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David P. Davis Papers, 1769-1946, MS. 232
David P. Davis Papers, 1769-1946
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Descriptive Summary
DAVID P. DAVIS PAPERS
MS. 232
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
by
Melinda K. Friend
12 January 1990
Biographical Note
The father of David P. Davis was David Davis Pagett. Pagett, a surgeon, had his name changed to David Davis by an Act of Legislature in 1822. The reason for this change is unknown but it may be related to his relationship with the Davis' with whom he is buried in Cecil County.
Container List
BOX 1
Cecil County, MD land records, 1769, 1797, 1809
David P. Davis and Henrietta W. Davis mortgage, 1879
David P. Davis family correspondence, 1860s-1870
David P. Davis correspondence, 1850s-1870s
David P. Davis bills and receipts, 1848-99
E[meline] Louisa Davis correspondence, 1871, 1877
Hennie [Davis] correspondence, 1868-1900
Chandler-Crookshanks, 1871
Chandler-Crookshanks miscellany
Lambert W. Davis, 1901, 1913
Ara Crookshanks correspondence, 1858, 1861
Thomas C. Crookshanks correspondence, 1843, 1864
Thomas C. and Sarah E. W. Crookshanks, 1843
Nathaniel Cox correspondence, 1846-87
Nathaniel Cox personal correspondence, 1863-88
Wickes miscellany
Unidentified correspondence and miscellany
Lusby miscellany
Lambert W. Davis farm account book, 1900-1930s
BOX 2
Lambert W. Davis account book, 1908-46
[David P. and Lambert W. Davis?] account book, 1860-1913
[Davis?] day book, 1794-1801
David P. Davis diary, 1830s-1850s
David P. Davis diary, 1858-64
BOX 3
[David P. Davis?] diary, 1865-77
[Thomas C. Crookshanks?] receipt book, ca. 1840-1859
Th[oma]s C. Crookshanks account book, 1858-61
Ada P[ennington] Cox composition book, 1859
Ada Pennington Cox notebook, ca. 1860
BOX 4
[Nathaniel Cox] lawyer's diary, 1883-84
Nathaniel Cox lawyer's diary, 1885-86
Nathaniel Cox lawyer's diary, 1886-87
Nathaniel Cox lawyer's diary, 1887-88
Nathaniel Cox and Lambert W. Davis account book, 1868-1907
Joseph C. France to Lambert W. Davis, 1905 Nov[ember] 3
St. Stephen's Church legal and financial papers, 1872-1915
St. Stephen's Church vestry correspondence, 1877-99, n.d.
St. Stephen's Church treasurer's account book, 1902-16
St. Stephen's Church vestry minutes, 1907-14
BOX 5
Kennedyville account book, [1917]-1933
[Maria L. Davis] diary, 1878-82
Maria L. Davis diary, 1918-24
M[aria] L. Davis diary, 1924-29
M[aria] L. Davis diary, 1829-38
BOX 6
Maria L. Davis diary, 1838-41
David P. Davis receipted bills
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St. Stephen's Church - Royal Insurance Company Policy, 1895
St. Stephen's Church - church and chapel consecration certificates (2)
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