Overview
Primarily letters from prominent abolitionists concerning the anti-slavery movement to Philadelphia Quaker and director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Edward Morris Davis.
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1941
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1837-1850
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 linear feet (2 boxes and 1 volume)Consists primarily of letters to Davis from prominent abolitionists concerning the anti-slavery movement. Also contains some business and family correspondence, letters introducing Davis to European abolitionists, a poem by James Russell Lowell, a small amount of printed material, and daguerreotypes, 1845, of James Russell Lowell and Maria White Lowell.
Biographical / Historical
Davis, a Philadelphia Quaker, son-in-law of Lucretia Mott, and a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was active in the American anti-slavery movement.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- MS Am 1054: Letters and compositions
- ___A. Letters to Edward Morris Davis
- ___ B. Other letters
- ___C. Compositions
- MS Am 1054.5: Daguerreotypes
Physical Location
b, GEN
Immediate Source of Acquisition
71M-116. Gift of Lucretia Mott (Mrs. F. S.) Churchill,granddaughter of E. M. Davis, Bass River, Massachusetts; received: 1941 March. 7.
- Title
- Davis, Edward Morris, 1811-1887. Edward Morris Davis papers, 1830-1941: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00761
Repository Details
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