Riddle Papers Guide to the Riddle Papers Mss. 65 R43
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Identification Mss. 65 R43
Title Riddle Papers 1812-1915
Quantity 3.00 Linear Feet
Quantity
Language English
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Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Papers, 1812-1915, of the Riddle family of Chambersburg, Pa., Baltimore, Md., and Charlestown, W. Va. Chiefly the correspondence
and accounts of Horace R. Riddle, banker of Baltimore, Md. and Charles Town, W. Va. who was the agent for the receiver of
the Bank of the Valley in Virginia. Collection also includes a farm account book, 1812-1832, of James Riddle of Chambersburg;
and plans and specifications for re-modeling a house in Charles Town.
Architecture, Domestic--West Virginia
Bank of the Valley in Virginia
Banks and banking--Virginia
Charles Town (W.Va.)--History--19th century
Correspondence
Financial records
Legal documents
Receipts (financial records)
Riddle family
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Charles Town (W.Va.)--History--19th century
id127910
1844-1886
Mixed Materials Box: 1 id127911
Box 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id127912
1844-1849
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id127913
Thurlow Weed, Albany, New York to P. S. Shelton, Boston, Massachusetts
1844 November 17
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id127914
Thurlow Weed, Albany, New York to Riddle
1848 May 6
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id127915
A. Stuart Riddle to R. R. Schneck
1848 July 28
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id127916
J. Draper, New York to John M. Clayton, Secretary of State
1849 October 26
Scope and Contents
Regarding affairs in Cuba.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id127917
William H. Seward to William B. Preston, Secretary of the Navy
1849 November 24
Scope and Contents
Letter of introduction for H. R. Riddle.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id127918
Correspondence
1860-1862
Scope and Contents
Five letters written in 1861 to H. R. Riddle commenting on political turmoil and one, 1862, concerning a brother of the writer
captured by the Confederates.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id127919
Correspondence
1867-1879 and undated
Scope and Contents
Chiefly letters to and from H. R. Riddle concerning financial matters.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id127920
H. R. Riddle. Letterpress book
1865-1872
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id127921
H. R. Riddle. Letterpress book
1876-1884
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id127922
H. R. Riddle. Letterpress book
1884-1886
id127923
Series 2: Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children, John Hopkins Hospital
1903-1906
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id127924
Box 2
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id127925
Minutes of first meeting of Board of Managers
1903 December 14
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id127926
Minutes of second and third meetings of the Board
1904
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id127927
Minutes of Meetings and other papers
1905
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id127928
Minutes of meetings and papers on proposed buildings
1906
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id127929
Undated material - clippings, notes, and proposed agreements
id127930
1868-1870
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id127931
Box 2
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id127932
Letters, statements, etc.
1868 February - May
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id127933
Letters, statements, etc.
1868 June
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id127934
Letters, statements, etc.
1868 July - December
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id127935
Letters, statements, etc.
1869-1870
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id127936
Undated material
id127939
1894-1903
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id129159
Box 2
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id129160
Papers
1894-1903
id127937
1864-1900
Scope and Contents
H. R. Riddle was one of the seventeen heirs.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id127938
Box 2
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id127940
Papers, including one letter by James Buchanan, March 29, 1865
1864-1867
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id127941
Letters, chiefly to H. R. Riddle
1868-1869
Scope and Contents
Among the correspondents is the Huntington and Broad Top Railroad.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id127942
Letters, chiefly to H. R. Riddle
1870
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include S. L. Russell, W. H. Travers, W. T. Webb, D. J. Morrell, and Johnston Bros. & Co.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id127943
Letters, chiefly to H. R. Riddle
1871-1879
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include J. A. Horton, James Patton, and Joshua Douglas.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id127944
Letters, chiefly to H. R. Riddle
1880-1883
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include S. L. Russell & H. E. Johnston.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id127945
Letters to H. R. Riddle
1884 January
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include H. E. Johnston, Russelll & Longnecker, and J. J. Barndollar.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id127946
Letters, chiefly to H. R. Riddle
1884 February - December
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include H. E. Johnston, Cambria Iron Company, and Russell & Longnecker.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id127948
Letters, chiefly to H. R. Riddle
1886-1888
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Chevington and Bunn Coal Company, and Joshua Douglas.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id127949
Box 3
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id127950
Letters, chiefly to H. R. Riddle
1889
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Chevington and Bunn Coal Company.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id127952
Letters, chiefly to H. R. Riddle
1890-1900
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Chevington and Bunn Coal Company.
