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Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence of businessman and politician Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911), brother of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916).
Most of the letters and telegrams concern the lobbying efforts of individuals and organizations to influence Davis when he
filled an unexpired term in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress (June 6, 1905-March 3, 1907). There are many
requests for appointments, discharges, and pensions. Also lobbying requests for interstate commerce requiring subsidies or
regulations for matters of harbors, railways, and temperance. Mentioned are the West Virginia Anti-Saloon League; the West
Virginia Board of Agriculture in support of the Grange; and a union of harbor pilots, the American Pilot Association. There
is also a letter from I. C. White of the West Virginia Geological Survey protesting a proposed appropriations cut for the
United States Geological Survey which would have limited its scope to only mapping public lands in the West. Also included
is a biographical sketch of H. G. Davis up to 1909 which lists his charitable and philanthropic works. Also there is a blueprint
map of Barbour County Century Coal Field showing watershed and railways, ca. 1900.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Thomas Beall Davis, Businessman and Politician, Papers, A&M 3197, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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