Thomas B. Redding collection
Collection
Identifier: L336
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, receipts, and military papers ranging from 1834 to 1918 regarding Thomas Redding's legal practice in Henry County and Central Indiana. The legal documents in the collection consist of bills, promissory notes, checks, receipts, accounts, indentures, contracts, leases, deeds, mortgages, insurance policies, affidavits, wills, briefs, and other papers relating to a probate business. In addition to the papers from his legal practice, the collection contains insurance papers, correspondence, and account records regarding Redding's map business. The collection also contains Civil War pension correspondence (1862-1887) and some Indiana regimental records (1863-1865). Most pension correspondence is filed together, but some letters are filed with Redding's other correspondence. Patents, drawings, sketches, and technical specifications relating to patent inquiries, claims, and disputes are included as well.
Dates
- 1835-1918, undated
Creator
- Redding, Thomas B. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Thomas Burton Redding was born in Henry County, Indiana on December 27, 1831. The son of Iredell and Anna (Nixon) Redding, Thomas graduated from Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in 1857 and obtained a Ph.D. from Iowa Wesleyan University in 1881. Redding married Sarah W. Corrington (1831-1887) on December 2, 1858 and they had 3 daughters.
Redding taught at New Castle Seminary and worked as editor of the New Castle Courier before being admitted to the bar in 1857. He worked as an attorney for a brief time in Chicago, Illinois (1858-1860) and then returned to practice law in New Castle, Indiana. Redding specialized in collections, Civil War pension claims, and patents. In addition to his legal practice, Redding printed and sold county maps in Henry County and Racine, Wisconsin. He served as a trustee of DePauw University, was an active member of the Western Association of Writers, the American Society of Microscopy, the Royal Microscopical Society of England, and other scientific organizations. Redding died in New Castle on April 11, 1895.
Sources:
"Married." Indianapolis Daily Journal (IN), December 8, 1858.
History of Henry County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History. Chicago, IL: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1884.
"Thomas B. Redding: He Was Not Drowned, but Died of Heart Disease." New Castle Courier (IN), April 19, 1895.
Redding taught at New Castle Seminary and worked as editor of the New Castle Courier before being admitted to the bar in 1857. He worked as an attorney for a brief time in Chicago, Illinois (1858-1860) and then returned to practice law in New Castle, Indiana. Redding specialized in collections, Civil War pension claims, and patents. In addition to his legal practice, Redding printed and sold county maps in Henry County and Racine, Wisconsin. He served as a trustee of DePauw University, was an active member of the Western Association of Writers, the American Society of Microscopy, the Royal Microscopical Society of England, and other scientific organizations. Redding died in New Castle on April 11, 1895.
Sources:
"Married." Indianapolis Daily Journal (IN), December 8, 1858.
History of Henry County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History. Chicago, IL: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1884.
"Thomas B. Redding: He Was Not Drowned, but Died of Heart Disease." New Castle Courier (IN), April 19, 1895.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet (3 manuscript boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Box 1 and 2 of this collection are arranged chronologically. Box 3 documents are arranged as follows: pension correspondence, alphabetically by last name of pension correspondent; military documents by regiment, then chronologically; other documents by subject, then chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Herbert Heller on 1959/06/19 and an unknown donor.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed in 1999 by Philip N. Williams; 2015/05/18 by Brent Abercrombie; 2016/10/11 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2016/10/12 by Laura Eliason.
- Administration of estates
- Checks
- Contracts
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Henry County (Ind.)
- Indentures
- Lawyers -- Indiana
- Legal documents
- Military veterans
- New Castle (Ind.)
- Patents
- Promissory notes
- Receipts (Acknowledgements)
- Redding, Thomas B.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Pensions
Creator
- Redding, Thomas B. (Person)
- Title
- Thomas B. Redding collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
