o i n e d h i s b r o t h e r - i n - l a w , James 8. Howel l r I n
e d i t i n g and pub1 i s h i n g Jhe Gate C i t y , a d a i l y Repubi i c a n news-paper.
I n September 1862, R i c h a r d s moved t o Washington, D. C.,
where he worked f o r t h e Department o f t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue. From
May 1869 t o J u l y 1880 he p r a c t i c e d law w i t h t h e f i r m o f Chipman,
Hosmer & Co. He t h e n s p e n t two years as a c l e r k i n t h e T r e a s u r y
Department.