Eliphalet Davis records 1817-1876 Davis, Eliphalet

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Eliphalet Davis records 1817-1876 Davis, Eliphalet

The Eliphalet Davis records are comprised of the business and personal receipts of Eliphalet Davis, a soap manufacturer in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392735

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Davis, Eliphalet

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During the mid-nineteenth century, Eliphalet Davis was a fancy soap maker operating a business at 333 Main Street, Cambridge, Mass., with a home around the corner at 58 Cherry Street. In 1813 he left Bradford, N.H., for Massachusetts, and by 1817, he was working in Cambridge with David Oliver. By 1857 he had his own company (with J. M. Davis), which may later have been sold to the Lever Brothers. Several other members of the Davis family had their own soap firms in Cambr...