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Davis family papers, 1793-1879.

Title: Davis family papers, 1793-1879.

This collection consists of the correspondence and documents, dating from 1793-1879, of the Davis family members of Michigan and New York state. Subjects of interest include routine remarks about politics, weather, crops, health, and affections for relatives. The letters are usually two pages in length and contain little of substance to those not directly interested in the family. The collection is arranged chronologically.

ArchivalResource: 11 folders .1 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42063006 View

Davis, Lindley. Lindley Davis letters to Allen Davis, Ohio, 1852-1862.

Title: Lindley Davis letters to Allen Davis, Ohio, 1852-1862.

Five ALS written by Davis to his brother, Allen from Howard County, Indiana (March 3, 1852), where he and his wife Sally and their children stopped during their journey from Ohio; and from Toledo, Tama County, Iowa (February 13 and May 4, 1855, July 2, 1857, and March 20, 1858), where they settled. The letters contain descriptions of Davis's land purchases in Iowa; the cost of living; farming and making wood shingles from timber on his land; the building of railroads and other developments in Tama County; attending Quaker services; and American Indians living nearby. A letter dated March 23, 1862, written by John [Twain?] in Salt Creek, Iowa, to "Dear Brother and Sister" [Allen and Nancy Davis], contains news of the winter weather, livestock and produce prices, and the contributions of Iowans to the Union in the war.

ArchivalResource: 6 items ; 32 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81699388 View

University of Guelph. Dept. of Geography. Evolving spatial interrelationships in the non-productive land-use components of rural Southern Ontario.

Title: Evolving spatial interrelationships in the non-productive land-use components of rural Southern Ontario. 1989.

ArchivalResource: 65 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/626011673 View

Davis, Lindley. Lindley Davis letters to Allen Davis, Ohio, 1852-1862.

Title: Lindley Davis letters to Allen Davis, Ohio, 1852-1862.

Five ALS written by Davis to his brother, Allen from Howard County, Indiana (March 3, 1852), where he and his wife Sally and their children stopped during their journey from Ohio; and from Toledo, Tama County, Iowa (February 13 and May 4, 1855, July 2, 1857, and March 20, 1858), where they settled. The letters contain descriptions of Davis's land purchases in Iowa; the cost of living; farming and making wood shingles from timber on his land; the building of railroads and other developments in Tama County; attending Quaker services; and American Indians living nearby. A letter dated March 23, 1862, written by John [Twain?] in Salt Creek, Iowa, to "Dear Brother and Sister" [Allen and Nancy Davis], contains news of the winter weather, livestock and produce prices, and the contributions of Iowans to the Union in the war.

ArchivalResource: 6 items ; 32 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702150307 View

Fravel, Ephraim. Letter to S. Davis : San Jose, Calif. : ALS, 1838 Dec. 20.

Title: Letter to S. Davis : San Jose, Calif. : ALS, 1838 Dec. 20.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27041730 View