Richards and Smith

City: <a href="/places/">Springfield</a>

County: <a href="/places/">Sangamon County</a>

State: <a href="/places/">Illinois</a>

Richards and Smith printers in Springfield, Illinois printed legal documents such as checks and naturalization certificates. In 1857, the company employed eight hands.

Ryan A. Ross, “Early Illinois Newspapers and Job Printers: The Terence A. Tanner Collection,” Occasional Papers, 216 (December 2010), 29; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 6 January 1857, 3:1.