William Morris Davis papers

William Morris Davis was born 16 August 1815 in Keene Valley, New York. In 1845, he married Elizabeth M. Jacobs (b. 1824) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His friends included sculptor Henry Kirke Brown and Linus Yale, designer of the Yale lock. He was an abolitionist who served as a delegate to the 1...

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Main Author: Davis, William Morris (Creator)
Corporate Author: Massachusettes Institute of Technology Institute Archives and Special Collections (source)
Collection:William Morris Davis Papers
Collection Number:4290
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Online Access:Link to finding aid

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100 1 |a Davis, William Morris  |e creator 
245 1 |a William Morris Davis papers  |f circa 1846-1902 
300 |a 1.3 Linear feet  |f ; 4 boxes. 
506 |a The collection is open for research. 
520 |a William Morris Davis was born 16 August 1815 in Keene Valley, New York. In 1845, he married Elizabeth M. Jacobs (b. 1824) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His friends included sculptor Henry Kirke Brown and Linus Yale, designer of the Yale lock. He was an abolitionist who served as a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention and represented Pennsylvania in the Thirty-seventh congress (1861-1863). His business endeavors included sugar refining operations in Philadelphia and gold mines and refineries in North Carolina. He died on August 5, 1891 and is buried at the Friends Fair Hill Burying Ground in Philadelphia. The collection includes documents and plans related to Philadelphia sugar refineries, North Carolina gold mines and refineries, correspondence, some printed materials, and collected clippings. 
520 |a The William Morris Davis collection includes documents and plans related to sugar refineries in Philadelphia, gold mining in North Carolina, and detailed information on the chlorination process for refining gold. The collection also contains correspondence, typescripts of Davis' 1863-1863 letters, some printed material, and collected clippings. 
524 8 |a Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], William Morris Davis papers (Collection 4290), Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
541 1 |a Gift of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, 1985. Accession number A1985.36. 
544 |a Davis, Brown, and Yale families correspondence (Collection 164). 
555 |a Finding Aid Available Online:  
650 0 |a Gold mining. 
650 7 |a Gold--Refining.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Sugar refining--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.  |2 Local sources 
710 2 |a Massachusettes Institute of Technology  |b Institute Archives and Special Collections  |e source 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b William Morris Davis Papers  |l 4290 
856 4 2 |y Link to finding aid  |u http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/d/Davis4290.html