Correspondence, 1816-1869.

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Correspondence, 1816-1869.

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This collection of correspondence consists of letters relating to Davis' business and financial interests (largely banking, insurance, and real estate matters). The collection also contains letters relating to Davis' involvement in politics, legal, and educational matters, as well as religious affairs. The political correspondence, while including commentary on national politics, emphasizes local and state-level politics. The legal correspondence concerns the execution of wills, the ownership of property, requests for legal advice, and court cases. The educational correspondence mostly concerns the Worcester County Manual Labor High School (Worcester Academy), the Female Classical Seminary in West Brookfield, Mass., and Brown University. The religious correspondence is either personal in nature or concerns various Baptist organizations. The collection includes much family correspondence and correspondence relating to college life at Brown University. The collection also includes correspondence that reveals Davis' involvement in postal matters (especially in the 1830s), military affairs, and cattle shows. There is a folder of miscellaneous documents including correspondence and receipts, as well as other documents. The material in this folder has not been cataloged.

38 v. ; octavo.1 folder (14 items)

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Columbian College in the District of Columbia

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Davis, Isaac, 1799-1883

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

Worcester Academy (Worcester, Mass.)

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