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Autograph File, D, 1586-1975.

Title: Autograph File, D, 1586-1975.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 9.5 boxes (4.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01427/catalog View

Edward Everett Hayden Family Papers, 1817-1963, (bulk 1879-1932)

Title: Edward Everett Hayden Family Papers 1817-1963 (bulk 1879-1932)

Naval officer and scientist. Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, financial material, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Hayden's naval and scientific careers and to his family.

ArchivalResource: 11,000 items; 31 containers plus 1 oversize; 12.4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009244 View

[Massachusetts State Seal], ca. 1840.

Title: [Massachusetts State Seal], ca. 1840.

State seal with the autograph signatures of I.C. Bates, Rufus Choate, John Davis, and Robert Rantoul, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) in folder ; 25 x 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46939527 View

Joseph Story papers (1794-1851)

Title: Joseph Story papers (1794-1851)

The Joseph Story papers contain the incoming letters of Joseph Story, a Massachusetts state representative, United States Supreme Court justice, and Harvard Law School professor. The papers deal with a wide range of political and legal issues concerning Massachusetts and the United States in the first half of the 19th century.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1387sto?rgn=main;view=text View

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Letter, 1836 June 24 : Washington [D.C.], to [Governor John] J. Davis, [Mass.].

Title: Letter, 1836 June 24 : Washington [D.C.], to [Governor John] J. Davis, [Mass.].

Webster wishes to purchase a farm in the Michigan Territory as a speculative land investment. Added note in another hand claims the recipient to be Phineas Davis, brother or son of Senator John Davis of Mass.

ArchivalResource: 5 p. (2 leaves) ; 25 x 40 cm., folded to 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/242891993 View

Topical pamphlet collection, <1741>-<1996>.

Title: Topical pamphlet collection, <1741>-<1996>.

A long-established, artificial, still-growing collection consisting largely of printed pamphlets, with articles, reprints, some ephemera, typescripts, photocopied manuscript material, and one set of slides (to accompany a typescript item) also included. Some of the items within were bound during the 19th century, some are loose. Covering a broad range of topics relating to American (and particularly New England) history, life, and thought, the Topical Pamphlet Collection provides background and context for the more specifically Concord-related materials in the Concord Free Public Library Special Collections. The collection--not to be confused with the Concord Pamphlet Collection--includes <883> items, dating from <1741> to <1996>. Series I (Historical Topics) includes <352> items dating between <1741> and <1996>, Series II (Individuals, As Author or Subject) <300> items between <1761> and <1963>, Series III (Massachusetts Towns--History, Anniversaries, Description, etc.) <127> items between <1748> and <1991>, and Series IV (Pamphlet Materials on Multiple Topics, Organized by Form) <104> items between <1752> and <1940>. Some of the bound volumes include the occasional out-of-scope pamphlet. Moreover, there is some topical overlap of material in different subseries.

ArchivalResource: <883 > items<47 > containers

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/694087719 View

Henry A. S. Dearborn collection 1801-1850 1814-1850 Dearborn, Henry A. S. collection

Title: Henry A. S. Dearborn collection 1801-1850 1814-1850 Dearborn, Henry A. S. collection

The Henry A. S. Dearborn collection (156 items) contains the correspondence of the Massachusetts politician and author Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, son of the Revolutionary War General, Henry Dearborn. The papers largely document his career as the collector of the Boston Customs House and include letters from prominent government officials in Boston, New York, and Washington D.C.

ArchivalResource: 156 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-436dea?rgn=main;view=text View

Schouler, William, 1814-1872. William Schouler papers, 1840-1872.

Title: William Schouler papers, 1840-1872.

Editor and historian. Papers relate principally to his activities as editor of the "Lowell Courier" and "Boston Daily Atlas." Schouler was a Whig and Republican Party activist in local politics, 1840-1860, and Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, 1860-1866. Included are materials on the Loco-Foco Party, the annexation of Texas, the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, the formation of the Republican Party, and Schouler's travel journal from 1846, kept on a four-month tour through England, Scotland, Ireland and northern France. Among the correspondents are Salmon P. Chase, John Davis, Joshua R. Giddings, William H. Seward, Charles Sumner, Thurlow Weed, Henry Wilson and Robert C. Winthrop. The collection also contains a small number of miscellaneous speeches, newspaper articles and lectures prepared by Schouler.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes, 1 cased vol, and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9923523 View

Davis, John, 1787-1854. Letter : Worcester, Mass., to [Jacob Burnet], n.p., 1847 Sept. 20.

Title: Letter : Worcester, Mass., to [Jacob Burnet], n.p., 1847 Sept. 20.

