Richardson [Cover]
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Richardson [Cover]Description
Hand drawn green leaf with "R" in red circle. Postmarked "RICHARDSON / APR 6 1942 / TEX." Addressed to "Eleanor M. Richardson, / Conway, New Hampshire."Context
This cover is attributed to a member of the Richardson family. Stephen Richardson, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists, was born at Mount Desert Island, Maine, on June 1, 1794. - approximately 200 miles away from Conway, New Hampshire. The town of Richardson was named after his son, Alfred Stephen Richardson. At the time of this cover, the population of Richardson was 720 and Conway was 4,000.Category
Texas Folk Art: One-Hundred Fifty Years of the Southwestern Tradition
Bayou Bend