Surviving Papers of Eliza Ridgely
A number of financial records kept by Eliza Ridgely have been preserved:
- Account book of expenses on trip to Europe (1833–1834)
- Servants Clothing Book, (1835–1854)
- Account Book (1838–1846)
- Accounts of Eliza E. R. Ridgely with her Trustees for her father's estate (1840s)
- House Accounts (1845)
- Accounts of Eliza E. R. Ridgely with her Trustees for Nicholas G. Ridgely's estate (1840s)
- Travel Account Book (1846–1847)
- Account Books (1849–1853)
- John & Eliza Ridgely, Farm Account Book (1850–1864)
- Account Book as Trustee to Nicholas G. Ridgely (1858–1867)
Other surviving manuscripts include letters Eliza Ridgely wrote to her daughter Eliza (known as 'Didy') between May 8 and July 12, 1858, a commonplace book of poetry she kept before her marriage, and letters she received from her friend Lafayette, her son Charles at Harvard and her daughter Eliza traveling in Europe.
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