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Richards, Louis Harry
railroad president, was born April 7, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1878 he has been president of the Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont railroad.
RICHARDS, MRS. MARIA [TOLMAN], educator, author, was born Oct. 8, 1821, in Dorchester, Mass. She is an educator and lecturer of Providence; and the author of Life in Judea; and Life in Israel.
Richards, Mark
state legislator, congressman, was born in New Haven, Conn. He was a member of the state legislature for eight years; was county sheriff for five years; was a presidential elector in 1813; and was a state counselor in 1813 and 1815. He was a representative in congress from Vermont from 1817 to 1821; and was lieutenant-governor of Vermont in 1830.
Richards, Matthias
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1757. He was a judge of Berks county, Pa., from 1788 to 1797; and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1807 to 1811. He died in 1830.
Richards, Sarah J
philanthropist, was born in 1820. She was a noted philanthropist of her time. She died in 1893.
Richards, Thomas Addison
artist, educator, was born Dec. 3, 1820, in England. Since 1867 he has been professor of art in the university of the city of New York, which gave him the honorary degree of M. A. in 1878. His numerous paintings include Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude; and The Indian's Paradise.
Richards, W. Avery
clergyman, author, poet, was born Dec. 28, 1838, in Clyde, Ohio. He has filled pastorates in the methodist churches of Dixon, Prairie City, Sioux City, and Fort Dodge, Iowa; and is the author of a volume of poems.
Richards, William Carey
clergyman, author, poet, was born Nov. 24, 1818, in England. He was a baptist minister of Chicago, widely known as a lecturer upon physical science, and the author of Baptist Banquets; The Lord Is My Shepherd; The Mountain Anthem; Our Father in Heaven, a series of sonnets; and Science in Song. He died in 1892.
Richards, William Trost
artist, was born Nov. 14, 1833, in Philadelphia, Pa. Among his works in oil are Tulip- Trees (1859); Midsummer; Woods in June (1864); and Mid Ocean. His work in water-colors has become widely known, and includes Cedars on the Sea-Shore (1873); Paradise, Newport; Sand-Hills, Coast, N. J.; King Arthur's Castle, Tintagel, Cornwall; Mullion Gull Rock, Tintagel, Cornwall (1882); The Unresting Sea (1884).
Richardson, David P
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 28, 1833, in Macedon, N. Y. He served in the union army from 1861 to 1864; removed to Angelica in 1866, and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.
Richardson, E. C
librarian. He is the librarian of the Princeton university, and a regular contributor to historical literature.
Richardson, Hobart Wood
journalist, author, was born in 1831. He was a journalist of Portland, Maine, and the author of Paper Money; The National Banks; and The Standard Dollar. He died in 1889.
Richardson, J. M
soldier, poet, was born March 13, 1831, in South Carolina.
He served in the civil war as a confederate, attaining the rank of colonel. He has contributed both prose and verse to the leading magazines and journals of South Carolina.