Annals of the Poor, or Narratives of the Dairyman's Daughter, the Negro Servant, and the Young Cottager

Legh Richmond (1772-1827), was an English minister, best known for The Dairyman's Daughter, of which as many as four millions in nineteen languages were circulated before 1849. A collected edition of his stories of village life was first published in 1814 under the title of Annals of the Poor. Richmond is thought to have originated the use of boards with movable numbers to indicate hymn numbers during church services.