Riach, Alexander Fridge, 1825-1896

Abstract This collection contains papers belonging to Mrs. John Douglass Wade (Louisa Gilmor Riach) of Montgomery County, Maryland. The collection includes the correspondence of her parents, Alexander Fridge Riach and Louisa Gilmor Hoffman, as well as correspondence from her husband, John Douglas Wade, prior to his death in World War I. Also included is a travel journal written by Benjamin Chew Howard, describing his walking tour of Scotland in 1817. The journal contains narrative descriptions of the...