1684-1831; bulk: 1750-1797
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摘要
这些收藏品包括信件、帐单 & 收据, accounts of Boston merchant 迦勒戴维斯 and 论文 of family members.
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凯莱布·戴维斯1738年出生于康涅狄格州的伍德斯托克.他是约书亚·戴维斯(1706-1755)的儿子 后来搬到了马萨诸塞州的布鲁克林.) and Sarah (Pierpont) Davis (1714-1795), originally of Roxbury, 质量. Caleb was one of seven children, among whom were Amasa (1744-1825), Robert (b. 1747), 纳撒尼尔(b. 1750年)和约瑟夫(b. 1752). 迦勒(被称为“尊贵者”)结过三次婚: first to Hannah Ruggles in 1760, second to Mary Ann Lewis (1743-1787), third to Eleanor 契弗(1750 - 1825). Eleanor was the daughter 威廉·Downes Cheever (1720-1788) and 伊丽莎白(爱德华兹)契弗.
迦勒戴维斯 began his career as a merchant in the grocery business and would eventually prosper in the shipping trade, doing extensive business with the firm of Cravath and Dugan of 马里兰州巴尔的摩. 鱼，朗姆酒，面粉，铁和棍子. 他也是一名公职人员，政治家， and shipowner, after 1787 was active in the management of the Cheever Sugar Refinery. 他是 a member of the Sons of Liberty, the Committee of Correspondence, the 麻萨诸塞州 General Court (1776-1788), in 1780 served as speaker of the first House of Representatives of 麻萨诸塞州. In 1788, he was a representative to the state convention that ratified the U.S. 宪法 and, in 1789, one of the electors of George Washington for president.
迦勒戴维斯 had six children, four with his first wife and two with his third wife: Elizabeth (b. 1764), 玛蒂尔达 (baptized 1768), Caleb (baptized 1772, died 1792), Hannah Pierpont (baptized 1773, died 1795), Eliza Cheever (1790-1828), 约翰 Derby (baptized 1792, died 1809). 约翰 Derby Davis attended Harvard but died before graduating.
og体育官网描述
The 迦勒戴维斯 论文, spanning from 1684-1831, include correspondence, bills and receipts, and accounts of Boston merchant 迦勒戴维斯 and 论文 of family members. 从 grocery business in the late 1750s, Davis expanded into the shipping trade, doing extensive business with the firm of Cravath and Dugan of Baltimore 鱼，朗姆酒，面粉，铁和棍子. After the Revolutionary War, he continued trade with several firms in Europe and the West 印度群岛. 在革命期间，他与Gen. 威廉·希思博士. 巴纳巴斯比德尔, 主要是og体育平台设备和补给. 戴维斯成为马萨诸塞州众议院议长 Representatives and was a representative to the state convention that ratified the U.S. 宪法. His correspondence includes letters from Rufus King, Nathaniel Gorham, 西奥多·塞奇威克og体育平台美国.S. 宪法.
还有两封信来自J. 赫克托耳圣. 约翰·德·克雷夫科尔(1782)，来自乔治 路透华盛顿8月. 1781年)，一封来自保罗·里维尔(Paul Revere). 1779年)，还有塞缪尔·亚当斯的几封信 (1778-1781), as well as letters from his brothers Amasa, Joshua, Nathaniel Davis. 卷 the collection include an early arithmetic notebook 威廉·D. Cheever (1736); millinery business accounts, probably of Dorothy Murray Forbes; account books of 迦勒戴维斯, the estate 威廉·D. Cheever, Eleanor Cheever Davis; housebuilding accounts of 约翰 Derby; 威廉。D. Cheever, 威廉 Cheever, 迦勒戴维斯; a cargo daybook for the brigantine 威廉,双桅横帆船 朱诺, 帆船 Dighton; invoices of prizes captured by the 麻萨诸塞州 海军护卫舰 保护器 (1781年)，由约翰·福斯特·威廉姆斯指挥; 威廉·D日记. Cheever and Eliza Cheever Davis; a diary and records kept by Benjamin Shattuck while surveying lands for the Cherokee reservation (1823); and a record of preachers at 西教堂(1825-1831).
获取信息
乔治二世的礼物. 弗雷德里克C. 沙特克(1917年6月.
其他格式
Digital facsimiles of the 威廉 Downes Cheever travel diary and the log of the 帆船 玛蒂尔达 可在 生活在 海是Adam Matthew digital, Inc .的数字出版物. 这个数字资源是 available at subscribing libraries; speak to your local librarian to determine if your library 访问. MHS制作了这个资源 available onsite; see a reference librarian for more 信息.
收集的详细描述
I. 活页纸, 1684-1826
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This series contains correspondence, bills, receipts pertaining to 迦勒戴维斯's merchant trade and involvement in the American Revolution. 著名记者包括. 威廉·希思博士. 巴纳巴斯比德尔, Rufus King, Nathaniel Gorham, Theodore Sedgewick, 塞缪尔·亚当斯. 其中包括两封信，来自赫克托尔圣. 约翰·德·克雷夫科尔(1782)，来自 乔治·华盛顿(八月). 1781年)，另一封来自保罗·里维尔(Paul Revere). 1779). 该系列还包含 家庭通信和约翰D. 戴维斯的学校论文.
纵帆船航海日志的数字副本 玛蒂尔达 (在盒子里 5)有 海上生活这是亚当的数字出版物 Matthew Digital公司. 这个数字资源是 available at subscribing libraries; speak to your local librarian to 确定您的库是否具有访问权限. MHS制作了这个资源 available onsite; see a 更多信息请参考图书管理员.
II. 卷, 1736-1831
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保存在一本约翰·福布斯的书里.
Digital facsimiles of the 威廉 Downes Cheever travel diary 可在 海上生活是Adam Matthew digital, Inc .的数字出版物. 这个数字资源是 available at subscribing libraries; speak to your local librarian to 确定您的库是否具有访问权限. MHS制作了这个资源 available onsite; see a 更多信息请参考图书管理员.
Titled: "Commencement of the meanders of White River on the [illegible]."
在切罗基保留地. Titled: "Meanders of White River continued on the 12th of Oct. 1823."
在切罗基保留地. 标题是:“阿肯色州的蜿蜒从点移除。."
在切罗基保留地. 题目:《og体育官网》 切罗基人."
3. 卡片文件, (20世纪)
This series consists of index cards and research notes on the 迦勒戴维斯 论文.
IV. 超大的材料, 1759-1826
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喜欢引用
马萨诸塞州历史学会凯勒·戴维斯的论文.
访问条款
This collection is indexed under the following headings in 阿比盖尔, the online catalog of the 马萨诸塞州历史学会. 研究人员 desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog 使用这些标题.