Series 1a. Business Papers (boxes 1-29), 1882/1909

Containers:

Box 1, Box 2, Box 3a, Box 3b, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6a, Box 6b, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10a, Box 10b, Box 11a, Box 11b, Box 12, Box 13a, Box 13b, Box 14, Box 15, Box 16, Box 17, Box 18, Box 19, Box 20, Box 21, Box 22, Box 23, Box 24, Box 25, Box 26, Box 28, Box 29

Scope and content:

This series includes H.G. Davis's incoming business correspondence. It consists of daily communications from his managers related to the day-to-day operations of the Buxton and Landstreet Store (the company store), Coal and Coke Railroad, Davis Coal and Coke Company, Davis Colliery Company, the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway, and his other business concerns. There is also incoming correspondence from the Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and Ohio railroads, and numerous manufacturers and vendors. In addition to the business correspondence, some of Davis's personal and family correspondence is filed in this series as well, including materials regarding charity, financial solicitations, and other topics.

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