Autograph letter signed. Davis comments very favorably on Burnet's book Notes of the Early Settlement of the Northwestern Territory.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82159795 View

Letters to Matthew Calbraith Perry from various correspondents, 1799-1945.

Title: Letters to Matthew Calbraith Perry from various correspondents, 1799-1945.

Letters to American naval officer Matthew Perry, many pertaining to naval affairs.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00699/catalog View

Portrait file: Guide.

Title: Portrait file: Guide.

The Portrait File is an alphabetically arranged collection of portait images of individuals, groups of individuals, and views and miscellany, received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01675/catalog View

Joseph Story papers

Title: Joseph Story papers

The Joseph Story papers contain the incoming letters of Joseph Story, a Massachusetts state representative, United States Supreme Court justice, and Harvard Law School professor. The papers deal with a wide range of political and legal issues concerning Massachusetts and the United States in the first half of the 19th century.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet.

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1387sto?rgn=main;view=text View

Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859. ALS : Boston, to Mr. John Davis, 1851 Feb. 10.

Title: ALS : Boston, to Mr. John Davis, 1851 Feb. 10.

Letter of introduction of Mr. Cupen who will be going to Washington to obtain the extension of Mr. Adam's patent.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) in folder ; 25 x 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46887540 View

Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872. Papers, 1805-1896 (bulk 1814-1863)

Title: John P. (John Prescott) Bigelow papers, 1805-1896 (inclusive), 1814-1863 (bulk)

Letters, diaries, and papers of American politician John P. (John Prescott) Bigelow.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00390/catalog View

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Papers, 1800-1900 (bulk 1824-1852)

Title: Daniel Webster papers, 1800-1900

Lawyer, statesman, and diplomat; United States representative from New Hampshire and United States senator from Massachusetts. Correspondence, memoranda, notes and drafts for speeches, legal papers, invitations, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and other papers, chiefly dating from 1824 to 1852. Topics include Webster's law practices and cases heard before the United States Supreme Court, the Bank of the United States, diplomacy, national and state politics, slavery, and the Compromise of 1850.

ArchivalResource: 2,500 items; 16 containers; 4 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000013 View

Davis, John, 1787-1854. Diary : manuscript, 1843-1844.

Title: Diary : manuscript, 1843-1844.

Concerns a journey from Worcester, Mass., to Illinois for the purpose of examining the Illinois and Michigan Canal, with entries concerning the canal, estimates of the cost of completion, description of the land crossed during the journey; with further entries concerning a journey to England to make a report to Baring Brothers & Co. and others who were funding the canal.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (86 leaves) ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612869924 View

Haight, John Thomas, 1813-1853. Papers, 1791-1936.

Title: Papers, 1791-1936.

Incoming correspondence, legal documents, and other business papers of Haight, a Wisconsin land speculator based in Koshkonong who was active in local and state politics.

ArchivalResource: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145790445 View

Davis, John, 1787-1854. ALS : [Boston, Mass], to "My dear Gov." [George Nixon Briggs], 1846 Aug.5.

Title: ALS : [Boston, Mass], to "My dear Gov." [George Nixon Briggs], 1846 Aug.5.

Comments on an appropriations bill passed by the Senate and now to go to the House.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) in folder ; 25 x 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46887523 View

John Davis testimony and affidavit, 1841

Title: John Davis testimony and affidavit 1841

ArchivalResource: 1 item

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%20SC%201206 View

Hale Family Papers, 1698-1916, (bulk 1810-1909)

Title: Hale Family Papers 1698-1916 (bulk 1810-1909)

Correspondence, biographical material, business records, writings, legal documents, memorabilia, and genealogies of the Hale, Everett, Hill, and Sears families. The collection consists primarily of the papers of Nathan Hale (1784-1863), pioneer railroad builder and journalist; Alexander Hill Everett (1790-1847), diplomat and editor; and Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), author and Unitarian minister.

ArchivalResource: 7,500 items; 34 containers; 13.6 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010033 View

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Miscellany Collection of John A. Schutz, 1693-1959.

Title: Miscellany Collection of John A. Schutz, 1693-1959.

