This collection (20 items) contains correspondence and other items pertaining to members of the Richmond family of Lebanon, New York. Two items pertain to Ernestine Patterson, who lived with Rollin and Ruth Richmond in the late 19th century.
Lewis L. Richmond wrote 3 letters to his mother, Lydia M. Richmond, while living in Saint Joseph and Saint Louis, Missouri between April 9, 1872 and December 25, 1873. He offered condolences on the death of his father, advised her to secure her money during her visit to Missouri, and discussed his life in Missouri; one envelope that he sent to his mother contains a picture of a woman at a sewing machine. Albert D. Richmond wrote to his mother (May 12, 1872) and to his sister-in-law Ruth (September 1, [ca. 1872]) about his life and travels in Oregon.
Items concerning Rollin (or Rowland) M. Richmond and his wife Ruth include 2 receipts for a Remington sewing machine (July 18, 1874, and December 31, 1874), 3 items pertaining to treatments for Rollin Richmond's addiction to opium and morphine (May 8, 1877-July 20, 1878), and 1 item related to Richmond's bill with an insurance company (April 8, 1879). Rollin's brother Edwin later wrote him a letter about a legal issue (October 18, 1908). Ruth Richmond received letters from her nephews Emmet J. Close, Frank D. Courtney, and E. J. Fisk. Close mentioned his travels in upstate New York (April 2, 1890), Courtney described his wife Lena's death after giving birth to a stillborn son (June 7, 1891), and Fisk discussed his intention to purchase a recently foreclosed tract of land (3 items, October 22, 1891-February 15, 1892). Ruth Richmond also received a letter from a family member who shared news of her baby (undated).
Ernestine Patterson received 2 letters while living with Rollin and Ruth Richmond: one from a friend who discussed her religious views (June 16, 1889), and another from her sister, Hazel C. Fuller, about life in Toledo, Ohio (May 25, 1909).
Trajan Hoyt Richmond, a native of Poultney, Vermont, and his wife, Lydia M. Cazier, had ten children: Charles E., Charlotte, Rollin M. (or Rowland), Joel, Cornelia, Lewis L., Sarah, Hiram Hoyt, Albert D., and Edwin. They lived in Lebanon, New York, in the mid-19th century. Hiram and Albert Richmond traveled to the West Coast in the 1860s and 1870s. Lewis L. Richmond was an agent for sewing machine companies in Saint Louis and Saint Joseph, Missouri; he and his wife, Mary Eunice Lasell, had four children: Minnie, Merle, Jessie, and Ralph. Rollin Richmond and his wife Ruth lived in Lebanon, New York; their nieces and nephews included Emmett J. Close, Lena Courtney, and E. J. Fisk.
William and Ernestine Patterson lived with Rollin and Ruth Richmond in Lebanon, New York, in 1880.
