Name/Title
Charles E. Fenwick Collection Miscellaneous--LetterEntry/Object ID
1995.001.0759Scope and Content
1 page ; 12 1/4" x 7 5/8"
This is a letter to Josiah Simmons in Randolph County, Va. from R[euben?]. Davis. Included in the text are directions for making cathartic pills, information about the father and mother of R. Davis, and a discussion of coal seams in Lawrence County, Ohio.
Mr. Davis' father was born in April 1761 in Charles County, Maryland and his mother was Rebecca Dent, born June 15, 1770 in Saint Mary's County. The couple was married in 1791. They died and were buried in Hardy County, Virginia.
Mr. Davis learned of the coal field from some cattle drovers from Jackson County, Ohio. Mention is also made of iron ore, smelting furnaces, and a railroad being built in Lawrence County, Ohio.Collection
Charles E. Fenwick CollectionLocation
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Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Box 20Shelf
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Tudor HallContainer
Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Box 20Shelf
Rack 08, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 08Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor Hall