It is possible this Miscellany collection was assembled by Schutz as part of his own research as an historian, as well as the letters and documents collected as autographs for his interest as a collector; the material covers a wide range of years, authors and subjects: Ephemera, Correspondence and Documents are arranged chronologically in Box 1: 1693-1865, and Box 2: 1866-1959. The material includes one piece of printed Ephemera (1693); the early American manuscript material includes correspondence and documents by William Burnet, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Pownall, and William Shirley. The 19th century material includes correspondence and documents related to, among others, the American and British politicians and historians, George Bancroft, John Bright, Richard Cobden, John Davis, Charles William Eliot, Henry Hallam, Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury), Robert Cecil (Marquess of Salisbury), and Robert Winthrop. The 20th century material includes correspondence by Charles Edward Chapman, Joseph Hodges Choate, Max Farrand, Hiram Johnson, Louis Knott Koontz, Robert Andrews Millikan, Frederic Lgan Paxson, and Frederick jackson Turner.

ArchivalResource: 86 pieces.2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663110794 View

Hendrickson, Robert Frederick. Accounting procedures at Harvard College as practiced during the tenure of Treasurer John Davis, April 1810-February 1827.

Title: Accounting procedures at Harvard College as practiced during the tenure of Treasurer John Davis, April 1810-February 1827.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77069284 View

Harvard University. Treasurer. Ledger accounts, etc., 1721-1963 (inclusive).

Title: Ledger accounts, etc., 1721-1963 (inclusive).

In general, ledger accounts provide a summary of accounts activities. Includes journals of E. Hutchinson, T. Hubbard, E. Storer, J. Jackson, J. Davis, and other Treasurers of Harvard College (1636-1780) and the later University. Also ledger cards, with accounts receivable and payable, etc. and building taxes ledger. For more detailed information about records, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

ArchivalResource: 13 containers

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76976064 View

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Papers, 1800-1900 (bulk 1824-1852)

Title: Daniel Webster papers, 1800-1900

Lawyer, statesman, and diplomat; United States representative from New Hampshire and United States senator from Massachusetts. Correspondence, memoranda, notes and drafts for speeches, legal papers, invitations, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and other papers, chiefly dating from 1824 to 1852. Topics include Webster's law practices and cases heard before the United States Supreme Court, the Bank of the United States, diplomacy, national and state politics, slavery, and the Compromise of 1850.

ArchivalResource: 2,500 items; 16 containers; 4 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000013 View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource: 1 collection

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01529/catalog View

William L. Clements Library. Henry A. S. Dearborn collection, 1801-1850, bulk 1814-1850.

Title: Henry A. S. Dearborn collection, 1801-1850, bulk 1814-1850.

The Henry A. S. Dearborn collection (156 items) contains the correspondence of the Massachusetts politician and author Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, son of the Revolutionary War General, Henry Dearborn. The papers largely document his career as the collector of the Boston Customs House and include letters from prominent government officials in Boston, New York, and Washington D.C.

ArchivalResource: 156 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/719608230 View

Hudson, Charles, 1795-1881. Political biographies, 1864-1880.

Title: Political biographies, 1864-1880.

These political biographies, written between 1864 and 1880, include the following unpublished, bound manuscripts: "The Character of the Late Hon. John Davis of Worcester, Mass.," 1864; "Levi Lincoln: LIfe, Services and Character," 1870; "Character of George Nixon Briggs of Pittsfield, Mass.," 1873; "The Character of Governor Emory Washburn," 1878; "The Life and Character of Edward Everett and Marcus Morton ... Contrasted," 1880; "The American Trio: Or the Relative Character of Clay, Webster and Calhoun," 1880. At the beginning of each volume is a letter from Hudson to Samuel Foster Haven (1806-1881) briefly describing the manuscript and offering it as a gift to the AAS. This collection also includes a folder of miscellaneous correspondence, from 1844 to 1877, including two Hudson letters concerning the annexation of Texas.

ArchivalResource: 6 v. ; octavo.1 folder (4 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259442 View

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Papers of George Bancroft, 1811-1901.

Title: Papers of George Bancroft, 1811-1901.

Family and personal correspondence, deeds and other legal documents, papers pertaining to the settlement of various estates, genealogical material, and papers and letters relating to Bancroft's private business matters. Includes correspondence (1840-1865) with Bancroft's publishers, Little, Brown & Co.; papers relating to his position as collector of the port of Boston and to his interest in the Bank of Michigan; many autographed letters (1817-86) from persons prominent in public affairs and the literary world in Europe and America; and correspondence of or about Anne Bancroft, Mary Bancroft, Sarah Bancroft, Thomas Bancroft, Alexander Bliss, William Bliss, T. Hartley Crawford, Jonathan Dwight, Jane Putnam Bancroft, Gherardi D. Goodwin, William Murphy, Henry Schoolcraft, Charles C. Trowbridge, Baxter Witter, and Levi Woodbury. Other correspondents include Bancroft's first wife Sarah (Dwight) Bancroft (d. 1837), his second wife Elizabeth (Davis) Bliss Bancroft, his father Aaron Bancroft, his sister Eliza (Bancroft) Davis, his brother-in-law John Davis, Governor of Massachusetts, his sister Lucretia (Bancroft) Farnum, and his two sons George Bancroft, Jr. and John Chandler Bancroft (during their school days and their travels abroad).

