Found 3 collections related to Davis%2C John

· To John Bowring, politician, diplomant and writer : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 May 1839 : (BRNG 0024) : 1 ¹/₄ pages (single sheet) : from Man[cheste]r : begins, "I write to you in haste under cover to Mr Villiers to say that I shall feel obliged if you will let me have a copy of the extracts you made of the duties payable on eatables ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 14 May 1840 : (BRNG 0033) : 3 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from London : begins, "I am off to day by the Southampton Railway, shall be in Paris in about a week ..." -- Both letters to Bowring tipped into the Album of Autograph Letters to John Bowring. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Alfred Anthony Williams (1860- ), theologian, author and educator, was an executive and administrator of the Committee of the Federal Council of Christ, founder of the Federation Committee of Good Will Between Jews and Christians, and treasurer of the General Conference of Free Baptists. Collection consists mainly of 18th-20th century autographs, with the bulk from the mid-19th to 20th centuries, representing both primary and secondary figures from diverse fields including literature, music, education, politics, and royalty. Names include Susan B. Anthony, John Bigelow, Edwin Booth, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, H.L. Mencken, Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Margaret Sanger, Philip Schuyler, and Daniel Webster. Figures represented are mainly Americans. Many letters are to Anthony. Following the name file is a subject file consisting of miscellaneous autograph letters arranged by profession or institution. Also, two boxes of unsorted material, including photographs usually relating to individuals whose autographs are contained in the collection; an autograph fan; and a glass plate negative. less