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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:: 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

Formal title:: Federal Adelphi Society records
Extent:: 1 linear foot (1 letter-size and 1 legal-size Hollinger document cases)
Date range:: 1796-1833
Abstract:: The Federal Adelphi Society records contain records and correspondence of the organization.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: MS-1Q-F1

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

Gibbs (George) receipt

Formal title:: George Gibbs receipt
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1811
Abstract:: This collection includes a receipt from George Gibbs (1766-1833) of Newport, Rhode, Island, for money received from Captain Daniel Brown.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.516

Formal title:: Stephen Hopkins receipt
Extent:: 0.02 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Date range:: 1775
Abstract:: This collection consists of one receipt from Stephen Hopkins on February 20, 1775, to Joseph Clarke (1719-1792), general treasurer of the colony of Rhode Island, with Hopkins’ request that Clarke pay the money granted to Hopkins during the eighth session of the Rhode Island General Assembly to Jabez Bowen (1739-1815).
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.538

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