ArchivalResource: 7 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80756661 View

Harvard University. Treasurer. Treasurer's bonds, 1810-1898 (inclusive).

Title: Treasurer's bonds, 1810-1898 (inclusive).

Includes Treasurer's bonds of John Davis, dated March 30, 1810, of Amos A. Lawrence, dated Jan. 16, 1858; and Charles F. Adams (Deputy Treasurer), dated March 12, 1898.

ArchivalResource: 1 container

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76976085 View

Hayden, Edward Everett, 1858-1932. Papers, 1817-1965 (bulk 1879-1932).

Title: Papers, 1817-1965 (bulk 1879-1932).

Correspondence, diaries, journals, notebooks, financial materials, photographs, and other papers, relating to Hayden's naval and scientific careers and to the Hayden family. Topics include Hayden's position as secretary of the National Geographic Society (1895-1897), his work in charge of time service and chronometers at the U.S. Naval Observatory (1902-1910), his command of the naval station at Key West, Fla. (1910-1915), his various inventions and patents, and his scientific research in hydrography, meteorology (particularly hurricanes), and timekeeping. Includes family papers providing documentation of military family life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Family papers include those of Edward Hayden's son, Herbert B. Hayden, containing a detailed account of his years as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy (1904-1907); and of Edward Hayden's grandfather, William Hayden, postmaster of Boston, Mass., whose correspondents include Jacob Collamer, John Davis, and Daniel Webster.

ArchivalResource: 12.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31605228 View

Washburn, Emory, 1800-1877. Papers, 1833-1865.

Title: Papers, 1833-1865.

This small collection of business letters and receipts includes three letters written by Washburn while a law partner with John Davis (1787-1854) in Worcester. There is an 1865 circular letter authored by Washburn and Rev. Seth Sweetser (1807-1878) announcing an anonymous gift for the establishment of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and soliciting additional funds and land. There is also a catalog of books in Washburn's library (72 p., 54 blank). The volume is undated but the latest date cited for an edition of a book is 1832.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (18 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207177377 View

Armstrong, Samuel T., 1784-1850. Papers, 1812-1850.

Title: Papers, 1812-1850.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Samuel T. Armstrong, publisher, banker, and governor of Massachusetts. Armstrong published religious works and was a member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Elected lieutenant governor in 1832, he succeeded to the governorship in 1835 when John Davis took his seat in the U.S. Senate. Armstrong lost his election bid that year but was elected Mayor of Boston in 1836. His correspondents include statesmen John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Levi Lincoln, Edward Everett, John Davis, and Robert Charles Winthrop; religious leaders Jeremiah Evarts and Leonard Woods; and missionaries John Scudder, Hiram Bingham, and Miron Winslow.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15812884 View

Davis, John, 1787-1854. Letter : Washington, D.C., to J. G. Marshall, Hancock County, West Virginia, [1835?-1853?] February 11.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C., to J. G. Marshall, Hancock County, West Virginia, [1835?-1853?] February 11.

In this undated letter, Davis notifies Marshall that no law has been passed authorizing the taking of the census, "nor is it proposed that the Committee shall have any concern with appointments".

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122609063 View

Davis, John, 1787-1854. John Davis correspondence, 1830-1848.

Title: John Davis correspondence, 1830-1848.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79423566 View

Jackson, John Peter, 1805-1861. John P. Jackson papers, 1821-1887 1830-1860.

Title: John P. Jackson papers, 1821-1887 1830-1860.

The papers consist largely of letters received by John P. Jackson, and date from 1821-1887, with bulk dates of 1830-1860. The correspondence mostly pertains to John P. Jackson's business matters and contains complaints concerning the various railroads Jackson oversaw; requests for free tickets or passes; information regarding the railroad company's stock; discussion of New Jersey and United States politics; invitations to dinners, meetings, lectures, and visits; and inquiries into money owed. Correspondents include Samuel Bayard, John J. Chetwood, John Davis, William L. Dayton, Edward Everett, Richard Stockton Field, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Charles Gayarré, Chauncey A. Goodrich, Dudley S. Gregory, Joseph C. Hornblower, Peter Jackson, Jacob W. Miller, J. Phillips Phoenix, Robert Schuyler, George Sheldon, Samuel L. Southard, Richard Stockton, Robert Field Stockton, John R. Thomson, Peter D. Vroom, Asa Whitehead, and William A. Whitehead. There are a few letters from family members, including one from John P. Jackson's brother, James Jackson, describing the state of the slaves at Mount Vernon. There are also a number of letters discussing the various organizations and societies that Jackson was involved in, including the New Jersey Colonization Society, the Essex County Bible Society, Princeton University, South Park Church, and an unspecified temperance society. The papers also contain editorials; a small number of receipts and bills; court documents; one Newark land deed; and a few letters to other people, including John Darcy Stevens, the President of the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet (1 small manuscript box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52262943 View

