Abstract Collection, 1816-1972, of Richard Columbus Mears. Includes letters to and from Mears and primarily his daughter Nellie Goodsell Mears, but also including his extended family, friends, and business associates discussing personal matters, financial matters, and news from home and abroad. The collection also contains personal accounts that include purchases Mears made on his many journeys for himself and his family and friends, papers detailing an inheritance dispute, and bills his daughter...