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- 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 the Richmond & Backus Company paid $115.86 for state and county taxes on property located on the north side of Jefferson Avenue at "E [east] 24 ft., Lot 3, Blk 1." The receipt was signed by "James Collins, D. [Deputy] County Treasurer."
- Date Issued:
- 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One letter, dated October 10, 1865, from the Banking House of Fisk & Hatch of New York to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit. The letter was handwritten in black ink on white paper with light blue lines and black letterhead text at the top.
- Date Issued:
- 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- 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
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 90 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
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 106 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
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- 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
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One receipt, dated October 27, 1869, issued by the "Collection Department of the Mercantile Agency of R. G. Dun & Co." It was printed in black text on white paper and indicated that Richmond & Backus Company was owed $53.54 from "H. W. Thomas, Holly, Mich."
- Date Issued:
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One letter, dated January 12, 1870, from the Board of Supervisors of Saginaw County to the Richmond & Backus Company of Detroit. The letter was handwritten in black ink on white linen paper that has light blue lines and requested that the company furnish real estate record books for the county government.
- Date Issued:
- 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- One copyright registration, "No. 85 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
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- 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
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
