Official and personal papers. Includes documents from various court cases; records relating to the estates of various individuals; grievances of Reverend A. André against Inspector Herchmer, 1882, Davin and the police, 1883; clippings regarding the North-West Mounted Police and the Richardson-Elliott controversy. File III.2 relates to the Assiniboia Club in Regina. Includes plan of his residence in Battleford.

Richardson (1826-1913) was a lawyer and judge.