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- One copyright registration, "No. 75 I," dated January 3, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated December, 14, 1871, issued by the Wayne County Treasurer's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that F. Backus paid $15.19 for state and county taxes on property located at "Mullett Farm, Lot 30" and for "Personal Property." The receipt was signed by "James Collins, Dty. [Deputy] County Treasurer."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 111 I," dated January 3, 1878, issued by the "Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Washington." The registration form is printed in black text on white paper and includes blank lines that have been completed in handwritten black ink text. It indicates that a copyright was issued to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit for a "Book or Form" which is described in more specific detail in handwritten text. The registration form was signed in the lower right corner by "A. R. [Ainsworth Rand] Spofford, Librarian of Congress." An oval-shaped embossed seal of the Copyright Office is located in the upper left corner of the form.
- Date Issued:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One lease agreement, dated 21 February 1868, made between Peter Desnoyers of Detroit, party of the first part and Arouet Richmond, Frederick H. A. Backus, and Benjamin B. Richmond of Detroit, parties of the second part. The agreement is printed in black text on both sides of a bi-fold sheet of white paper. Blank lines have been completed in handwritten black text. The text indicated that Peter Desnoyers was leasing rooms in a building located at 185 Jefferson Avenue, to the parties of the second part for five years for a total amount of $2800.00. All parties have signed their names at the end of the lease agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "Chas. N. Ayres" and "Chas. E. Safford." Four U.S. Internal Revenue stamps have been affixed to the front page of the agreement form along the left edge in the amounts of two dollars, one dollar, one dollar, and two dollars. The three upper stamps feature a red and white engraved design with a bust of George Washington at the center. The lower stamp has a green and white engraved design with a bust of George Washington at the center.
- Date Issued:
- 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated December, 14, 1871, issued by the Wayne County Treasurer's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that B. Richmond paid $13.47 for state and county taxes on property located at Henry St. W, namely, "Lot 22 & Personal Property." The receipt was signed by "James Collins, D. [Deputy] County Treasurer."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One resolution, dated May 8, 1869, that was issued by the Board of Supervisors of Alcona County, Michigan. It was handwritten in black ink on white paper that has light red and blue lines and columns. The resolution directed the treasurer to obtain the stationery and record books that would be necessary for the various county government offices. A list of record books and prices is attached on a second page with the heading, "Memorandum of Prices for Oceola [Osceola] & Alcona County."
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated July 12, 1867, issued by the Receiver's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that Richmond & Backus Company paid $264.63 for various city taxes on "Personal Property, Jeff. Ave. North." The receipt, No. 37, was signed by "T.R. Cumings, Receiver of Taxes."
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One "United States Internal Revenue, Receipt for Special Tax," dated May 1, 1869. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that the Richmond & Backus Company had paid $60 for a special tax on its business as "Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers" for the year ending May 1, 1870. The receipt, No. 195, was signed by "H. B. Rowlson, Collector of the 1st District, State of Michigan."
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One agreement, dated March 1, 1865, made between Arouet Richmond, Frederick H. A. Backus, and Benjamin Barton Richmond of Detroit. The agreement is handwritten in black ink on both sides of a sheet of white linen paper that has light blue lines. It contains seven sections and indicates that the "Parties do hereby agree to enter into a copartnership under the name and firm of Richmond & Backus to carry on a business as book sellers and book binders in all its various branches in the City of Detroit ..... for a period of (5) five years consecutively from the date these presents." The three parties have signed their names at the end of the agreement in the presence of two witnesses, "James Moreton" and "N. M. Macalister."
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One tax receipt, dated December 14, 1869, issued by the Wayne County Treasurer's Office in Detroit. It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that Richmond & Backus Company paid $330.63 for county taxes on the "W [west] 24 ft., Lot 3, Sec. 1," as well as for "Merchandise," and the "E [east] 26 ft., Lot 3, Sec. 1." The receipt was signed by "Paul Gies, County Treasurer."
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
