{"value"=>"<p>This series mainly consists of correspondence, legal documents, diaries, photographs and daguerreotypes of members of the Davis family, such as Dr. John Davis, John W. Davis, John W. A. Davis, Mary Louise Van Beuren Davis and Michael Van Beuren. This series also includes a certificate of John W. Davis' letters written home while he was serving in the Civil War, his engagement diaries (1851-1883), his 1865 admission to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Also included are the marriage certificate and various other early/mid nineteenth century legal documents of Dr. John Davis and a scrapbook kept by John W. A. Davis containing clipping on the David and Van Beuren families (1880-1925.)</p>"}