Box 1

Bills of lading and invoices for cargo including corn, flour, pork, and sugar, dated from 1783 to 1804.

Bills for sugar, rice, rum, iron, and hooks issued by Thomas & William Davis, and bills issued to the firm for costs related to shipping dated from 1783 to March 1792.

Bills issued to Thomas & William Davisfor costs related to shipping flour, corks, rum, tea, and other goods, dated from April 1792 to 1825.

Receipts for sugar, cocoa, fish, and tobacco sold by or on behalf of Thomas & William Davis, dated from 1792 to 1804.

Contains accounts current with agents including Daniel Sargent and Thomas Dickason & Co., and disbursement accounts for the schooners Hope and Miles Standish, dated from 1795 to 1804.

Deeds granting lots of wood in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to William Davis, in 1806, 1809, and 1818.

Copy of the will of LeBaron Bradford, husband of Sarah Davis Bradford, dated in 1846, which includes a bequest of $3,000 to Nathaniel M. Davis, William Davis, and Charles Davis.

Accounts of sales of cargo on behalf of Thomas & William Davis, including rum, molasses, corn, cod oil, flour, and beans, dated from 1799 to 1804. The goods were sold in ports including Baltimore, Maryland, and Bilbao and Cadiz, Spain.

Contains correspondence to Thomas Davis's son, Thomas (1756-1805), regarding the possible acquisition of a ropewalk in 1790; circular letters to Thomas & William Davisfrom the United States consul in Hispaniola and various merchants and business agents, dated 1790-1803; and clearance certificates for the brigantine Massasoit and her cargo in 1802.

Correspondence from Daniel Sargent to Thomas & William Davis regarding purchases of cod fish oil and iron, and orders the firm placed with Daniel Sargent for salt and hemp.

correspondence from Daniel Sargent to Thomas & William Davis regarding his orders of fish and other goods.

Correspondence from Andrew Leach to Thomas & William Davis regarding sale of planks and his purchases of salt from the store in 1783.

Correspondence from Andrew Leach to Thomas & William Davis regarding sale to the store of corn, cider, cheese, and tobacco, among other goods, and his purchase from the firm of salt and rum, dated from 1784 to March 1787.

Correspondence from Andrew Leach to Thomas & William Davis regarding sale to the store of corn and nails, and settlement of accounts, dated May 1787-1788.

Correspondence from Andrew Leach to Thomas & William Davis regarding sale to the store of nails, anchor palms, and corn, and his purchases of sugar, salt, and molasses, dated 1789-1793.

Correspondence from Nathaniel Russell to Thomas & William Davis regarding sale to the store of iron, anchor palms, nails, corn, and cloth, and his purchase of sugar and salt, dated 1788-1792.

Correspondence from Nathaniel Russell to Thomas & William Davis regarding sale to the store of cloth, anchor palms, iron shovels, and nails, and his purchase of rum, tar, tea, molasses, and coffee, dated 1793-1801.

Correspondence from merchants and customers who maintained accounts at the store of Thomas & William Davis regarding settlement of bills, and goods the firm wished to trade, dated 1783 to March 1785. Correspondents include Welcome Arnold (1745-1798) of Providence, Rhode Island, and Benjamin Freeman of Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Correspondence from merchants and customers who maintained accounts at the store of Thomas & William Davis regarding settlement of bills, trade with the firm, dated April-December 1785. Correspondents include David Stockbridge of Hanover, Massachusetts, John May, of Boston, and John Washburn, of Kingston, Rhode Island.

Correspondence from merchants and customers regarding settlement of accounts with Thomas & William Davis, and trade of assorted goods, dated from 1786 to July 16, 1787. Correspondents include Sturgis Gorham (1743-1795), of Barnstable, Massachusetts, and Thomas Russell of Boston.

Correspondence from merchants and customers, including Samuel Sheldon Pool (1751-1835), of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and Washburn & Doggett, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, regarding trade with Thomas & William Davis, and settlement of various accounts and business matters, dated July-November 1787.

Correspondence from merchants and customers, including Champion and Dickason, of London, England, and Isaac Waterman of Halifax, Nova Scotia, regarding settlement of accounts and trade and business matters, dated 1788 to March 1789.

Correspondence from merchants and customers regarding trade of goods like fish, salt, rum, and nails, and settlement of accounts with Thomas & William Davis, dated April-December 1789.

Correspondence from merchants and customers, including Thomas Dickason & Co., of London, regarding trade of fish, lumber, rum, cloth, and nails, and settlement of accounts with Thomas & William Davis, dated from 1790 to February 3, 1791.

Correspondence from merchants and customers regarding trade of corn, rye, oats, flour, and nails, and settlement of accounts with Thomas & William Davis, dated February 8-November, 1791. Correspondents include Abiel Washburn, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, and Joseph Sprague (1739-1808), of Salem, who ordered glass from the firm on behalf of General Benjamin Lincoln.