Ritchie, James Monroe, 1829-1918
Person
Biographical note
James Monroe Ritchie was an attorney and a U. S. Representative from Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Toledo, Ohio. Ritchie was elected as a Republican to Congress and served from 1881 to 1883.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
James Monroe Ritchie fragment letter, 1870
File — Box 1, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents
This is the last page of a letter from the law firm of Ritchie, Howe & Ritchie in Toledo, Ohio, signed by James Monroe Ritchie. It is on the firm's letterhead with the decade printed in, but the full year not written out. Ritchie is writing of a man who has been imprisoned in the past, and is about to be released. Ritchie thinks the man will be re-arrested, and has some concerns about bail and of the trial.
Dates:1870