id127959
1915 May
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id129053
Box 3
id127962
1849-1904
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id127963
Box 3
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id127965
Legal Papers
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id129055
Appointment of H. R. Riddle commissioner to examine auctioneers in New York, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id129056
Bills of sale, chattels, William H. Travers to Rebecca Hunter
1860-1861
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id129057
Deed, W. H. Travers to Rebecca Hunter
1861
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id129058
Judgment of damages involving Riddles
1885
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id129059
Document involving $3,000 bequest to Kate W. Riddle
1904
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id129060
Advertisement from newspaper of property to be sold for taxes
n.d.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id129061
Written statement of questions in dispute involving Wards, Riddles, and Travers
n.d.
id129046
1812-1906
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id129047
Box 3
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id129048
List of expenses, inventories, etc. involving H. R. Riddle, Wm. H. Travers, etc.
1854-1859
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id129049
Receipts, statements, etc. of Travers and Riddle
1860-1869
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id129050
Volume of memos, accounts, addresses
1876-1877
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id129051
Papers re. insolvency of H. R. Riddle
1885
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id129052
Accounts
1890-1899
Scope and Contents
Includes 1893 diary; account book, 1894-1899; and H. R. Riddle tax receipts, 1895-1898.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id129062
Papers in the handling of the estate of Rebecca Hunter by H. R. Riddle, administrator
1895
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id129063
Receipted bill to the Riddles, Charles Town, West Virginia
1900-1901
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id129064
Receipted bill to the Riddles, Charles Town, West Virginia
1902
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id129065
Box 4
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id129066
Receipted bills, expense memos of the Riddles, Charles Town, West Virginia
1903
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id129067
Receipted bills, expense memos of the Riddles, Charles Town, West Virginia
1904
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id129068
Receipted bills of the Riddles, Charles Town, West Virginia
1905
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id129069
Receipted bills of the Riddles
1906
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id129070
Riddle tax receipts
1899-1906
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id129071
Riddle receipts and expense memos
n.d.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id129072
Account book
1902-1904
Scope and Contents
Unidentified.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id129073
Farm account book of James Riddle, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
1812-1832
Scope and Contents
Indexed. 178 pp.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id129074
Box 5
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id129075
Volume of accounts, commercial travels, business addresses of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore
1872-1876
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id129076
Journal of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore, Maryland
1853-1862
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id129077
Ledger of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore, Maryland
1850-1854
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id129078
Cash book of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore, Maryland
1850-1856
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id129079
Cash book of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore, Maryland
1856-1862
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id129080
Cash book of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore, Maryland
1864-1865
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id129081
Box 6
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id129082
Journal of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore
1893-1903
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id129083
Journal and day book of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore
1850-1899
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id129084
Ledger of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore
1864-1869
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id129085
Cash book of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore
1885-1897
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id129086
Cash book of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore
1865-1869
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id129087
Volume of shipping accounts from West Indies, undated, and copies of and extracts from letters re. shipments by A. R. Riddle
1845-1846
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id129088
Cash accounts of H. R. Riddle, Baltimore, Maryland
1849-1851
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id129089
Financial diary of expenses and receipts of H. R. Riddle
1864
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id129090
Account notes and address book of H. R. Riddle
1875-1876
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id129091
Farm planting notes and expenses of H. R. Riddle
1842-1846
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11 id129092
Cash book of H. R. Riddle
1842-1846
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12 id129093
Farm planting notes and expenses of H. R. Riddle
1863
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