Richardson, Ernest Cushing, 1860-1939.

Ernest Cushing Richardson collection of French and Italian manuscripts, 1179-1825. - 2,000 items. 14 containers. 5.6 linear feet.

Open to research.

Manuscripts collected by Richardson including correspondence, legal notes, dictionaries of ecclesiastical and civil law, land records, genealogical material, financial records, pamphlets, printed matter, and other documents relating chiefly to France and Italy. Subjects include law, medicine, and religion.


Librarian and collector.


Collection material in French and Italian, with Latin and German.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013004

mm 85076253


Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French.
Deeds--France.
Deeds--Italy.
Genealogy--Italy.
Land tenure--France.
Land tenure--Italy.
Law--France.
Law--Italy.
Law--France--Dictionaries.
Medicine--France.


France--History.
France--Religion.
Italy--History.
Italy--Religion.


Collectors.
Librarians.