Briggs, George N. (George Nixon), 1796-1861. Correspondence, 1832-1861.

Title: Correspondence, 1832-1861.

This correspondence was written almost entirely during Briggs' career as a U.S. Congressman and Massachusetts Governor. Several letters from Horace Mann (1796-1859) and, to a lesser extent, from Mark Hopkins (1802-1887) and Edward Everett (1794-1865) illustrate Briggs' interest in matters concerning education. Briggs received many letters about politics and legal cases from John Davis (1787-1854). For the most part, the remaining correspondence concerns itself with recommendations, invitations, and various messages of an official nature. A number of these letters were sent by John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881) and Josiah Quincy (1802-1882).

ArchivalResource: 1 traycase ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259196 View

Davis, John, 1787-1854. Testimony and Affidavit, 1841.

Title: Testimony and Affidavit, 1841.

Printed testimony from Massechusetts. This item is dated Nov. 4, 1841 and is signed by Governor Davis and Secretary Bigalow. It testifies that George Phillips is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk. On the inside of this item, and connected to it by the Seal of the Commonwealth, is an affidavit signed by Harrison Gray and George Phillips and intended for the St. Louis, Mo. Court. This document states that the plaintiffs in a court case have given all credit and payments that are entitled to the estate of the deceased W.P. Clark.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145435347 View

Davis, John, 1787-1854. Papers, 1812-1902.

Title: Papers, 1812-1902.

This collection contains correspondence and documents of John Davis during his political career from 1824 to 1853. There is material on the Anti-Masonic movement, Andrew Jackson's war on the U.S. Bank, the struggle between South Carolina and the federal government in 1832, and the rise of the slavery question to a dominant position in American politics. In all of these episodes, Davis played a prominent part with Daniel Webster and other notable Whigs. Letters from these individuals are evidence of the value placed on his judgment and ability as a political leader. Two boxes contain Davis' professional correspondence and speeches arranged chronologically, 1824 to 1851. These papers provide rather intimate details of the policies and methods of men in public life from the mid-1820s to the early 1850s, particularly the activities of the Whig Party. There are originals and drafts of speeches delivered by Davis in Congress on such leading issues as the tariff and slavery, together with many shorter papers on various political subjects. One of his early writings is a journal (in Box #3) kept on a visit to Washington, D.C., in 1830, at which time he sought action by Congress on behalf of the military claims of Massachusetts for the War of 1812. This journal includes drafts and copies of correspondence with federal authorities and many illuminating comments on affairs in Washington and the nation. There are also briefs of several cases argued by Davis in later years before the U.S. Supreme Court. The correspondence with Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, Rufus Choate, and Robert C. Winthrop is significant for the light it sheds on the politics of Massachusetts and the nation, and on the methods used by party leaders to further their aims and interests. The collection also includes one box of family correspondence, 1812-1902, which is mainly between John Davis and his wife, Eliza Bancroft Davis. The letters written by John Davis discuss personal, familial, and social matters as well as political activities and events. While most of these letters originate from Washington, some of the letters were written while taking domestic and European trips. The letters written by Eliza Davis are of the same nature as those of her husband's. Her letters are marked by intelligent political comments on and discussion of state and national issues, particularly as concerned legislation. Eliza appears to have been a confidant and aide to her husband. (It is noteworthy that there are several drafts and copies of his major speeches in her hand.) Eliza Davis' letters also kept John informed of local matters in and around Worcester, although she also spent much time in Washington with her husband and, as a result, her correspondence with her family and friends reveals much about life in the Capitol City during the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Included in Box #1 are letters relating to Eliza Davis' life as a widow. There are also several items belonging to J.C. Bancroft Davis and Andrew McFarland Davis. The final component of the collection is an oversize volume containing eleven miscellaneous warrants, commissions, and other official documents pertaining to the public life of John Davis from 1819 to 1850.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes.1 v. ; oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207129555 View