Daniel C. Ritchey Papers

Collection

Identifier: -M659

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence and business records: including a document appointing Ritchey as justice of the peace for Jefferson County, Territory of Jefferson, signed by R.W. Steele, Governor (1861); three account books 1869-1870 from Millard, Beymer & Co., lumber dealers in Corning, Iowa.

Dates

1855-1905

Language of Materials

Material is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Conditions Governing Use

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Biographical / Historical

Daniel Carmichael Ritchey was born in Charlestown, Ind, on October 26, 1817. He and his family lived in Golden City, Jefferson County, Colorado Territory in the early 1860s before returning to Iowa. He died in 1908 in Corning, Iowa.

Extent

1 envelope (20 items)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase; Fred Rosenstock, Denver, Colo.; 1975.

Subjects

Account books. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Legal instruments. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letters (Correspondence) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lumber trade -- Iowa -- Corning -- Archives Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings