WILLIAM F. DAVIDSON AND FAMILY:

An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Davidson, William Fuson, creator.
Title:William F. Davidson and Family Papers.
Dates:1816-1919.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Business and personal papers of William F. Davidson, steamboat entrepreneur and real estate and grain elevator owner who made his headquarters in Saint Paul and Saint Louis; those of his son, Edward E. Davidson, who assisted in managing the numerous Davidson firms after his father's death in 1887; and those of his son-in-law, Watson P. Davidson, who owned and managed extensive real estate enterprises in Saint Paul, Oregon, and elsewhere in the Middle West and Far West and as well as the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Quantity: 134.0 cubic feet (173 boxes, including 472 volumes).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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William Fuson Davidson, son of the Rev. William Warrington Davidson (1798-1883) and Sarah Davidson Short (1800-1834), was born February 4, 1825, at South Point, Lawrence County, Ohio. In 1858, he married Sarah Ann Johnston (1831-1909), daughter of Benjamin Johnston (1803-1868) and Mandana Greene (1810-1873). He died May 26, 1887, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Husband and wife are interred in Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul.

Edward Everett Davidson, son of William Fuson and Sarah Ann Davidson, was born January 21, 1862, in St. Paul. In 1887, he married Julia Stanbery Barber (1864-1952). He died August 28, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is buried on Oakland Cemetery; she is buried in Pekin, Illinois.

Watson Pogue Davidson, son of Jonathan Croley Davidson (1829-1888) and Cynthia Ann Thomas (1836-1904), was born in 1871 and died January 27, 1954. In 1896, he married Sarah Matilda Davidson (1864-1945). They are buried in Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul. Among their children were: William Fuson Davidson (1897-1982), Cynthia Davidson (1904-1918), Sarah Ann (Davidson) Wangensteen (1908-1994), and Watson Pogue Davidson (1909-1980).

Sarah Matilda Davidson, daughter of William Fuson and Sarah Ann Davidson, was born November 30, 1874, at St. Louis, Missouri. In 1896, she married Watson Pogue Davidson. She died April 26, 1945, in St. Paul and is buried in Oakland Cemetery.

James Hamilton Davidson, son of James Davidson (1801-1894) and Mary Frances Combs (1807-1888), was born January 25, 1839, in Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, and died December 1, 1925, in Chicago. In 1861, he married Abigail Ashley Lamb (1838-1921). His association with William Fuson Davidson was as a lawyer and business associate. He and his wife are buried in Oakland Cemetery.

Payton (Peyton) Short Davidson, son of the Rev. William Warrington Davidson (1798-1883) and Sarah Davidson Short (1800-1834), was born in 1827 and died in 1901. He is buried in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Thomas Lawson Davidson, son of the Rev. William Warrington Davidson (1798-1883) and Nancy Lawson (born 1803), was born in 1840 and died in 1913. He is buried in Ironton, Ohio. Robert Yingling Davidson, son of the Rev. William Warrington Davidson (1798-1883) and Lavinia Yingling Davidson (1815-1893), was born in 1857 and died in 1900. He is buried in Lawrence County, Ohio. Victor A. Davidson (also known as Victor S. Davidson), son of Jonathan Croley Davidson (1829-1888) and Cynthia Ann Thomas (1836-1904), was born in 1856 and died in 1936. For a time, he managed Watson Davidson’s lands in Saskatchewan.

Franklin Emmanuel Davidson, son of Jonathan Croley Davidson (1829-1888) and Cynthia Ann Thomas (1836-1904), was born in 1854 and died in 1936. For a time, he managed Watson Davidson’s lands in Manitoba. Clinton Forest Davidson, son of Jonathan Croley Davidson (1829-1888) and Cynthia Ann Thomas (1836-1904), was born in 1852 and died in 1931. He corresponded with Watson Davidson about farming around Catlettsburg, Kentucky and South Point, Ohio.

Earnest Hamilton Davidson (also known as Ernest Hamilton), son of James Hamilton Davidson (1839-1925) and Abigail Ashley Lamb (1838-1921), was born in 1873 in St. Paul and died in 1956 in California. Jeremiah Davidson, son of James Davidson (1801-1894) and Mary Frances Combs (1807-1888), was born in 1834 and died in 1918. He is buried in Lawrence County, Ohio.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

Subject matter includes the steam boating business on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and to a lesser extent on the Minnesota, Ohio, and St. Croix rivers; railroads; grain elevators operated in conjunction with the steamboat lines and railroads; insurance companies; banking; the coal trade; real estate (both urban and rural), including the operation of hotels and office buildings in Saint Paul, Chicago, La Crosse, and Minneapolis; extensive agricultural operations in Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba; waterpower developments, particularly at Sauk Rapids, Minnesota; a sanitarium at Palmyra Springs, Wisconsin; steam heat and electric power companies in Saint Paul; a telegraph company; flour milling; the commission business in flour and wheat; the salt trade; church activities, especially the Saint Paul YMCA; government freighting operations in the Far West; a ferry at Catlettsburg, Kentucky; participation in plans for the improvement of river navigation; a dime museum in Saint Paul; opera houses; the engagement of entertainers for the opera houses; and the land settlement, forestry, and agricultural operations of the Oregon and Western Colonization Company.

Principal subjects documented in the collection are navigation and steamboating on the Mississippi and Missouri, and to a lesser degree on the Minnesota, rivers; several early Minnesota railroad companies; grain elevators and flour milling; insurance companies; banking; the coal trade; and real estate (land and buildings) in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. There is also much information on water-power development, particularly at Sauk Rapids (Minn.); steam heat and electric power companies in St. Paul; immigration, colonization, and townsites; agricultural topics such as irrigation, the wheat trade, and sheep raising; a telegraph company; the salt trade; other transportation enterprises; St. Paul civic and commercial organizations; church activities; and opera houses and entertainment troupes. The Davidsons corresponded with more than 70 prominent bankers, politicians, transportation magnates, civic leaders, and publishers.

In addition to correspondence and a wide variety of financial records, the papers include minute books, maps, plat books, letterheads of numerous organizations and business firms, stock certificates, genealogies, diaries, printed ephemera, and material relating to various lawsuits.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Printed Materials
Correspondence
Volumes
Oversize Materials


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. William F. Davidson and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 3539; 7455; 7530; 7578; 7651; 7759; 14,214

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017181640104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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A.D2531Publications:
Advertisements of steamboat companies and other Davidson enterprises; advertisements of firms selling services and equipment to the Davidson companies; articles of incorporation and bylaws of Davidson companies and related firms; excerpts from city council proceedings relating to steamboats; publications dealing with lawsuits in which Davidson companies were involved; and items relating to social and civic groups to which members of the Davidson family belonged.
To the citizens of Harney County (Oregon), William Hanley.
A letter opposing a tax levy for the construction of a new court house.
Some alfalfa truths.
Discusses the potential agricultural production of Ontario, Oregon.
Northwest Company. Organized for the building and improvement of railway town site property, George Milroy Bailey, President, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Outlines the services performed by the company in building towns at railway junctions, terminals, and division points in co-operation with railroads. States that the company has acquired a controlling interest in the Northwest Townsite Company, which owns property in towns in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Oregon.
A splendid city in a splendid country.
Advertisement for Piqua, Ohio.
International Karakul and Rambouillet Sheep Company, Berino, New Mexico. Facts worth remembering about Karakul sheep.
Clinton, Hurtt & Company, Boise, Idaho. The lure of the land. The past and present of empire building compared. The inception of scientific irrigation in the West. The evolution of home-seeking and home-making in the inter mountain region.
Interstate Realty and Loan Company, Spokane, Washington. Chelan Butte Orchards.
Cover has a map of Chelan Butte district.
Yakima Valley Fruit Land, Grandview, Washington, C.R. Moulton, Grandview, Washington and R.W. Wilson, Taylors Falls, Minnesota.
Military road grant lands, Malheur County, Oregon.
Western Land Securities Company. Entering government lands. General information regarding homesteads.
The Karakul desert sheep, Dr. C.C. Young, Belen, Texas.
International Karakul and Rambouillet Sheep Company, Berino, New Mexico. What others say about Karakul sheep.
The Land Trust Company, Incorporated. From a safe and sure investment standpoint there's nothing better or more lucrative in America than the shares of the Land Trust Company, William J. Castell, New Orleans.
Shows the Louisiana holdings of the Land Trust Company.
Crane, Harney County, Oregon, Crane Townsite Company.
Irrigation jubilee and dedication of the West Okanogan Valley Irrigation Project at Tonasket, Washington.
Program.
The Northumberland Absolutely Fire-Proof Safe, Moore & Hill, Inc., Washington, D.C.
James J. Hill has sent Professor Thomas Shaw, his agricultural adviser, to Ontario to inspect the farming resources of Malheur County and central Oregon.
Announces a lecture by Shaw.
Some facts about water pipe, Hillsboro Power and Investment Company, Hillsboro, Oregon.
List and rate card, Le Claire's mailing directories of farmers and small town addresses, Le Claire-King Company, Davenport, Iowa.
Farm lands in Oregon. The Farm Land Bureau of the Oregon Development League, Portland, Oregon.
Hall Type-writer, Hall Type-Writer Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Illustrated advertisement.
Peerless will leave Duluth after arrival of the night express for all ports on Lake Superior, Sault Ste. Marie, Mackinaw, Milwaukee and Chicago, Leopold & Austrian, Managers, Chicago and Milwaukee.
Dakota land; or, the beauty of St. Paul. An illustrated historic and romantic volume, Colonel Hankins.
Advertisement, with contents on steam boating underlined.
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company's fine side-wheel passenger steamers.
Includes schedules and list of landings and distances from St. Louis.
Fort Benton Transportation Company, to all points in Montana and British N.W. Territory.
Includes lists of distances on the Missouri River from St. Louis; on the Yellowstone River from Fort Buford; and overland distances from Fort Benton.
For St. Louis and the South, the palatial steamer Pittsburgh.
Includes data on the Diamond Jo Line steamers between St. Louis and St. Paul.
Remember! That the Diamond Jo Line steamers is now running its elegant passengers packets on the Upper Mississippi.
Advertisement with ticket information.
Do you ever visit any of the golden summer resorts of the North, or the popular wintering places of the South? If so you will find that the Diamond Jo Line steamers is the best and cheapest route.
Advertisement with ticket information.
Don't forget that the old reliable Diamond Jo Line steamers is now running its elegant passenger packets between St. Louis and St. Paul.
Diamond Jo Line steamers, the popular packet line between St. Louis and St. Paul.
Advertisement includes schedule and ticket information.
Diamond Jo Line steamer. The popular packet line on the Upper Mississippi is now running its elegant passenger steamers regularly between St. Louis and St. Paul.
Fay Templeton Opera Company.
Program.
Charter and by-laws of the La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company.
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and Diamond Jo Line steamers.
Tickets.
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and Diamond Jo Line steamers are now running three steamers every week between St. Louis and St. Paul and a daily line between St. Louis and Keokuk.
Includes information on schedules and tickets.
Grand celebrated panorama showing the great battles of the Franco-German War.
Program in English and German.
Constitution and by-laws of the Young Men's Temperance Union.
The Mississippi Valley… official communication of the Honorable Eugene Underwood to the governors of the states bordering on the Mississippi River, touching the improvement of navigation and the protection of overflowed lands, agreeably to a resolution passed by the recent New Orleans Commercial Convention.
State and Quincy Building, Chicago.
Includes photograph and floor plans.
The above unexcelled farm consisting of about two thousand five hundred acres, Morton & Company, Fargo, North Dakota.
The land is in Traill County.
Breathing pure air makes people strong, The Pullman Automatic Ventilator Manufacturing Company, St. Paul.
Price list and dimensions of The Capitol gasoline marine motors manufactured by Auto Engine Works, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Joseph Dingle Boat Works.
Includes information on speed and power.
Advance circular of The Capitol gasoline marine engine, manufactured by Auto Engine Works, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Includes specifications and photographs.
60,000 acres in the famous Red River Valley country of southern Manitoba, Watson P. Davidson, owner, St. Paul.
Includes a map of the property.
Navona and Ramona Apartments, Chicago, C.R. Gleason, Builder.
The Minnesota Club. Club night, buffet supper.
The State Building, Chicago.
Includes floor plans.
McTeague Brothers Steam Boiler Works, St. Paul.
First National Bank Building, Nashville, Tennessee, The Corner Realty Company, Nashville, Tennessee.
Includes pictures of the building.
Opinions of the press.
Contains opinions on "A Tramp's Daughter."
The New York Mirror. A reflex of the dramatic events of the week.
Advertising rates.
Some information about North Dakota.
Hotel Aberdeen, St. Paul.
Photograph, rules and regulations.
Minnesota Motor Speedway Association.
Contains information on the purchase of land north of the state fairgrounds, St. Paul, financial organization, and benefits of the association.
Canada-West Fire Insurance Company.
Statement.
The Aztec Ranch, Arizona.
Includes map.
Burbank Cactus Cattle Food Company, New York City.
St. Paul Association of Commerce.
Call for election of officers.
Plan for the organization of a corporation to purchase certain timber properties.
A fertile field. Harvest depends upon cultivation, Farmers Tribune Publishing Company, Sioux City, Iowa.
The Hancock Inspirator.
Includes directions for using the inspirator and diagrams of it.
The Arthur F. Williams Optical Shop, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Knickerbocker Roofing Company.
Includes photographs of the State Capitol, St. Paul; Northern Malleable Iron Foundry, St. Paul; Grass Twine Plant of the International Harvester Company, St. Paul; Lindeke Warner Sons, St. Paul; State Finance Company, St. Paul; Golden Rule Department Store Annex, St. Paul; Hamm's Brewing Company, St. Paul.
The Hancock Inspirator. The best feeder known for stationary, marine and locomotive boilers, Fairbanks & Company, St. Louis.
Colonial Apartments, Minneapolis, Frank P. Nicoll and James N. Sperry.
Includes photograph and description.
Liggett Building, St. Louis.
Includes floor plans.
Kochs' barber chairs.
Includes photographs, descriptions and prices.
Standard Disinfectants. Chloro-Naptholeum and Pyco, West Disinfecting Company, Incorporated, New York.
The Loew Boiler Feed, Loew Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, Missouri.
General Compressed Air and Machinery Company, St. Louis, Missouri.
Golden Metal Weather Strip, Golden Metal Weather Strip Company, St. Paul.
Investment service, Northwestern Trust Company, St. Paul.
C.A. Smith Timber Company.
Includes data on finances, location, and history.
List of bonds handled by Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago.
Committee of the National Electric Light Association to memorialize Congress regarding the duty on copper.
Duplex Roller Bushing Company, Belfast, Maine, builders of high class power boats.
Includes illustrations and specifications.
The Standard Carbon Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
Includes a business card with an illustration of the plant.
The Knapp Electrical Works, Chicago, Illinois.
Clark Electric Company, automatic safety device for high tension currents.
Articles of incorporation and by-laws of the North Western Union Packet Company, 1866.
Organized April 30, 1866.
Revised statues of he United States, 1878.
Excerpt, with laws on navigation and conduct on the high seas.
Council proceedings, Quincy, Illinois, March 18, 1878.
Contains information about wharfage and the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
An improved system of steam heating apparatus, invented by E.F. Osborne, M.E., St. Paul, 1879.
Improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. Memorial of John Cowdon, 45th Congress, 3rd session, miscellaneous document number 13, January 14, 1879.
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, White Collar Line. Local passenger tariff, general offices, St. Louis, Missouri, April 1, 1882.
Manufacturer's revised price lists for wrought iron pipe, December 17, 1883.
Third annual statement Southern Insurance Company of New Orleans, December 31, 1885.
Report by Charles H. Haswell. The Triple Thermic Motor…, The Triple Thermic Motor Company, New York, June 30, 1886.
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, summer tour season, 1886.
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, fine side-wheel passenger steamers, 1887.
Includes timetable for the Gem City and through ticket information.
Ohio Baptist Association, minutes of the 67th anniversary, 1887.
Andre's Alpine and Tyrolese Company. Exposition Building, April 15, 1887.
Diamond Jo Line Steamers. The great river route between St. Louis and St. Paul, tourist routes and rates, Dubuque, Iowa, 1888.
Indexed price list of American Plate and Window Glass, Ryan Drug Company, St. Paul, tariff, January 18, 1888.
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway, circular number 58, January 25, 1888.
Request for ticket representation with map of Chicago, Kansas, and Nebraska Railway, Rock Island Route.
Western States Passenger Association, Chicago. January 20, 1888.
Call for a meeting on February 13, 1888, for the consideration of summer excursion rates and arrangements for the season of 1888.
Circular issued by nineteen railroads on the use of a standard ticket report form, February 1, 1888.
A sample of the form is attached.
Diamond Jo Line Steamers and St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, joint circular number 2, Dubuque, Iowa, June 11, 1888.
Advises ticket agents of connecting lines of the scheduling of steamers in the St. Louis and St. Paul trade.
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and Diamond Jo Line Steamers, joint circular number 1, Dubuque, Iowa, June 11, 1888.
Announcement on scheduling of steamers in the St. Paul and St. Louis trade, classification of tickets, and coupon business.
Diamond Jo Line Steamers and St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, June 16, 1888.
Announces the scheduling of the passenger steamers Pittsburgh, Saint Paul, Mary Morton, and Sydney.
Republican rally, Tracy, Minnesota, October 16, 1900.
The North Western Line, Chicago, North Western Railway, will run a special train.
Nushka Curling Club, St. Paul, December 30, 1904.
Announcement of events, rules, and handicap lists.
Nushka Curling Club, St. Paul, December 30, 1904.
List of officers and members, 1904-1905.
General Compressed Air and Vacuum Machinery Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 1907.
Illustrations of hair dryers and other vacuum machinery.
New Minnesota laws of 1907 relating to the regulation of public local warehouses, April 1907.
Northwestern Trust Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 4, 1907.
List of officers and statement of condition.
The new publishing plant of Webb Publishing Company, St. Paul, removal notice, June 15, 1907.
Commonwealth Edison Company. $8,000,000 first mortgage 5% gold bonds, N.W. Halsey and Company, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, circular number 835, September 1, 1908.
Duncan Electric Manufacturing Company, Lafayette, Indiana. New Duncan direct current meter.
Chicago Examiner advertising rates and discounts, May 1, 1910.
Town and country Club notice of trap shooting, December 15, 1910.
Capital National Bank, St. Paul, report on condition, 1912.
Capital National Bank, St. Paul, general letter on trade conditions and a business forecast, 1912, 1913, 1915.
Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station report of the Harney Branch Experiment Station, Burns, Oregon, L.R. Breithaupt, Corvallis, Oregon, 1912-1914.
Board of Control, state of Oregon, information for water users in connection with adjudication of water rights, Salem, Oregon, 1912.
First National Bank, St. Paul, report on condition, 1913, 1915.
First National Bank, Lebanon, Oregon, report on condition, 1913.
First National Bank, St. Paul, anniversary greeting, February 24, 1913.
Berkeley, California, $150,000 5% municipal improvement bonds, N.W. Halsey and Company, Chicago, New York, circular number 624, July 1, 1913.
St. Paul Athletic Club, January 5, 1914.
Data on reasons for organizing the club and membership requirements.
Commercial Club of St. Paul, bulletin, volume 1, number 6.
Uncle Sam opens 1800 farm homes for settlers in Central Oregon, May 9-June 1, 1914.
F.H. Ellerbe, architect. List of buildings designed by F.H. Ellerbe, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 1, 1914.
National Bank of Palouse, Washington, report on condition, October 31, 1914.
Advance report on Warm Springs Reservoir for Malheur project storage and proposed Malheur-Cow Hollow canal line, John T. Whistler, Oregon Cooperative Work.
Dr. C.C. Young. The truth about Russia, an illustrated lecture for the benefit of the war sufferers in Russia at Carnegie Hall, New York, March 16, 1915.
Norfolk Southern Railroad. Corn, cotton and cattle, the Carolina country, July 1915.
Alaska Bureau, Seattle Chamber of Commerce & Commercial Club. Tour extraordinary through Alaska our frontier wonderland to participate in Alaska's semi-centennial celebrations, 1917.
Lacey Timber Company, Timber Securities and Investments, Chicago, Illinois. The Lacey profit sharing bond, 1917.
Washington State Grain Growers, Shippers and Millers Association, proceedings of the eleventh annual convention held at Pullman, Washington, January 2-4, 1917.
First National Bank, El Paso, Texas, report on condition, May 1, 1917.
Documents relating to lawsuits:
Supreme Court, State of Minnesota, Sarah M. Davidson, respondent vs. Frank W. Hurty, appellant: October term, 1911.
Regarding purchase of real estate.
Appellant's brief.
Suggestions of respondent's counsel.
Respondent's brief.
Paper book.
Circuit Court, Northern District of Ohio. The Brush Electric Company, plaintiff vs. The Western Electric Light and Power Company, et al., defendants, 1890.
Review of a patent case.
Supreme Court, State of Missouri. James Ward, et al. vs. William F. Davidson, et al.: October term 1879, April and October terms, 1885.
Regarding Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Statement and brief for defendant, appellants.
Defendants' reply to plaintiffs' argument, 1885.
Defendants' statement, 1879.
Circuit Court, City of St. Louis. Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company vs. William F. Davidson, undated.
Regarding contracts of the packet company.
Argument and brief for the defendant.
Supreme Court, State of Missouri:
Regarding Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Statement and brief of appellants, April term, 1885.
Appellants' brief on motion for re-hearing, October term, 1886.
Circuit Court, City of St. Louis. Abraham M. Hutchinson et al. vs. Charles Green, et al.:
Plaintiffs' statement, June term, 1881.
Regarding Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
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A.D2532Cartoons:
Conveying the slowness of Davidson's steamboat line.
N.A. Mills, Dubuque Iowa. 2 items.
J. Carbutt, Chicago.
Business and membership cards:
F.A. Seavey and Company, commission merchants, St. Louis.
Windsor Hotel, St. Paul.
St. Paul and Pacific Coal Company, St. Paul.
Economy Steam Heat Company, St. Paul.
William F. Davidson.
Union Transfer Company, St. Paul.
Commercial Club of St. Paul.
Town and Country Club, St, Paul.
Minnetonka Yacht Club, Deephaven, Minnesota.
Chamber of Commerce, St. Paul.
St. Paul Society for Prevention of Cruelty.
Saint Louis Bethel Temperance Society.
Passes and tickets:
St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Northwestern Union Packet Company.
Genealogies:
Elisha Barton Greene family. 2 volumes.
Traces the marriages of Mandana Greene to Benjamin Johnston and of their daughter, Sarah Anne to William F. Davidson. The two children of the latter marriage who lived to maturity were Edward E. Davidson and Sarah Matilda Davidson. Sarah Matilda Davidson married Watson Pogue Davidson. Their children are William F., Cynthia T., Sarah Ann, Watson P., and Robert Joseph. Collateral lines traced are Rufus Barton, John Fones, Zachariah Rhodes, William Arnold, Samuel Gorton, John Maplett, John Gow, Chad Brown, Obediah Holmes, Robert Potter, and William Harris.
Genealogical notes.
Record information on the families of John Johnston, Mrs. Watson P. Davidson, and John McLaughlin.
Genealogical letters.
Provide information on the search for genealogical material and reminiscences of the Davidson family.
Clippings, undated, 1874-1917:
Chiefly from newspapers in New York, the state of Washington, St. Louis, and St. Paul.
Navigation and improvement of the Mississippi River.
Career of and opinions on William F. Davidson.
Steamboat Gem City.
Application of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company for wharfage rights at Muscatine, Iowa, and St. Paul.
Experiments in transporting wheat and corn by barges to New Orleans.
Steamboat war between the North Western Union Packet Company, the Keokuk Packet Company, and the Northern Line Packet Company.
Consolidation of three lines into the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Davidson's acquisition of control over the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Suit by stockholders against the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Articles of incorporation of the St. Paul Opera House Company.
Opposition to the building of the University Club on Summit Avenue, St. Paul.
Ontario Nyssa Irrigation Company.
Oregon and Western Colonization Company.
Land purchases in Manitoba, Canada, by William F. Davidson.
Irrigation, railroads, and agricultural development in Oregon.
Lectures of Thomas Shaw on dry-land farming.
Louis W. Hill's plans for the development of the Northwest.
Activities of John Burchard with Watson P. Davidson and Louis W. Hill in Oregon land.
Purchase of Minneapolis real estate by Watson P. Davidson.
Purchase of the Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, by Watson P. Davidson.
Rebuilding of the Hotel Nicollet, Minneapolis.
Purchase of the Angus and Aberdeen hotels, St. Paul.
Obituaries of Truman Smith, Mrs. Lydia Augusta Greene-Rowe and Captain William Rhodes.
Prostitution.
Prohibition.

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The chronologically-arranged correspondence in boxes 2–39 documents many issues in which Davidson family members were concerned. As the cataloger arranged and studied the correspondence, the cataloger identified numerous subject categories relevant to each box. Those subject categories are listed, along with numerous individual documents that the cataloger felt warranted specific mention. Neither the subject listing nor the significant document listing is comprehensive.


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A.D2532Manuscripts, undated:
Rough draft penciled notes of testimony of W.N. Stark, Thomas B. Rhodes, F.A. Seavey, and J.M. Mason on the relationship between the business of the North Western Union Packet Company and the Northern Line Packet Company.
Description of the timber, minerals, and agricultural potential of a tract of 500,000 acres in northern Mexico.
Schedule of suits against the North Western Union Packet Company.
List of real estate in St. Paul held by Lorenzo Allis and William F. Davidson.
Schedule of elevators and grain houses, including grain capacity, on the lines of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway covered by insurance with an unnamed company.
Description and plats of about 11,000 acres of land in Wasatch County, Utah.
Messages to William F. Davidson from representatives at various points along the Mississippi River on the progress and cargo of steamboats.
Family Right to use Merrill's London Washing Compound, giving the recipe of the compound.
Transcript of testimony by an unidentified witness relating to the difficulties in navigation caused by the presence of the bridge between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois.
Diagram of a boiler for steamers.
Letter from the Irrigation Committee of Vale, Oregon, about the advisability of land owners of the area forming an irrigation district.
Plan in an unsigned memorandum to Watson P. Davidson for Belgian-Dutch colonization in Manitoba.
Description of a 16,000-acre tract near Pueblo, Colorado.
Description of the G I Ranch, Crook County, Oregon.
Description of a 1,040-acre farm in Newton County, Indiana.
Review of the legislation relating to the land granted by the United States to Oregon for the construction of a military wagon road from Albany, Oregon, to the eastern boundary of the state.
Description of an 800-acre irrigated ranch in Lake County, Oregon.
Description of the Willow-Vale Irrigation District, Oregon, by the board of supervisors for the district.
Description of the wagon road grant owned by the Oregon and Western Colonization Company.
List of lands owned by the North Western Union Packet Company in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
Statement by Henry L. Carver on his career as a lawyer in New York and Minnesota, his services as regimental quartermaster under the command of General Henry H. Sibley during 1862-1863, his duties as quartermaster at Fort Ripley, and as chief quartermaster, District of Minnesota.
Bylaws of an unidentified company.
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A.D2533Papers of the Johnston family, Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio, 1817-1852:
Contains letters, agreements, indentures, survey notes, and miscellaneous items.
Purchase and sale of land by William C. Johnston and Benjamin Johnston.
Tanning and currying business of William C. Johnston and associates.
Estate of William C. Johnston.
Co-partnership of Benjamin Johnston and John Kyle in a merchandise business in Burlington.
Co-partnership of Drury and Johnston for selling merchandise.
Land transactions:
The papers of the Davidson family begin in 1854.
Agreement between Joseph Davidson and William Cradduck and Philip Lynch concerning sale of land, 1854.
First document relating to the Davidson family.
Land transactions in Ramsey and Washington counties, Minnesota, with:
Erastus S. Edgerton.
Henry L. Carver.
Nathaniel P. Langford.
Augustine G. Langford.
William R. Marshall.
John B. Brisbin.
Charles E. Mayo.
William F. Davidson.
Floyd County, Iowa, lands.
Chatham County, Massachusetts, lands.
Douglas County, Wisconsin, lands.
Ashland, Kentucky, lands.
Steam boating:
Letter of William F. Davidson to his family telling of his preparation for doing business in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1856.
Shares of stock in:
Galena, Dubuque, Dunleith and Minnesota Packet Company.
La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company.
North Western Union Packet Company.
Sale agreements for steamboats:
Stella Whipple.
St. Cloud.
Mollie Mohler.
Ariel.
Proxy by J.B. Sheldon empowering William F. Davidson to vote his stock in the La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company at the annual meeting.
Memorandum on the sale of J.B. Sheldon's stock to Davidson.
Offers of shares in the Galena, Dunleith and Dubuque Minnesota Packet Company by H.F. McCloskey to William F. Davidson.
Reports to Davidson from his agents along the river on the movement of steamboats, condition of the river, cargo, and problems with the crews.
Correspondence and agreements relating to the North West Packet Company.
Formation of the North Western Union Packet Company and its financing and operations.
Correspondence with Diamond Jo Reynolds about barges.
Correspondence regarding the construction of elevators along the lines of the railroads and on the Mississippi River.
Correspondence with agents about consignments of wheat and wheat prices.
Specifications and proposals submitted to Davidson for the construction of elevators.
Letters from railroad companies relating to rail-river rates.
Miscellany:
Bill of lading from the Steamboat Frank Stevens, September 29, 1858.
Share in the town site of Shayenne City on the Red River of the North, 1856.
Power of attorney granted by William Clewitt to Byron M. Smith to locate Sioux Half Breed Scrip Number 275, 1861.
Letter by William R. Marshall to Henry L. Carver denying he defrauded the state in a printing contract, 1862.
Draft of a bill enabling St. Paul to secure title to the St. Paul bridge, 1862.
Papers dealing with the career of Henry L. Carver in the Sixth Volunteers during the Civil War.
Correspondence and accounts of Lorenzo Allis regarding the Lambert Block, St. Paul, 1865.
Appointment of Henry L. Carver as agent of the Minnesota Oil Company property in Venango County, Pennsylvania. 1865-1866.
Share in the Red Mountain Gold and Silver Mining Company of Montana, 1866.
Certificate signed by the Roe Patent Peat Machine Company certifying that William F. Davidson has bought a machine and has the right to use it in the manufacture of peat in Goodhue County, Minnesota, 1866.
Share of capital stock in the Music Hall Association, St. Paul, 1866.
Rules, letters and certificates sent by New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Company to J. Hamilton Davidson, their agent in Minnesota, 1866-1867.
Memorandum on the Sauk Rapids Water Power Company giving information on its organization, bonds, mortgages, and lands, 1867.
Certificate of the Minnesota Insurance Company of St. Paul, signed by William F. Davidson as president, 1867.
Letters from the Mississippi Valley National Telegraph Company on the shipment to Davidson of wires and insulators, 1867.
Significant documents:
Letter, James J. Hill to William F. Davidson, January 27, 1864.
Hill, with Borup and Champlin in St. Paul, would like to work for Davidson but Borup refuses to let him go; would need at least $1,500 per year.
Agreement, La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company (William F. Davidson) and the North Western Packet Company (John Lawler), February 17, 1865.
Dividing steamboat runs on the Upper Mississippi and gross earnings therefrom.
Agreement, W.F. Davidson and Company and Minnesota Valley Rail Road Company, December 5, 1865.
Regarding construction of elevators at Shakopee and between St. Paul and Mendota and setting of rates.
Agreement among William F. Davidson, John L. Merriam, Russell Blakeley, and James C. Burbank to form W.F. Davidson and Associates, December 8, 1865.
Regarding construction and operation of elevators.
Agreement, William F. Davidson with Selah Chamberlain and David C. Shepard, July 25, 1866.
Regarding a contract with Minnesota Central Railway Company to build and manage elevators at Rosemount, Castle Rock, and Medford.
Agreement, Charles H. Merry and William F. Davidson, September 4, 1866.
Regarding organization of the People's Line.
Letter, William E. Wellington to William F. Davidson, September 24, 1866.
Regarding strike of the crew of the War Eagle.
Letter, John Lawler to William F. Davidson, September 25, 1866.
Regarding strike of steamboat crews.
Letter, William Hull to William F. Davidson, October 1, 1866.
Introducing Horatio Seymour who is interested in the Fox and Wisconsin River Canal.
Letter, Illinois Central Rail Road Company to William F. Davidson, April 29, 1867.
Regarding transporting immigrants from Norway and Sweden, with interpreters, from Dunleith to the Upper Mississippi.
Agreement, James C. Burbank, Charles Ruffee, Ashley C. Morrill, John L. Merrriam, and Henry L. Carver, October 25, 1867.
Regarding contracts of the Montana Overland Mail Service.
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A.D2534Subjects, 1868-June 1871:
In addition to the routine information on the Davidson companies, there is data on:
Agreements on the purchase of wheat, manufacture of flour, and consignments of wheat and flour to commission houses in Chicago and Milwaukee.
Subscription of stock in the McGregor and Sioux City Railway Company.
Rail-river agreements with the Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien railway companies.
Construction of elevators along the lines of the St. Paul and Pacific and the Northern Pacific railways.
Competition between the Northern Line and the North Western Union Packet Company.
Business of the St. Paul Coal Company.
Shipment of ice from St. Paul.
Senator William Windom's sponsorship of a bill on wharfage in Congress, 1870.
Senator William Windom's nomination as Senator by the Republican caucus, 1871.
Cushman K. Davis' services for William F. Davidson on his law cases, 1870.
Lorenzo Allis' services for William F. Davidson in his lawsuits and in the Minneapolis water power cases, 1871.
Salt trade of William F. Davidson, 1870-1871.
Lands in the Sioux Reservation, Redwood County, Minnesota, purchased by William F. Davidson and Daniel H. Valentine, 1870.
Navigation on the lower Mississippi River.
Navigation on the Minnesota River.
Navigation on the Mississippi River about St. Cloud.
George A. Brackett's contract for building road for the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1870.
Failure of Henry Eames and Company.
St. Paul real estate.
Investment in coal lands in Iowa and building a lock and dam at Davenport.
Negotiations of William S. King, Henry L. Carver and William F. Davidson for the stock of the Pioneer Printing Company.
Condition and business of St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
Insurance plans of the St. Paul Fire and Marine for Davidson's steamboats.
Significant documents:
Agreement, Daniel H. Valentine and Scott, Elliott and Dickinson, January 9, 1868.
Regarding purchase of wheat and manufacture of flour at Mankato.
Conveyance, Enoch Gleason to William K. Rogers and Company, June 17, 1868.
For property in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, including warehouses for storage of grain.
Agreement, William F. Davidson per Daniel H. Valentine with Schimmel, Friedericks and Company, Henderson, Minnesota, January 21, 1868.
Regarding manufacture, transportation, storage, and consignment of flour.
Agreement, D.C. Shepard and William F. Davidson, April 9, 1868.
Regarding shares in the McGregor and Sioux City Railway Company.
Agreement, William S. Ritchie and George R. White with William F. Davidson, September 11, 1868.
Regarding construction of an elevator at Muscatine, Iowa.
Capital stock levy, St. Paul Manufacturing Company, November 28, 1868.
Regarding 25% of William F. Davidson's subscription to the capital stock.
Agreement, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company and the North Western Union Packet Company, March 3, 1869.
Regarding ticketing.
Announcement, St. Louis and Quincy Packet Company, March 31, 1869.
Announcing a stockholders' meeting at Quincy.
Letter, Francis R. Delano, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to William F. Davidson, April 1, 1869.
Certifying the cost of the St. Paul elevator. The elevator is being constructed under contract with W.B. Litchfield, under assignment to William F. Davidson. Succeeding letters, contain similar certifications of cost on elevators at Minneapolis, St. Cloud, Clear Lake, Big Lake, and Elk River.
Letter book, May 9-July 18, 1870.
Fragment of a letter copy book.
Deposition, William Rhodes, secretary-treasurer, North Western Union Packet Company, July 22, 1870.
Containing information on his company and on the North Western Packet Company.
Letters, E.F. Drake to William F. Davidson, August 22-23, 1870.
Reporting on his stock in the St. Paul and Sioux City Railway Company.
Report, E.F. Drake, president, Sioux City and St. Paul Railway Company, October 1870.
Regarding closing the gap between the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad, the St. Paul and Sioux City Railway, the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, and the Union Pacific by the construction of the Sioux City and St. Paul.
Letter, Horace Thompson to William F. Davidson, October 3, 1870.
Regarding transferring the land grant of the St. Paul and Stillwater to the Stillwater and White Bear.
Letter, John L. Merriam to William F. Davidson, November 28, 1870.
Regarding financing of a railroad from St. James to Sioux City.
Letter, Bishop Henry B. Whipple to William F. Davidson, February 5, 1871.
Regarding the need for a protestant hospital in the Northwest.
Letters, Union Improvement and Elevator Company, St. Paul, to William F. Davidson, March 9, 20; May 4, 1871.
Regarding its plans to build elevators at St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Letter, D. Morrison, Minneapolis Cotton Mill, to William F. Davidson, April 12, 1871.
Regarding shipment of cotton by the Davidson line.
Letter, John L. Merriam to William F. Davidson, May 16, 1871.
Regarding the necessity for property holders in St. Paul to secure an immediate connection with the West Wisconsin Railway Company building to Hudson.
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A.D2535Subjects, July 1871-March 1873:
In addition to the usual information on the steam boating business, St. Paul real estate, wheat trade and competition on the Mississippi River, this box contains data on:
Lawsuits of William F. Davidson.
Davidson's purchase of stock in the Merchants' Southern Packet Company.
Dissolution of Davidson's wheat partnership with D.H. Valentine.
Shipment of cotton to Minneapolis.
Relations of Davidson with the First National Bank of St. Paul.
Requests by churches for contributions.
Davidson's stock in the St. Paul and Sioux City Rail Road Company.
Condition of the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
Influence of the Chicago Fire on business conditions.
Assessment of stock in the Mississippi River Improvement and Manufacturing Company.
St. Paul Union Elevator Company.
Davidson's interest in the People's Line.
Davidson's lands in Randolph County, Arkansas.
Incorporation of the Lightning Line.
Organization of the St. Paul Coal Company.
Davidson's property in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
Formation of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Meeker Dam on the Mississippi River.
Opera house stock.
Yellow fever on the lower Mississippi River.
Wheat shipments to Christian, Day and Company.
Significant documents:
Statement, C.H. Bigelow to stockholders of the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, July 17, 1871.
Regarding the condition of the company.
Letter, Edwin Bell to William F. Davidson, July 26, 1871.
Regarding a machine for forming wing dams on sand bars.
Letter, John L. Merriam to William F. Davidson, July 27, 1871.
Regarding stock in the St. Paul and Sioux City Rail Road Company.
Circular, Bishop Henry B. Whipple, August 14, 1871.
Appealing for funds.
Letters, D.H. Valentine to W.F. Davidson, August 25; September 1, 1871.
Regarding dissolution of their partnership in the wheat business.
List, September 6, 1871.
Showing distribution of premiums to subscribers of the Pioneer.
Letter, Horace Thompson to William F. Davidson, September 27, 1871.
Regarding relations of the First National Bank with Davidson and his associates.
Letters, Elias F. Drake to William F. Davidson, October 12, 31, 1871.
Regarding stock of the St. Paul and Sioux City Rail Road.
Letters, J.C. Burbank to William F. Davidson, October 14-15; November 8, 18, 22; December 7-8, 1871.
Regarding assessments made by St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company because of the Chicago Fire.
Letters, Elias F. Drake to William F. Davidson, October 19; November 16, 1871.
Regarding stock of the St. Paul and Sioux City Rail Road and the declining value of riverfront property in St. Paul.
Letter, D.H. Valentine to William F. Davidson, October 24, 1871.
Regarding handling and storage charges for wheat.
Circular and letter, J.S. Peironnet and Company to William F. Davidson, November 24, 1871.
Explaining the nature of their forwarding and commission business in Chicago.
Letter, Henry L. Carver to William F. Davidson, December 9, 1871.
Regarding assessment on the capital stock of the Mississippi River Improvement and Manufacturing Company.
Letter, Francis R. Delano to William F. Davidson, December 10, 1871.
Regarding the St. Paul Union Elevator Company.
Agreement, George Houghton and William F. Davidson, December 19, 1871.
Regarding the sale of the Pokegama.
Testimony, March 21, 1872.
Regarding damages to the steamboat S.S. Merrill at St. Genevieve Island on a trip from St. Louis to New Orleans.
Letters, statements, and minutes, April 22, 1872.
Regarding William F. Davidson's interest in the People's Line, Dubuque, Iowa.
Articles of incorporation, The Lightning Line. June 11, 1872.
Letter, George A. Brackett to William F. Davidson, September 11, 1872.
Regarding the Cataract Flour Mill, Minneapolis.
List of subscribers to stock, St. Paul Coal Company, 1873.
Largest stockholders were W.F. Davidson, P.S. Davidson, H.L. Carver, H.S. Ashley, F.A. Carver, William Rhodes, and J.H. Reaney.
Statement, 1873.
Regarding a dispute between the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company and the Nellie Kent.
Agreement, February 5, 1873.
Among stockholders in the Keokuk Packet Company and the Northern Line Packet Company regarding stock of the proposed Keokuk Northern Line.
Letter, J.S. McCune to Messrs. Gould, Scudder and Conrad, March 10, 1873.
Regarding their appointments as appraisers of property of the North Western Union Packet Company, the Keokuk Packet Company, and the Northern Line Packet Company, preliminary to consolidation.
Letter, Henry L, Carver to William F. Davidson, March 15, 1873.
Giving information on the Meeker Dam, opera house stock, and steamboat consolidation.
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A.D2536Subjects, April 1873-September 1874:
Organization of the St. Paul Coal Company.
Stock in and repairs of the opera house.
Stock of the Merchants' Southern Packet Company.
Orders for delivery of wheat from elevators.
Dakota Indian lands.
Orders by Minneapolis flouring mills for wheat from elevators.
Depressed economic conditions.
Operation of the Nellie Kent on the St. Croix River.
The Pioneer Printing Company.
Wheat business of D.H. Valentine, William F. Davidson, P.S. Davidson, John Kyle, and Francis R. Delano.
Capital stock of the Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Conflicts of William F. Davidson with the city of St. Paul regarding taxes, wharfage, and condemnation of property.
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company stock transfers.
Assessments on the stock of the Mississippi River Improvement and Manufacturing Company.
Davidson's lawsuits.
Adjustments in the stock of the Keokuk Packet Company and the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
St. Paul and Sioux City Railway Company.
Election of directors of Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Significant documents:
W.W. Hungerford, Lake Superior and Mississippi Division of the Northern Pacific, to T.J. Buford, June 28, 1873.
Protests delay of the Nellie Kent in handling the business of the company.
Articles of incorporation, St. Paul Coal Company, July 8, 1873.
Assignment of chattel mortgage, J.C. Burbank and C.H. Bigelow, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, to William F. Davidson, July 30, 1873.
For $45,000, the company assigns the chattel mortgage executed by Edmond E. Pauling and delivered to the Pioneer Printing Company, upon the St. Paul Daily Pioneer, Tri-Weekly Pioneer and the Weekly Pioneer.
Statement, William F. Davidson, September 1, 1873.
Conveys to Francis R. Delano one-fourth interest in grain contracts and elevators by virtue of his contract with the First Division of the St. Paul and Pacific and the St. Vincent and Brainerd extensions. Leaves one-half share open to P. S. Davidson and John Kyle.
Statement, November 1, 1873.
Regarding stock of the Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Letter, William F. Davidson to the St. Paul City Council, December 2, 1873.
Regarding his back taxes, suit of the North Western Union Packet Company against the city for wharfage paid under duress, damages to the Irving Acre by street construction.
Letter, Thomas J. Buford to Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, February 2, 1874.
Regarding contract between the line and the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad for transporting wheat and other cargo to Duluth and Eastern points.
Agreement and statement, Napoleon Millikin and Ansyl Phillips, May 1, 13, 1874.
Regarding stock of the Keokuk Packet Company and the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Resolution, Keokuk Packet Company, May 14, 1873.
Regarding its stock in the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, the Carondelet Marine Railway and Dock Company, sale of its barges to the Naples Packet Company, and real estate of the company.
Lawsuit, Central Savings Bank, St. Louis v. Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, September 18, 1874.
Regarding stock of the Keokuk Packet Company and other related suits.
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A.D2537Subjects, October 1874-December 1875:
Continuation of lawsuits of William F. Davidson.
Wheat orders.
Judgments against Davidson.
Gospel and revival work in St. Paul.
Proxies for voting shares of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
River competition.
Taxation of elevators.
Business of the St. Paul Coal Company.
Data on James J. Hill's arrangements for the purchase of anthracite coal from the Anthracite Coal Association and sale of the coal to the St. Paul Coal Company.
Movement for the improvement of the Mississippi River.
Wheat business of Valentine, Davidson and Rhodes.
St. Paul real estate deals with John L. Merriam.
Significant documents:
Minutes, Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, February 23, 1875.
Authorization, Keokuk Northern Packet Line Company Executive Committee, March 10, 1875.
Regarding arrangements on river tariffs with Joseph Reynolds (Diamond Jo).
List of stockholders, Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, March 26, 1875.
Letter, James G. Davidson to William F. Davidson, April 11, 1875.
Regarding consolidation of the Pioneer and Press into the Daily Pioneer-Press.
Notice of meeting, Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, June 11, 1875.
Regarding consideration of 50% reduction in capital stock.
Letter, John B. Davis to William F. Davidson, December 24, 1875.
Regarding improvement of the Upper Mississippi.
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A.D2538Subjects, 1876-March 1877:
Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Negotiations regarding constructing a building at Fourth and Jackson, St. Paul, to rent to Auerbach, Finch, Culbertson and Company.
St. Croix River business of the Nellie Kent.
Pierce County, Wisconsin, lands.
Wharfage problems.
Shipments of ice down river.
D.H. Valentine's difficulties in his wheat business.
Ownership, management, and operation of the elevator at Muscatine, Iowa.
Religion.
Liquidation of Francis R. Delano's wheat interest with William F. Davidson.
Ohio River freight rates.
Grasshopper invasion.
Preparations for executing a government contract for freighting from Bismarck, Dakota Territory, to the Yellowstone.
Arrangements with railroads on rates and freight.
Significant documents:
Letter, William Rhodes to William F. Davidson, January 26, 1876.
Regarding arrangement with the Illinois Central Railroad for cooperation on a fast freight line on the Upper Mississippi River to Dunleith and then by rail to the East.
Letter, James Rees to J.M. Mason, February 5, 1876.
Enclosing circular and diagrams of the Rees Patent Adjustable Cut Off for steamboat engines.
Letter, J.T. West to John Shethar, February 16, 1876.
Regarding competition on the Red River of the South.
Letter, James H. Davidson to John Shethar, February 17, 1876.
Regarding wharfage dispute with William F. Davidson and the city of Cairo, Illinois.
Letter, William Rhodes to William F. Davidson, February 25, 1876.
Recommending an arrangement with Joseph Reynolds and the railroads.
Letters, William Rhodes to William F. Davidson, April 3, 24, 1876.
Regarding negotiations with the railroads.
Agreement, St. Paul Coal Company and other dealers, April 11, 1876.
Regarding sharing the coal business on a percentage basis.
Letter, A.M. Hutchinson to William F. Davidson, June 14, 1876.
Regarding formation of a coal ring and coal shipments.
Letter, William F. Davidson to T. Johnson, October 25, 1876.
On the reverse is a schedule of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company's Lightning Express.
Statement, Francis R. Delano, November 1, 1876.
Assigning his wheat interest on the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad with Davidson to William Rhodes.
Circular, Northern Line Packet Company to stockholders, January 6, 1877.
Regarding stock assessments.
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, January 30, 1877.
Regarding wharfage at Dubuque, Iowa.
Letter, William Rhodes to William F. Davidson, February 21, 1877.
Regarding an effort to introduce more manufacturers into St. Paul.
Letters, John B. Davis to William F. Davidson, March 13, 16, 1877.
Regarding Davidson's bid for government contracts for freighting on the Yellowstone River.
Agreement, John B. Davis and P. S. Davidson, March 24, 1877.
Regarding government freighting contracts to Yellowstone.
Letter, J.H. Reaney to William F. Davidson, March 28, 1877.
Regarding purchase of boats for use in Yellowstone freighting.
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A.D2539Subjects, April 1877-June 1878:
Reports from the Muscatine, Iowa, elevator.
Government contract for freighting on the Yellowstone River.
Navigation of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers.
Cargo, fuel, competition, barge building, and plans for expanding the Missouri River business.
Business of the St. Paul Coal Company.
Arrangements for the formation of the North Western Fuel Company.
Difficulties with Francis R. Delano over the wheat business.
Francis R. Delano's plans for the Minnesota Northern Railway Company.
Competition of grain elevators.
Agreements between William F. Davidson and agents of his elevators.
Agreement between William F. Davison and the Millers' Association.
Davidson's Kentucky and Arkansas lands.
Davidson's suppression of liquor on his boats.
Significant documents:
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, April 13, 1877.
Suggesting greater efficiencies in scheduling steamboats.
Agreement, Joseph Reynolds and William F. Davidson, April 17, 1877.
Regarding purchase of steamboats and barges from Reynolds.
Letter, John B. Davis to William F. Davidson, April 23, 1877.
Reporting his conversation with General Sheridan regarding freighting contract and military movements in the Far West.
Letter, John B. Davis to P.S. Davidson, April 30, 1877.
Regarding navigation of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers.
Agreement, St. Paul Coal Company and other dealers, May 1, 1877.
Regarding sharing the business on a percentage basis.
Journal, in hand of John B. Davis, May 5-10, 1877.
Regarding steamboat trip from Bismarck to Fort Buford.
Agreement, C.W. Griggs, William Rhodes, and R.W. Johnston, May 12, 1877.
Preliminary to formation of North Western Fuel Company.
Letter, J.H. Reaney to William F. Davidson, May 20, 1877.
On letterhead of the Yellowstone Transportation Company. Officers are: P.S. Davidson, president; John B. Davis, general superintendent, and J.H. Reaney, secretary-treasurer.
Letter, Francis R. Delano to William Rhodes, June 30, 1877.
Conveying his interest in the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad elevators to Rhodes.
Letter, John Shethar to William F. Davidson, October 5, 1877.
Containing information on the advance of river rates from St. Louis to New Orleans and divergence of freight to the railroads.
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A.D25310Subjects, July 1878-October 1879:
Repairs on elevators.
Proposals for the purchase of Davidson's elevators.
Agreements between Davidson and elevator agents.
Reports by D.H. Valentine on the elevator business.
Demand for houses and stores in St. Paul.
Wharfage and levee difficulties.
Competition for wheat on the St. Paul and Pacific line.
Business of Davidson and Company, grain dealers, Hannibal, Missouri.
Mississippi River improvements.
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad stock.
Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Suit against Davidson regarding management of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Securing eastern capital.
Arkansas lands.
Competition with the Diamond Jo Line.
Religion.
Davidson's ferry at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Significant documents:
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, October 12, 1878.
Regarding right-of-way for the Sauk Rapids and Minneapolis Railroad in Sauk Rapids.
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, October 16, 1878.
Regarding ownership of the Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Letter, W.F. Rector to William F. Davidson, November 6, 1878.
Regarding dispute with river pilots.
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, December 23, 1878.
Regarding subscription of stock for building a boom from Fort Snelling to St. Paul.
Letter, Baker to William F. Davidson, March 28, 1879.
Regarding competition with Diamond Jo Reynolds.
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, April 3, 1879.
Regarding St. Paul and Pacific elevator contracts.
Letter, T.J. Buford to Joseph Reynolds, May 21, 1879.
Regarding Reynolds-Davidson competition.
Agreement, Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. August 1, 1879.
Regarding renting Davidson's elevator at Hannibal, Missouri.
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A.D25311Subjects, November 1879-1880:
Business of Davidson and Company, grain dealers, Hannibal, Missouri.
Ferry at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Religion.
St. Paul real estate.
Lawsuits with Francis R. Delano regarding wheat transactions.
Corn trade.
Arrangements for selling stock of the Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Information on the building of the Davidson and Union blocks, St. Paul.
Organization of the North and South Express Company, Keokuk, Iowa.
Arrangements of Davidson with elevator managers.
Wheat orders.
Significant documents:
Letter, T.J. Sheppard to William F. Davidson, November 13, 1879.
Appeals for funds to support the work of the Ohio Baptist Education Society; on the reverse is a printed description of the purposes of the society.
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, November 27, 1879.
Regarding plans for the Custom House Block, Smith Corner, and Spread Eagle Corner, St. Paul.
Agreement, James H. Davidson and William F. Davidson, February 21, 1880.
Regarding sale of Sauk Rapids Water Power Company stock.
Articles of incorporation, North and South Express Company, Keokuk, Iowa, May 22, 1880.
Davidson was one of the incorporators.
Minutes, Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, December 6, 1880.
Includes information on the election of officers, property of the company, lawsuits against the company, company losses and expenses, and stock holdings.
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, December 31, 1880.
Suggesting the new firm be called the Davidson Company.
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A.D25312Subjects, 1881-1882:
Proposition of the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company for installation of telephones in Davidson buildings.
Disposal of St. Paul real estate.
Receivership of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Arkansas lands.
Bridge at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
Wharfage difficulties of the Gem City with the city of Quincy, Illinois.
Business of the North Western Grain Dealers Association, Minneapolis.
Wheat dealings with Van Dusen, Cargill, and others.
Sale of a wharf boat to the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Reports to William F. Davidson from his elevators.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
William F. Davidson, manager.
Wheat business of the Minnesota and Dakota Elevator Company.
Lawsuits against the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Sale of depots at Davenport and Muscatine, Iowa, to the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Appointment of agents for the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
River convention at St. Louis.
Minnetonka Steamboat Company.
Coal shipments by river.
St. Paul real estate.
Fort Benton Transportation Company.
Ferry at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
St. Paul YMCA.
Wisconsin lands.
Significant documents:
Agreement, July 18, 1881.
Sale of wharf boat to the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Agreement, among Rasmas Corthe, Peter Stevens, J.A. Jacobson, and E. Locke, Willmar, Minnesota, September 13, 1881.
Regarding testing, cleaning and grading wheat.
Circular, Argus Dean to delegates of river convention at St. Louis. March 2, 1882.
Letter, James H. Davidson to William F. Davidson, June 22, 1882.
Regarding dam at St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Letter, I.P. Baker to William F. Davidson, July 26, 1882.
Regarding business of the Fort Benton Transportation Company and opportunities for investment in cattle.
Letter, J. Lawler to William F. Davidson, October 4, 1882.
Regarding a new bridge at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
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A.D25313Subjects, January-May 1883:
Organization of the Union Transfer Company.
Offer by entertainers and booking agents of performances for the Opera House, St. Paul.
Channel improvements at Keokuk, Iowa.
Ferry at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Rail-river competition.
Religion.
Arkansas lands.
Proposal for lighting the Opera House with electricity.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Marine insurance.
Securing supplies of bricks.
Colorado cattle and minerals.
Coal trade.
Building materials for the Davidson Block.
Installation of telephones.
Rail-river rates.
Proposal for elevator installations.
Lake Minnetonka Navigation Company.
Management of the Opera House by L.N. Scott.
Grain business of F.H. Peavey and Company.
Significant documents:
Articles of incorporation, Union Transfer Company, St. Paul, 1883.
Incorporators were Robert Y. Davidson, Louis N. Scott, Andrew Delaney, and William F. Davidson.
Circular, St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1883.
Includes a sketch of the Gem City.
Circular, Reynolds Cattle Company, Canon City, Colorado, March 8, 1883.
Contract, among James H. Davidson and others, March 15, 1883.
Regarding mineral explorations on the late Ute Reservation in Colorado.
Circular, George Edgar's Shakespearian Company, March 21, 1883.
Advertisement on reverse of a letter, Maze Edwards to Chas. Haines.
Letter, Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company to William F. Davidson, April 4, 1883.
Attached is a telephone contract.
Circular, The Amusement Bureau, Chicago. May 1883.
Letter, F.H. Peavey and Company to William F. Davidson, May 5, 1883.
Regarding arrangements for the grain trade.
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A.D25314Subjects, June-August 1883:
Advertisements for electric lights for the Opera House.
Arrangements with artists and booking agents for appearances in the Opera House.
Grain trade.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Patent suit between United States Electric Lighting Company and the Edison Company.
Installation of electric lights.
River-rail shipment of grain.
Competition with Diamond Jo Reynolds.
Purchases of brick and other building supplies.
St. Mary's Hall, Faribault, Minnesota.
Religion.
Construction of the new opera house.
Paper mill at Sauk Rapids, Minnesota.
Significant documents:
Letter, R.A. Snowdon to L.N. Scott, June 5, 1883.
Regarding appointment of foreign agents for the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and ticketing arrangements with railroads.
Letter, Illinois Central Railroad Company to William F. Davidson, June 19, 1883.
Regarding shipment of grain.
Circular, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, St. Paul, June 23, 1883.
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A.D25315Subjects, September 1883-April 1884:
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Financing the new St. Paul Chamber of Commerce Building.
Arrangements with booking agents and performers.
Proposals for installing electric lights in the Opera House.
Purchases of bricks and other building materials.
Management of the Opera House.
Davidson's elevator at Muscatine, Iowa.
Religion.
Sale of the Alex Kimball.
Dealings with tenants in the Davidson buildings.
Advertisement of typewriters.
Competition on the Red River of the South.
Coal mining and coal shipments.
Election of officers of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Freight rates.
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad lands.
American Attorneys' Association list of members.
Attempt of the North West Traffic Association to form a pool.
Business of Diamond Jo Reynolds.
Specifications and agreements for steam heating of Davidson buildings.
Appointment of agents of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Application for patent on the McMillan Steam Capstan.
Significant documents:
Letter, Richard Chute to William F. Davidson, September 15, 1883.
Giving advice on the development of water power.
Letter, W.S. Ritchie to William F. Davidson, October 5, 1883.
Regarding proposal for purchase of Davidson's elevator at Muscatine and observation on the grain trade of the city.
Letter, H.H. Horn to William F. Davidson, November 17, 1883.
Calling attention to calligraphs (writing machines) and typewriters.
Letter, George W. Sweet to William F. Davidson, December 28, 1883.
Regarding proposal for organization of a steamboat company to run between Minneapolis and Sauk Rapids.
Statement, St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad, February 1, 1884.
Regarding special land stock.
List of members, American Attorney's Association, March 1, 1884.
On reverse of letter from Dwight F. Downing to William F. Davidson.
Letter, F.L. Johnston to William F. Davidson, March 7, 1884.
Regarding efforts of the North West Traffic Association to form a pool and the business of Diamond Jo Reynolds.
Verses, April 29, 1884.
Regarding Belleville, Illinois, convent fire.
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A.D25316Subjects, May-October 1884:
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Ticketing and freight arrangements with railroads.
Assessments of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce.
Election of William F. Davidson to the board of the Chamber of Commerce.
Appointment of agents of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
L.N. Scott's management of the Grand Opera House.
Building supplies.
Fire-fighting equipment.
Condition of the Muscatine elevator.
Rail-river rates.
Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Real estate rentals.
Money owed Hercules L. Dousman.
Significant documents:
Letter, H.W. Foote to William F. Davidson, June 18, 1884.
On reverse are illustrations of hook and ladder trucks, hand hose carts, city hose carriages for horses, and chemical fire engines.
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A.D25317Subjects, November 1884-May 1885:
Proposal of Western Electric Company, Chicago, for lighting Davidson's roller skating rink and opera house, St. Paul.
Proposal for elevated railway between St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Condition of the Muscatine elevator.
Stock of A.M. Hutchinson in the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Arkansas lands.
Northwestern Fuel Company.
Keokuk bridge suit.
Building a roller skating rink in St. Paul.
Relations with tenants in Davidson buildings.
St. Paul YMCA.
Religion.
Organization of the Palmyra Springs (Wisconsin) Sanitarium Company.
Rate agreements with the Diamond Jo Line.
Rail-river rates.
Significant documents:
Statistics, city of St. Paul, November 13, 1884.
Condensed from the annual report of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce for 1883; printed on the reverse of a receipt signed by Gustav Willius.
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A.D25318Subjects, June-September 1885:
Building construction.
Building supplies.
Palmyra Springs Sanitarium Company.
James H. Davidson, president.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Arkansas lands.
Burning of the Muscatine elevator.
Shipment of coal from Port Byron, Illinois.
Proposal for management of the Dime Museum in St. Paul.
Northwestern Waterways Convention at St. Paul.
Roller skating rink at St. Paul.
Significant documents:
Letter, Jacob Hill to William F. Davidson, July 8, 1885.
Regarding proposal for the management of the Dime Museum in St. Paul.
Letters, L.N. Scott to William F. Davidson, July 26-27, 1885.
Regarding attempts to sell mineral water.
Letter, A. Mackenzie to William F. Davidson, August 22, 1885.
Regarding Northwestern Waterways Convention at St. Paul.
Letter, A.L. Bonnaffon to William F. Davidson, August 31, 1885.
Regarding sale of mineral waters; on the reverse of the last leaf in the packet of letters is a printed advertisement of the mineral waters, sold under the trade name of Zenobia. Includes an analysis of the mineral contents of Zenobia.
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A.D25319Subjects, October 1885-May 1886:
Catlettsburg, Kentucky, ferry.
Suit against the stockholders of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Sale of mineral water.
Palmyra Springs Sanitarium Company.
Formation of the Davidson Company.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
St. Paul Museum Company.
International Immigrant Union.
Dam and water power at Sauk Rapids.
Muscatine elevator.
Installation of electric engines.
Relations with the Diamond Jo Line.
Coal supplies.
Proposal by the Northwestern Fuel Company for furnishing coal to western forts.
Chartering the Centennial to the Northwestern Excursion Company (L.N. Scott, president).
Religion.
Significant documents:
Opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri, in the case of James Ward, et al., vs. William F. Davidson, et al., October term, 1885.
Regarding the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company; includes a brief history of the company.
Co-partnership agreement, William F. Davidson and Edward E. Davidson, October 5, 1885.
For a general real estate, loan and collection business under the name of The Davidson Company.
Inventory, January 1, 1886.
Of the movable property of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Letter, Joseph Reynolds to William F. Davidson, January 3, 1886.
Regarding proposed sale of Davidson steamboat interests to Diamond Jo.
Letter, R.A. Snowdon to William F. Davidson, April 19, 1886.
Regarding relations with the Diamond Jo Line.
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A.D25320Subjects, June-October 1886:
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Purchase of coal from Port Byron, Illinois, coal mines.
William F. Davidson's application for loans on the Opera House block.
Relations with the Diamond Jo Line.
Arrangements for excursion tickets to the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition and the St. Louis Exposition.
Applications for managership of Hotel Ryan, St. Paul.
Statement of the St. Paul Rate Association.
Agreement between Opera Bouffe Company and William F. Davidson as manager of the Exposition Rink.
Discussion of dangers of low bridges to navigation on the Mississippi.
Expiration of the St. Paul elevator lease.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Electric light plant in the St. Paul Opera House.
Ticketing arrangements with Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Company.
Disposition of the Catlettsburg ferry.
Significant documents:
Letter, G.W. Hill to William F. Davidson, August 18, 1886.
Describing the danger to steamboats of bridges over the Mississippi River and comments on general condition of the steamboat trade.
Letter, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway to William F. Davidson, August 30, 1886.
Regarding expiration of the St. Paul Elevator lease originally granted by the First Division of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to W.B. Litchfield and assigned by Litchfield to Davidson.
Agreement, Triple Thermic Company and William F. Davidson, September 9, 1886.
Regarding installing motor systems in steamboats.
Letter, E.M. Dickey to William F. Davidson, September 13, 1886.
Regarding running arrangements with the Diamond Jo Line and possible sale of one line to another.
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A.D25321Subjects, November 1886-April 1887:
St. Louis Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Relations with the Diamond Jo Line.
Coal for mines at Port Byron, Illinois, and other points.
Davidson's Iowa lands.
Lawsuit regarding Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
Disposition of the Catlettsburg ferry.
St. Paul Opera House.
Construction materials for Davidson buildings.
Chicago Railroad Association.
Installation of electric lights.
Keokuk bridge case.
Installation of elevators.
Significant documents:
Opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri, in the case of Abram Hutchinson vs. Charles Green, November 15, 1886.
Contains information on the long dispute between the directors and stockholders of the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company.
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A.D25322Subjects, May-October 1887:
Rate arrangements between the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and the Diamond Jo Line.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
The Mississippi River Rate Sheet.
Proposed sale of the Minneapolis elevator owned by Davidson, Wilder, Shepard, and Chamberlain.
Letters regarding the death of William F. Davidson.
Coal shipments from Port Byron, Illinois.
Agreements between the Economy Steam Heat Company and the Dispatch Job Printing Company regarding furnishing power to run machines.
Agreement between the Economy Steam Heat Company and Newton R. Frost for furnishing heat for the Frost Block.
Kentucky lands.
Arkansas lands.
Settlement of the William F. Davidson estate.
Lawsuits.
Religion.
Management of Davidson real estate in St. Paul.
Operation of elevators in the Davidson buildings.
Proposal of the St. Paul Trust Company for the purchase of notes made by William R. Marshall.
Significant documents:
Agreement, Westinghouse Electric Company and Fuel, Gas and Electric Engineering Company with Frank L. Johnston, May 12, 1887.
For the introduction of electricity and gas into a certain district in the city of St. Louis.
Agreement, June 23, 1887.
Regarding the partnership settlement of William F. Davidson and Payton S. Davidson.
Letter, James H. Davidson to Sarah A. Davidson and Edward E. Davidson, June 24, 1887.
Reviewing the business associations of James H. Davidson and William F. Davidson in real estate.
Advertisement, W.C. Coup Equesculiculum, July 12, 1887.
Addressed to the managers of the Exposition Rink.
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A.D25323Subjects, November 1887-February 1888:
Business of the William F. Davidson estate.
Business of the Economy Steam Heat Company in installing steam pipes and furnishing steam and gas lighting.
E.E. Davidson, president.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Ticket report, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company.
Timetable arrangements between the Diamond Jo Line and the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Steamers of the Lake Minnetonka Navigation Company.
P.S. Davidson, president.
Sale of lands at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Improvement of the Pioneer Press Building.
Arkansas lands.
Real estate in South Point, Ohio.
St. Paul YMCA.
Significant documents:
Report, James E. Moore, land commissioner of the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad, to William F. Davidson estate, November 15, 1887.
Regarding business transacted at the annual meeting of the stockholders.
Advertisement, Pawnee County, Kansas, December 24, 1887.
On reverse of letter, Dusinberre to E.E. Davidson.
Letterhead, 1888.
Containing information on Professor L. Strassberger's show enterprise, wax figures, importing business, etc. Illustration on reverse of letter of a wax museum.
Letter, E.E. Davidson to E.M. Dickey, February 20, 1888.
Regarding proposal for the sale of steamboats, wharf boats, and warehouse of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company or the formation of a new company with the Diamond Jo Line.
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A.D25324Subjects, March-June 16, 1888:
Supplies and equipment of the Economy Steam Heat Company.
Contracts between the Economy Steam Heat Company and lessees of steam heat.
Contracts between the Economy Steam Heat Company and lessees of electric power.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Proposals for the consolidation of the Davidson steamboat interests with the Diamond Jo Line.
Competition with the Diamond Jo Line.
Running agreement (1888) between the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and the Diamond Jo Line.
Ticketing arrangements with the Rock Island and Peoria Railway.
Repairs on the Gem City.
Catlettsburg, Kentucky, ferry.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Management of the William F. Davidson estate.
Alterations required by the St. Paul Inspector of Buildings on the Grand Opera House and other Davidson buildings.
Proposal for furnishing materials for the construction of the Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul.
Wisconsin lands.
Sauk Rapids water power.
Old grain accounts of William F. Davidson and Cole Brothers Commission Company.
Appeal for funds for the St. Paul YMCA Building.
Significant documents:
Letter, E.M. Dickey to Edward E. Davidson, March 10, 1888.
Regarding proposals for the consolidation of the Davidson steamboat interests with the Diamond Jo Line.
Letter, E.M. Dickey to Edward E. Davidson, March 15, 1888.
Regarding observations on the failure of the proposal to consolidate the Davidson and Diamond Jo Reynolds steamboat interests.
Letter, E.M. Dickey to Edward E. Davidson, April 5, 1888.
Alluding to the formation of a syndicate.
Letter, T.W. Forbes to Mrs. William F. Davidson, April 18, 1888.
Outlining plans for the St. Paul YMCA Building.
Letter, Fred A. Bill to Edward E. Davidson, May 14, 1888.
Regarding arrangements between the Davidson and Diamond Jo lines.
Letter, E.M. Dickey to Edward E. Davidson, May 18, 1888.
Regarding arrangements between the Davidson and Diamond Jo lines.
Letter, E.M. Dickey to Edward E. Davidson, May 21, 1888.
Regarding arrangements between the Davidson and Diamond Jo lines.
Letter, St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company to E.M. Dickey, May 23, 1888.
Regarding proposal for the sale of steamers.
Agreement, Diamond Jo Line and the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, May 23, 1888.
Regarding running steamers jointly in the summer of 1888.
Letter, E.M. Dickey to R.A. Snowdon, May 26, 1888.
Regarding agreement with Diamond Jo Line.
Letter, R.A. Snowdon to Edward E. Davidson, May 26, 1888.
Regarding agreement with Diamond Jo Line.
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A.D25325Subjects, June 17-September 1888:
Arrangements between the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and the Diamond Jo Line regarding joint advertising of their passenger and freight services.
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Membership of the Diamond Jo Line in the St. Paul, Keokuk and St. Louis Rate Sheets.
Western Weighing and Freight Inspection Association.
Claims against the William F. Davidson estate.
Management of the Davidson real estate in St. Paul.
Purchase of building supplies.
Purchase of supplies by the Economy Steam Heat Company.
Authorizations by purchasers for the Economy Steam Heat Company to wire buildings and supply electrical current.
Application for the lease of Sauk Rapids water power.
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A.D25326 October-December 1888:
Business of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Running arrangements of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and the Diamond Jo Line.
Proposal for the consolidation of St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and the Diamond Jo Line.
Negotiations for the sale of the Grand Opera House, St. Paul, to Lotta Crabtree.
Management of Davidson real estate in St. Paul.
Construction of the new Pioneer Press Building.
Orders of the Economy Steam Heat Company for supplies and equipment.
List of engines used in the electric light plant.
Sauk Rapids water power.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Significant documents:
Letter, St. Paul Opera House Company to Lotta Crabtree, October 3, 1888.
Proposing sale of the Opera House to Miss Crabtree.
Letter, E.M. Dickey to P.S. Davidson, November 8, 1888.
Proposing the consolidation of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company and the Diamond Jo Line.
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A.D25327Subjects, January-June 1889:
Reactions to Edward E. Davidson's plan to rebuild the Opera House in St. Paul.
Burning of the Opera House.
Legal difficulties with Lotta Crabtree.
Management of Davidson's St. Paul real estate.
Construction of the Pioneer Press Building.
Pioneer Press Building Company, F. Driscoll, president.
Sauk Rapids water power.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Sale of the Exposition property, Minneapolis, to Thomas Lowry.
Management of the William F. Davidson estate.
Arkansas lands.
Purchase of supplies and equipment by the Economy Steam Heat Company.
Authorizations for wiring and supplying electrical current.
Sale of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
St. Louis, St. Paul and Minneapolis Packet Company.
Charles H. Petsch, manager; formerly the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company.
Significant documents:
Letter, F.L. Johnston to Dear Sister, February 2, 1889.
Regarding sale of Exposition property to Thomas Lowry.
Letter. G.F. Cole to Edward E. Davidson, March 18, 1889.
Regarding plan to connect St. Paul and Minneapolis by pneumatic tube.
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A.D25328Subjects, July 1889-January 1890:
Purchase of supplies and equipment by the Economy Steam Heat Company.
Contracts for wiring and lighting.
Relations with the St. Louis, St. Paul and Minneapolis Packet Company.
Sauk Rapids water power.
Cases of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company vs. the Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company.
In the United States Circuit Court, Keokuk.
Presbyterian Alliance, St. Paul.
Central Evangelist Mission.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Management of the William F. Davidson estate.
Suit of Lotta Crabtree against the Opera House Company.
Right-of-way for the Norfolk and Western Railway through the Davidson lands in Ohio.
Construction of the Pioneer Press Building.
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A.D25329 February-August 1890:
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Management of the William F. Davidson estate.
Division of William F. Davidson estate property.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Right-of-way of the West Virginia and Ironton Railroad through the South Point property.
Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
St. Paul YMCA building fund.
Contract entered into by the Artesian Well Drilling Company and the William F. Davidson estate for drilling an artesian well on the site of the Grand Opera House.
Plans for rebuilding the Opera House.
Proposals for lighting Jacob Litt's Theatre, St. Paul, by the Economy Steam Heat Company and others.
Mission work in St. Paul.
Judgments in the case of William F. Davidson vs. the Keokuk Packet Company.
Proposals for the purchase of Sauk Rapids water power.
Suggestions for repair of Sauk Rapids water power.
Supplies and equipment of the Economy Steam Heat Company.
Contracts for wiring and supplying electricity and steam heat.
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A.D25330 September 1890-March 1891:
Activities of the St. Paul YMCA.
Mission work in St. Paul.
Macalester College.
Purchase of supplies by the Economy Steam Heat Company.
Contracts for wiring and supplying electric current.
Management of the William F. Davidson estate.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Arkansas lands.
Sauk Rapids water power.
Business of Edward E. Davidson in wheat with Griggs Brothers, Commission Men.
Significant documents:
Letter, Thomas Cochran to Mrs. William F. Davidson. January 20, 1891.
Regarding fund-raising for Macalester College.
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A.D25331Subjects, April 1891-March 1892:
Purchase of supplies by the Economy Steam Heat Company.
Contracts for wiring and furnishing electrical current.
Contracts of the St. Paul Light, Heat and Power Company for furnishing electrical current.
Successor to the Economy Steam Heat Company, R.A. Snowdon, secretary.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Management of the William F. Davidson estate.
Sauk Rapids water power, request for a mill site lease, taxes, condition of the dam, and proposals for sale.
Struggle for control of the proposed St. Paul subway.
Building project of the St. Paul YMCA.
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A.D25332 April 1892-December 1897:
Purchases of supplies and equipment by the St. Paul Light, Heat and Power Company.
Purchase of coal by the St. Paul Light, Heat and Power Company.
Contracts for furnishing heat and power.
Arkansas lands.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
Real estate and loan business of James H. Davidson.
Patent litigation on the validity of the Edison Incandescent Electric Light Patent Number 223,898.
Incorporation of the Lawrence Building Company, St. Louis.
Real estate plans of Frank L. Johnston.
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A.D25333 January 1898-June 1899:
Management of the William F. Davidson estate.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Real estate plans of Frank L. Johnston.
Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
Offers from various real estate and land companies for real estate exchanges.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Expression of thanks to Watson P. Davidson by the Prohibition City Committee, St. Paul, for use of rooms in the Union Block.
Stock of the Sauk Rapids Water Power Company.
Business of the Coast Lumber Company, St. Paul, in forwarding red cedar shingles from Pacific Coast points.
Schedule of railroad switching charges, St. Paul.
Advertisement of the L. Eisenmenger Meat Company, St. Paul.
Appeal for support by the Volunteers of America, St. Paul, to help bring the Gospel to the unchurched.
Proposal for the exchange of the Union Block in St. Paul for Texas lands in the Texas and St. Louis Railroad land grant.
Communication from the Western Trunk Line Committee, Chicago, on freight rates.
Announcements from various railroads regarding purchases of other companies and changes in management.
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A.D25334Subjects, July 1899-June 1900:
Real estate and financial problems of Frank L. Johnston.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Arkansas lands.
Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
Crops of the Redwood County farm.
Proposals for real estate exchanges.
Montana real estate.
Proposals for the use of the old opera house site, St. Paul.
Proposal to Watson P. Davidson for building an elevator at Gilfillan, Minnesota, by the Barnett and Record Company.
History of the founding of the Mississippi Valley Telephone Company.
Membership of Watson P. Davidson in the Commercial Club, St. Paul.
Circular of the St. Paul Society for the Relief of the Poor.
Advertisement of H.L. Bennett and Company, Westerville, Ohio, of the stump puller, tile ditcher, and corn harvester.
Freight problems in the shipment of lumber by railroads from northern Wisconsin.
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A.D25335 July 1900-December 1901:
Construction of an elevator at Gilfillan, Minnesota.
Sale of the opera house lot.
Proposals for exchanges of real estate.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Offering of lands in Wisconsin, the Dakotas, and Wyoming to Watson P. Davidson by land companies and agents.
Business of F.E. Davidson as agent for Redwood County (Minnesota), Washington, Oregon, and Idaho lands.
Arkansas lands.
Proposals for exchanging lands for the Union Block, St. Paul.
Circular announcing the State Fair of 1901, Minnesota State Agricultural Society.
Proposals for the disposal of the Sauk Rapids water power.
A.G. Whitney's option on the Sauk Rapids property.
Reorganization of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce.
Watson P. Davidson's wheat account with G.W. Van Dusen and Company.
St. Paul Commercial Club.
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A.D25336 January 1902-March 1903:
Offering of Lake Minnetonka property to Watson P. Davidson.
Business of F.E. Davidson as agent for Redwood County (Minnesota), Washington, Oregon, and Idaho lands.
Arrangements for the sale of Arkansas lands.
Proposals for exchanging lands for the Union Block, St. Paul.
A.G. Whitney's option to purchase the Sauk Rapids property.
Offering by land companies and agents of lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Canada, Minnesota, and Texas.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Royal Sovereign Gold Mine in Ontario, Canada, business of the Davidsons and Hugh D. Alston.
Water power in River Falls, Wisconsin.
South Point, Ohio, property of the Davidson family.
Sale of wheat from the Davidson Elevator Company, Morgan, Minnesota, to the Sleepy Eye Milling Company, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.
Inventory of the furniture of the Hotel Aberdeen.
Advertisement of the A.G. Whitney Land and Loan Company.
Offering to Watson P. Davidson of stock in the North American Beef Company.
Membership of Watson P. Davidson in the National Irrigation Association, Chicago.
Watson P. Davidson's wheat account with G.W. Van Dusen and Company.
Activities of the Commercial Club, St. Paul.
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A.D25337 April 1903-May 1904:
Management and sale of Arkansas lands.
Davidson's interest in the Royal Sovereign Gold Mine, Ontario, Canada (Gold Rock).
Rental of the Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
Property at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
Management of the William F. Davidson estate.
Disposition of the Ohio property.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Wheat account of Watson P. Davidson with G.W. Van Dusen and Company.
Shipment of wheat from the Davidson Elevator Company, Morgan, Minnesota, to the Sleepy Eye Milling Company, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.
Developments of the Minnesota Oil Company of Texas.
Business of F.E. Davidson in real estate and loans.
Election of Watson P. Davidson as director of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce.
Proposals for property exchanges.
Motor boat races of the Minnetonka Boat Club, Tonka Bay, Minnesota.
Illustration of the World's Fair Grounds, St. Louis.
Organization of a bank in Morgan, Minnesota.
Review of the business of the Northwestern Trust Company, St. Paul.
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A.D25338 June 1904-September 1905:
Organization of a bank in Morgan, Minnesota, by Watson P. Davidson and associates.
Sale of Davidson property at Eighth and Robert streets, St. Paul.
Offering of real estate by land companies and agents.
Sale of the machinery at the Royal Sovereign Mine, Goldrock, Ontario, Canada.
Management of the Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
Sale and management of the Arkansas lands.
Report of the Regatta Committee of the Minnetonka Boat Club, Tonka Bay, Minnesota.
Real estate and loan business of F.E. Davidson.
Proposals for the exchange of property.
Watson P. Davidson's wheat account with Woodward and Company, Minneapolis.
Business of Reeves and Company, manufacturers of threshing machines, Minneapolis.
Agreement by the St. Paul Gas Light Company to heat the Court Block, St. Paul, and to light other buildings.
Commercial Club of St. Paul.
Red Lake County and Polk County, Minnesota, lands.
Subscription to the stock of the Dakotah Manufacturing Company, St. Paul.
Advertisement for Packard automobiles.
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A.D25339 October 1905-December 1906:
Management of Redwood County, Minnesota, lands.
Offers of land and real estate.
Offers by agents and companies to purchase Davidson property.
Grain account of the Davidson Elevator Company, Morgan, Minnesota, with Woodward and Company.
Business of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Morgan, Minnesota.
Business of the Western Land Securities Company, St. Paul.
Building plans of the St. Paul YMCA.
Business of the Minnesota Oil Company of Texas.
Declaration of dividends, the Northwestern Trust Company, St. Paul.
Proposals for furnishing and decorating the Hotel Aberdeen.
Management of St. Paul real estate.
Comments of Hugh Alston on gold mining in Ontario, Canada.
Real estate and loan business of F.E. Davidson.
Comments of James H. Davidson on an oil refinery at Erie, Kansas.
Invitation to Watson P. Davidson for an excursion on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad from Kansas City to Mexico.
Sale of Canadian lands by the North West Colonization Company to Watson P. Davidson.
Minnetonka Boat Club.
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A.D25340Chronolgically-Ordered Correspondence (1907-1919):
Most of the documents between 1907 and 1919 pertain to the real estate business of Watson Pogue Davidson and his associates, to properties throughout the United States offered for sale by other agents, and to tenants of buildings and agricultural lands that Davidson owned. Documentation exists of Davidson’s other financial interests, his manifold social and philanthropic activities in St. Paul, and with Davidson family affairs.
Description of correspondence in boxes 40-100 (1907-1919).
Narrative description of topics represented in the letters (e.g., major property transactions, building management, agricultural questions and farm management) and a list of noteworthy letterheads, prepared by an unknown person.
January-October 1907.
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A.D25341 November 1907-November 1908.
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A.D25342 December 1908-April 1909.
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A.D25343 May-November 1909.
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A.D25344 December 1909-March 1910.
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A.D25345 April-July 15, 1910.
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A.D25346 July 16-September 10, 1910.
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A.D25347 September 11-November 15, 1910.
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A.D25348 November 16-December 1910.
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A.D25349 January-March 1911.
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A.D25350 April-May 15, 1911.
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A.D25351 May 16-June 1911.
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A.D25352 July-August 1911.
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A.D25353 September-October 24, 1911.
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A.D25354 October 25-December 1911.
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A.D25355 January-February 10, 1912.
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A.D25356 February 12-March 7, 1912.
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A.D25357 March 8-31, 1912.
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A.D25358 April 1-20, 1912.
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A.D25359 April 21-May 16, 1912.
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A.D25360 May 17-June 7, 1912.
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A.D25361 June 8-31, 1912.
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A.D25362 July 1912.
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A.D25363 August-September 7, 1912.
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A.D25364 September 8-October 12, 1912.
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A.D25365 October 13-November 20, 1912.
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A.D25366 November 21-December 1912.
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A.D25367 January-February 20, 1913.
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A.D25368 February 21-April 11, 1913.
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A.D25369 April 12-May 22, 1913.
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A.D25370 May 23-July 10, 1913.
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A.D25371 July 11-August 31, 1913.
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A.D25372 September-October 1913.
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A.D25373 November-December 5, 1913.
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A.D25374 December 6, 1913-January 10, 1914.
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A.D25375 January 11-February 1914.
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A.D25376 March 1914.
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A.D25377 April-May 15, 1914.
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A.D25378 May 16-June 15, 1914.
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A.D25379 June 16-July 1914.
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A.D25380 August-September 12, 1914.
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A.D25381 September 13-October 1914.
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A.D25382 November-December 1914.
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A.D25383 January-February 1915.
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A.D25384 March 1915.
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A.D25385 April-May 1915.
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A.D25386 June-July 1915.
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A.D25387 August-September 1915.
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A.D25388 October-November 8, 1915.
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A.D25389 November 9-December 1915.
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A.D25390 January-February 1916.
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A.D25391 March-May 1916.
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A.D25392 June-August 1916.
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A.D25393 September-December 15, 1916.
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A.D25394 December 16, 1916-March 1917.
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A.D25395 April-June 12, 1917.
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A.D25396 June 13-August 1917.
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A.D25397 September-December 1917.
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A.D25398 January-April 15, 1918.
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A.D25399 April 16-July 1918.
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A.D253100 August 1, 1918-1919.
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A.D253101Legal papers:
Miscellaneous deeds, mortgages, and contracts, 1854-1913.
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A.D253102Leases, William F. Davidson, 1877-1887.
Leases, William F. Davidson estate, 1887-1897.
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A.D253103Special leases, Davidson's Block, 1881-1887.
Farm contracts, 1889-1912.
Leases, Pioneer Press Company, 1899-1906.
Leases, Watson P. Davidson, 1899-1918.
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A.D253104Leases, Louis W. Hill and Watson P. Davidson, 1910-1918.
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A.D253105Leases, Oregon and Western Colonization Company, 1910-1911.
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A.D253106Leases, Oregon and Western Colonization Company, 1911-1912.
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The volumes are arranged first by record type and thereunder by firm or account title within the record type. Since the many Davidson enterprises were closely related, the searcher should not consider the title given to each volume to be definitive. Many of the volumes have been used for more than one purpose. Memoranda on stock ownership and trial balances are sometimes interspersed in the volumes, and the latter part of a volume may be used to record the accounts of a firm other than the one listed on the backbone or title page of the record book. When there was no positive evidence of firm name, the cataloger lists the volume as "Firm not named." Internal evidence may enable researchers to identify firms and accounts.


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148.D.16.6F110Cash books:
See also volumes 407-409.
1. La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company, 1865-1866.
2. Northwestern Union Packet Company, 1866-1870.
3. Northwestern Union Packet Company, 1870-1874.
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148.D.16.7B1114. W.F. Davidson and Company, 1867-1872.
William F. Davidson:
5. 1870-1882.
6. 1873-1879.
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148.D.16.8F1127. 1881-1884.
8. 1885-1886.
9. St. Paul Elevator, 1873-1882.
10. St. Paul Coal Company, 1874-1879.
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148.D.17.1B11311. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1882-1884.
12. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1884-1889.
13. St. Paul Boom Company, 1882-1888.
Pioneer Press Company, Building Department:
14. 1889-1893.
15. 1893-1897.
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148.D.17.2F11416. 1898-1901.
17. Edward E. Davidson, 1890-1892.
18. Sarah A. Davidson, 1890-1895.
19. Sarah M. Davidson, 1892-1899.
20. Sarah A. Davidson, 1895-1897.
Firm not named:
21. 1870-1876.
22. 1874-1882.
23. 1881-1888.
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148.D.17.3B11524. 1884-1885.
25. 1885-1887.
26. 1887.
27. 1887.
28. 1887.
29. 1887-1890.
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148.D.14.311630. 1890-1893.
31. 1891-1892.
32. 1892-1893.
33. 1893.
34. 1899-1900.
35. 1899-1903.
36. 1908.
37. 1908.
38. 1908-1909.
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148.D.17.4F-111739. December 1908-May 1909.
Journals:
40. La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company, 1862-1869.
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148.D.17.4F-2173William F. Davidson:
41. 1866-1870.
42. 1872-1883.
43. 1881-1882.
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148.D.17.5B11844. 1882-1886.
45. Music Hall Association, 1866-1873.
46. Northwestern Union Packet Company, 1870-1875.
47. St. Paul Coal Company, 1874-1880.
48. St. Paul Coal Company, 1874-1885.
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148.D.17.6F11949. Lambert Block, 1883-1887.
50. Globe Building and miscellaneous rents, 1883-1887.
51. Davidson Block, 1883-1887.
52. Economy Steam Heat Company, 1884-1891.
53. Lime and cement book, 1886.
54. Rents, 1887.
55. Sarah M. Davidson, 1892-1899.
56. Mrs. Sarah A. Davidson, 1890-1897.
57. Edward E. Davidson, 1890-1892.
As guardian of Sarah M. Davidson.
58. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1894-1897.
59. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1898-1901.
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148.D.17.7B120Firm not named:
60. 1873-1880.
61. 1873, 1884-1886.
62. 1874-1879.
63. 1881.
64. 1881-1888.
65. 1882-1885.
66. 1884-1885.
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148.D.17.8F12167. 1884-1886.
68. 1884-1892.
69. 1885.
70. 1885.
71. 1885.
72. 1885-1887.
73. 1885-1888.
74. 1886-1887.
75. 1886-1889.
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148.D.18.1B12276. 1887-1890.
77. 1901-1908.
Ledgers:
See also volume 161.
78. La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company, 1861-1869.
79. Music Hall Association, 1866-1880.
William F. Davidson:
80. 1867-1870.
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148.D.18.2F12381. 1872-1874.
82. 1873-1879.
83. 1881-1882.
84. 1881-1883.
85. 1882-1885.
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148.D.18.3B12486. 1885-1887.
87. William F. Davidson and Company, 1867-1870.
88. Northwestern Union Packet Company, 1868-1886.
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148.D.18.4F12589. Northwestern Union Packet Company, 1870-1875.
90. Merchants Southern Packet Company, 1870-1876.
91. St. Paul Elevator Company, 1873-1882.
92. St. Paul Coal Company, 1874-1889.
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148.D.18.5B12693. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1882-1884.
94. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1885-1890.
95. Economy Steam Heat Company, 1884-1891.
96. Edward E. Davidson, 1887.
97. Edward E. Davidson, 1890-1892.
As guardian for Sarah M. Davidson.
98. Redwood County Farm, 1888-1897.
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148.D.18.6F12799. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1889-1893.
100. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1893-1900.
101. Sarah A. Davidson, 1890-1895.
102. Sarah A. Davidson, 1895-1897.
103. St. Paul Heat, Light and Power Company, 1891-1893.
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148.D.18.7B128104. William F. Davidson estate, 1899-1903.
Firm not named:
105. 1867-1876.
106. 1871-1873.
107. 1881-1885.
108. 1885-1888.
109. 1887-1890.
110. 1892-1899.
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148.D.18.8F129111. 1899-1903.
112. 1901-1907.
113. 1907-1909.
114. 1908.
115. 1908-1909.
Wheat records:
116. Wheat account, William F. Davidson, 1866.
117. Wheat accounts, William F. Davidson, 1867-1868.
Wheat ledgers:
118. Various elevators, 1872-1885.
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148.D.19.1B130119. St. Paul and other elevators, 1874-1881.
120. Minneapolis elevator, 1876-1878.
121. Benson elevator, 1876-1880.
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148.D.19.2F131122. Various elevators, 1879-1880.
123. Kerkhoven and Benson, 1879-1881.
124. Litchfield, Dassel, and Breckenridge, 1879-1881.
125. Hancock and Morris, 1879-1882.
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148.D.19.3B132126. Hancock and Morris, 1879-1882.
127. Darwin, St. John, and Grove City, 1879-1882.
128. Waverly, Howard Lake, and Cokato, 1879-1882.
129. Breckenridge, Dassel, and Litchfield, 1879-1882.
130. St. Johns elevator, 1879-1891.
Records on arc lights are interspersed.
131. Various elevators, 1880-1881.
Includes houses and stores for rent by the Davidson Company.
132. Waverly, 1880-1882.
133. Various elevators, 1880-1886.
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148.D.19.4F133134. Morris (?), 1880-1881.
Includes other accounts, including arc lights, 1883-1885, 1891.
135. Unidentified, 1872-1878.
136. Unidentified, 1900-1908.
Includes other grains.
137. Wheat weight book, 1870-1880.
138. Wheat weight book, 1874-1880.
In the back of volume are records on steam heat, 1888.
139. Grain production, tenant record, undated.
140. Grain production, tenant record, 1900-1908.
Wheat journals:
141. 1898-1899.
142. 1900-1901.
143. 1901.
144. 1901-1902.
145. 1902-1903.
146. 1902-1903.
147. 1904-1906.
148. 1905.
149. 1906-1907.
150. 1907.
151. 1908.
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148.D.19.5B134Trial balances:
152. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1890-1893.
153. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1893-1896.
154. Firm not named, 1896-1900.
155. Firm not named, 1912-1917.
Plat books:
156. Davidson lands, 1905-1909.
157. Davidson property by block, St. Paul, 1882-1885.
Property inventories:
158. Inventory of real estate of William F. Davidson and miscellaneous accounts, 1885-1887.
159. Property inventory, firm not named, 1890-1893.
160. Property inventory, firm not named, 1887, 1890.
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148.D.19.6F135Coal accounts:
161. Coal accounts ledger, 1876.
162. Coal accounts and agreement, 1876-1877.
Payroll accounts:
163. St. Paul Elevator Company, 1873-1887.
164. William F. Davidson, payroll, 1882-1885.
Includes wheat shipping record, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, 1875-1876.
165. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1890-1896.
166. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1909-1918.
167. Firm not named, 1896-1900.
Power records:
168. Meter and transformer records and other accounts, 1881-1891.
169. Meter and transformer records, 1890-1891.
Light records:
170. 1888-1890.
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148.D.19.7B136171. 1890.
Includes wheat ledger, 1880-1890.
172. 1890-1891.
173. 1891-1892.
Accounts receivable and bills payable records:
174. Press Printing Company, 1869-1888.
175. St. Paul Coal Company, 1873-1881.
176. J.H. Davidson, 1881-1887.
177. William F. Davidson, 1882-1887.
Firm not named:
178. 1866-1874.
179. 1867-1871.
180. 1872-1873.
181. 1879-1883.
182. 1879-1896.
183. 1881-1885.
184. 1882-1884.
185. 1884-1885.
186. 1885-1887.
187. 1885-1889.
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142.D.14.4138188. 1908.
Also includes purchase records, 1908.
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148.D.19.7B136189. 1883-1887.
190. 1883-1887.
Stock ledgers:
191. William F. Davidson, 1866-1873.
192. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1868-1882.
193. St. Paul Coal Company, 1874-1884.
194. St. Paul Coal Company, 1874-1887.
Fuel records:
195. Fuel receipts, steamer Victory and others, 1867-1870, 1880.
196. Fuel receipts, 1869-1885.
197. Coal receipts, 1908-1915.
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148.D.19.8F137Day books:
198. St. Paul Boom Company, 1882-1888.
199. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1889-1892.
200. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1892-1894.
Firm not named:
201. 1884-1886.
202. 1887.
203. 1887.
204. 1907-1909.
Voucher records:
205. St. Paul Elevator Company, 1873-1882.
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142.D.14.4138206. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1890-1898.
207. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1898-1906.
Ticket reports:
208. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1884-1886.
209. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1886.
Portage and cabin registers:
210. Portage book, steamers Rubicon and Minneapolis, 1872-1882.
211. Portage book, steamer Minneapolis, 1882-1883.
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142.F.19.7B139212. Cabin register, steamer Centennial, undated.
Collection records:
213. W.F. Davidson and Company, 1868-1870.
214. W.F. Davidson (?), 1881-1883.
215. Davidson Company, 1887.
216. Firm not named, 1882-1886.
Includes cashbook.
Minute books:
217. La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company, 1857-1872.
218. Marine Bank of St. Paul, 1859-1877.
219. John Kyle Steamboat Company, 1866.
Articles of incorporation.
220. Northwestern Union Packet Company, 1866-1874.
221. People's Line, 1866-1888.
222. Sauk Rapids Water Power Company, 1867-1876.
223. Merchants Southern Packet Company, 1870-1876.
224. The Lightning Line, 1872.
225. Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, 1873-1874.
226. St. Paul Coal Company, 1874-1899.
Rental records:
227. W.F. Davidson, 1881-1885.
228. The Davidson Company, 1885-1886.
W.F. Davidson estate:
229. 1887.
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142.F.19.8F140230. 1888-1891.
231. 1892-1899.
232. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department, 1889-1892.
233. Sarah M. Davidson, 1897-1906.
234. Mrs. Julia B. Davidson, 1898-1908.
As guardian for E.E. Davidson.
Firm not named:
235. 1875-1887.
236. 1883-1886.
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144.I.2.2F141237. 1907-1908.
Letter books:
238. J.H. Davidson, Kimball and Davidson, 1867-1870.
239. Hiram Kimball, Kingman and Kimball, Kimball and Davidson, 1868-1869.
240. James H. Davidson, 1874-1875.
241. James H. Davidson, 1875-1876.
William F. Davidson:
242. 1873-1883.
242a. August 7, 1875-July 20, 1876.
243. 1879-1880, 1883.
244. 1883.
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144.I.2.3B142245. June-August 1883.
246. August-November 1883.
247. 1883-1884.
248. 1884-1885.
249. 1885.
250. 1885-1886.
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144.I.2.4F143251. March-November 1886.
252. 1886-1887.
253. D.H. Valentine, 1879-1880.
254. D.H. Valentine, 1881-1882.
255. Miscellaneous letter book, 1881-1883.
Includes letters and accounts by Johnston, Snowdon, and others.
256. L.N. Scott, 1882-1886.
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144.I.2.5B144257. R.A. Snowdon, 1883-1884.
258. R.A. Snowdon, 1884-1885.
259. Snowdon and Johnston, 1886-1887.
260. R.A. Snowdon, 1896-1897.
261. F.L. Johnston, 1882-1883.
262. F.L. Johnston, 1883-1884.
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144.I.2.6F145263. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, 1884-1887.
Includes deposits.
264. Dime Museum, 1885.
Economy Steam Heat Company:
265. 1885-1887.
266. 1887-1888.
267. 1888-1889.
268. 1891-1893.
269. 1889-1891.
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144.I.2.7B146Edward E. Davidson:
270. 1885-1891.
271. 1887-1892.
272. 1888.
273. Edward E. Davidson and Sauk Rapids Company, 1890-1892.
Includes deposits.
274. Edward E. Davidson, 1890-1893.
275. Edward E. Davidson and Sauk Rapids Company, 1892-1893.
Includes deposits.
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144.I.2.8F147276. Delany Real Estate and Loan Agency, 1887-1888.
277. Delany Real Estate and Loan Agency, 1887.
278. Estate of William F. Davidson, 1887.
Includes deposits.
279. Estate of William F. Davidson, 1887-1888.
Includes deposits.
280. St. Paul Opera House Company, 1888-1892.
Includes deposits.
281. Estate of William F. Davidson, 1888-1890.
Includes deposits.
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144.I.2.9B148282. Estate of William F. Davidson, 1887-1890.
Includes bills, statements, and deposits.
283. W.J. Driscoll, 1890-1894.
284. F.O. Crary, Crary and Jones, 1893-1894.
285. Sarah A. and Sarah M. Davidson, 1893-1895.
Includes deposits.
286. Sarah A. and Sarah M. Davidson, estate of William F. Davidson, and Sauk Rapids Company, 1895-1896.
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144.I.2.10F149Watson P. Davidson:
287. 1897-1899.
288. 1899-1902.
289. 1904-1906.
290. Julia B. Davidson, 1899-1902.
Includes accounts.
Oregon and Western Colonization Company:
291. 1910.
292. 1910-1912.
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144.I.3.1B150293. May-August 1911.
294. 1911-1912.
295. March-May 1912.
296. May-November 1912.
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144.I.3.2F151297. James H. Davidson, 1912-1913.
Oregon and Western Colonization Company:
298. 1912-1918.
299. 1912-1913.
300. Watson P. Davidson, 1912-1913.
301. 1912-1913.
302. 1913-1914.
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144.I.3.3B152303. Watson P. Davidson, 1913-1915.
304. April-July 1914.
305. July-November 1914.
306. 1914-1915.
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144.I.3.4F153307. 1914-1915.
308. Watson P. Davidson, 1915-1916.
309. 1915-1916.
310. 1915-1917.
311. 1916-1917.
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144.I 3.5B154312. March-September 1917.
313. 1917-1918.
314. 1918-1919.
Contract books:
315. Oregon and Western Colonization Company, 1910-1915.
316. Oregon and Western Colonization Company, 1915-1918.
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142.F.10.5B155Miscellaneous record books:
See also volumes 459-469.
317. Real estate book, 1863-1870.
318. Steamboat record book and legal records, 1873-1879.
319. Inventory of stock taken from Keokuk Packet Company, Northwestern Union Packet Company, and Northern Line Packet Company, 1873-1885.
For the Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company; includes other accounts.
320. Fuel (?) accounts, 1875-1876.
321. William F. Davidson book of real estate transfers, 1875-1881.
322. St. Paul Coal Company stock certificates, 1876-1898.
323. William F. Davidson cash balances, 1877-1878, 1882.
324. William F. Davidson accounts and notes on real estate, 1878-1882.
325. Authorities granted to H.S. Fairchild to dispose of property, 1879-1881.
326. St. Paul Opera House statements, 1882-1888.
327. Expense account, 1882-1887.
Unidentified.
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142.D.14.5156328. Trip statements, various steamers, 1882-1888.
In the back of the volume are light records, 1892.
329. Grand Opera House construction record book, 1883-1884.
330. Opera House accounts, 1883-1884.
331. Interest account, 1883-1887.
332. Complaints and other records, 1883-1887.
333. Complaints and other records, 1884-1886.
334. William F. Davidson, house and personal accounts, 1884-1886.
335. Zenobia Ginger Ale accounts, 1885.
336. Steamboat trip statements, 1885.
337. Steamboat accounts, 1886.
338. Receipt book for goods delivered by steamboats, 1886.
339. Estate of William F. Davidson accounts, 1887-1888.
340. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department monthly statements, 1890-1892.
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144.I.3.6F157Memo books:
341. Cargo and passenger accounts, various steamers, 1862.
Includes timetables, names of merchants, and crew lists.
342. Wages, crew lists, agents, and cargo rates, 1867.
343. Lists of steamers, officers, pay, expenses, deadheads, etc., May 1868.
344. Boats, sums paid the crews, expenses, and deadheads, May-June 1868.
345. Lists of crews and accounts, 1870.
346. William F. Davidson, 1871.
347. William F. Davidson (?), 1886.
Grain records:
348. Grain, 1902-1903.
349. Grain, 1903.
350. Grain, 1903-1904.
351. Grain, 1903-1906.
352. Grain, 1904-1905.
353. Grain, 1904-1908.
354. Grain, 1905.
355. Grain, 1905.
356. Grain shipments, 1905-1906.
357. Grain, 1906.
358. Grain, 1907.
359. Grain, 1907.
360. Grain, 1908.
361. Miscellaneous, 1871.
Account books:
362. W.F. Davidson and Company, 1867-1871.
363. William F. Davidson, 1871.
364. William F. Davidson with John Kyle, 1870.
365. William F. Davidson with John Kyle, 1870-1871.
366. La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company, 1864.
Includes balance sheet, assets and liabilities, receipts and shipments, and agreement between the La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company and the North Western Packet Company, 1864.
Various steamers' accounts:
367. 1870-1871.
368. 1879-1880.
369. 1880-1882.
370. Union Transfer Company, 1886.
371. Iowa lands accounts, 1868-1889.
372. E.C. Van Nort, 1888.
373. Accounts, 1879-1885.
Time books:
Union Transfer Company:
374. undated.
375. 1883-1886.
376. 1885.
377. 1886.
378. 1886.
379. William F. Davidson, 1883.
380. Davidson Block, 1883.
381. Grand Opera House, 1883.
382. St. Paul Daily News, 1888.
383. "Men at the Dam," 1888.
384. "Forest Fires," 1911.
Firm not named:
385. 1884.
386. 1888.
387. 1884.
Collection records:
Davidson Company:
388. May 1886.
389. June 1886.
390. July 1886.
391. August 1886.
392. September 1886.
393. October 1886.
394. November 1886.
395. December 1886.
396. January 1887.
397. February 1887.
398. March 1887.
399. April 1887.
400. May 1887.
401. June 1887.
Edward E. Davidson:
402. October 1887.
403. November 1887.
404. December 1887.
405. Davidson Block, 1887.
406. Davidson Block, 1887.
Cash books:
Firm not named:
407. 1867.
408. 1887.
409. 1887.
Interest books:
410. William F. Davidson, 1884-1885.
411. William F. Davidson, undated.
Order books:
Economy Steam Heat Company:
412. 1887.
413. 1888.
414. 1888.
Light records:
Economy Steam Heat Company:
415. December 1888-April 1889.
416. 1887.
417. 1888.
418. 1888.
Complaint records:
419. Tenants, undated.
420. Tenants, 1888.
421. William F. Davidson, 1888.
422. Economy Steam Heat Company, 1888.
Wheat journals:
423. 1900.
424. 1900-1921.
Telegraph stubs:
425. 1876.
426. 1876.
Diaries:
William F. Davidson:
Authorship is questionable.
427. 1864.
428. 1866.
429. 1868.
430. 1869.
431. 1870.
432. 1871.
433. 1882.
Trip diaries:
434. Undated.
435. Undated.
436. No. 6, undated.
437. No. 8, 1871.
438. No. 9, 1871.
439. No. 12, 1871.
440. No. 13, undated.
441. No. 15, undated.
442. No. 16, 1872.
443. No. 19, 1872.
Journals:
444. July-December 1887.
445. 1888.
446. 1889.
447. 1890.
448. 1891.
449. 1892.
Expense and personal accounts:
450. Expense accounts of trips Nos. 1-11, undated.
451. William F. Davidson personal accounts (?), 1870.
Insurance records:
452. Insurance expirations register, 1897-1899.
453. Insurance expirations register, undated.
454. Insurance record, undated.
455. Insurance record, undated.
Customers' policy expiration books:
456. Undated.
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144.I.3.7B158457. Undated.
458. Undated.
Miscellaneous records:
459. Northwestern Union Packet Company, Northern Line Packet Company barge book, 1873-1886.
460. St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company local passenger tariff, 1882.
461. Record of shipments of wheat to Minneapolis Millers Association, 1882.
462. Theatrical date book, 1882-1884.
463. William F. Davidson, abstracts of title to real estate in St. Paul, 1884-1885.
464. Inventory of W.F. Davidson and Company and articles in boat store, St. Louis, 1885.
465. Fuel record, 1886-1887.
466. Economy Steam Heat Company contracts for lighting and power, 1888-1895.
467. The White Collar Line stock certificates, 1881, 1884.
468. Steamers receipt book, 1886.
469. Pioneer Press Company, Building Department minute book, 1888-1894.
Mutilated.
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144.I.3.7B158Accounts:
Include all kinds of financial data, including invoices, trial balance sheets, and ledger sheets.
Undated, 1816-June 1868.
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144.I.3.8F159 July 1868-November 1873.
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144.I.3.9B160 December 1873-December 1875.
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144.I.3.10F161 January 1876-December 1877.
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144.I.4.1B162 January 1878-February 1882.
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144.I.4.2F163 March 1882-August 1883.
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144.I.4.3B164 September 1883-October 1884.
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144.I.4.4F165 November 1884-November 1885.
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144.I.4.5B166 December 1885-January 1887.
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144.I.4.6F167 February 1887-January 1888.
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144.I.4.7B168 February-November 1888.
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144.I.4.8F169 December 1888-September 1892.
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144.I.4.9B170 October 1892-December 1909.
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144.I.4.10F171 January 1910-December 1919.

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142.D.15.5172Western Land Securities Company: Deeds and articles of agreement:
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142.D.15.51 1906.
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142.D.15.52 1907-1908.
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142.D.15.53 1909.
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142.D.15.54 1909.
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142.D.15.55Printed maps, plat, broadsides, and floor plans related to the Davidson enterprises:
Sauk Rapids Water Power Company: Improvements at Sauk Rapids, Benton County, Minnesota, undated. 3 copies.
No cartographer.
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142.D.15.56Five to Forty-Acre Tracts Adjoining Ontario…, undated.
Ontario Commercial Club map. On reverse is advertising matter, illustrated, entitled "Ontario, The Gateway to Central Oregon."
Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company's Lands, undated.
Arpin Hardwood Lumber Company, Atlanta or Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, and John Arpin Lumber Company, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin map. No cartographer. Includes lands in Washburn, Sawyer, Barron, and Rusk counties, Wisconsin. On reverse is a map of the soils of Wisconsin.
Map of Florida showing location of Kissimmee Prairie, undated.
Southern Colonization Company, St. Paul, Minnesota. No cartographer. Attached is a folder describing the lands.
Map of part of Manitoba, Canada, undated.
Webb Publishing Company, St. Paul. No cartographer. Map and description of lands near Marchand, Manitoba, by Watson P. Davidson.
Map of Garden Farm addition to South Point, Ohio, Watson P. Davidson, owner, May 1915.
The W.G. Wilkins Company, Engineers, blueprint plat.
Northern Portion of Lake County, Indiana, showing Gary, East Gary, Hobart & etc., undated.
George and William Earle, Chicago, Illinois. No cartographer.
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142.D.15.57Fir Timber Tract, Linn County, Oregon, undated.
Plat map. No cartographer.
Chicago. A section bounded by Canal Street, Illinois Street, Michigan Boulevard and Harrison Street, 1912.
The Chicago Real Estate Index Company plat map. Certain buildings are marked off in red.
Clason's Map of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, undated.
Barndollar Security Abstract Company, Pueblo, Colorado. One section is marked off with red.
Bay City on Tillamook Bay, Oregon, undated.
E. Barteau, draftsman, plat.
Birdseye view map of Yakima Valley and Central Washington, 1907.
Edward Lange, artist, copyrighted by Legh R. Freeman. The stamp of the Russell Land Company, Seattle, Washington, appears on the map.
Kroll's standard map of Seattle, Washington, 1914.
Kroll Map Company, Seattle. Annotated in pencil. On reverse is descriptive material on Seattle.
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142.D.15.58Map of Clay County, Arkansas, undated.
Published by J.H. Timmerman, St. Louis, Missouri, and Dr. Silverberg, Corning, Arkansas, A. Gast and Company, St. Louis, lithographers. Bears advertisement of St. Louis Iron and Machine Works, St. Louis. Annotated in pencil.
Passenger tariff of North Western Union Packet Company, 1868.
Contains table of distances for points between St. Louis and St. Anthony.
Thomas E. Knotts Real Estate plat, undated.
Drafted by A.P. Melton, Gary, Indiana. Knotts' property, presumably in Gary, is marked on the plat.
Map of Central Oregon, 1910.
Edward A. Brown, compiler. Land ownership is marked on the plat.
St. Louis, Missouri fire warden's certificate issued to William F. Davidson, March 11, 1880.
Bill Hanley for Oregon, undated.
2 broadsides containing statements made by and about Hanley during his campaign for the position of United States Senator.
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142.D.15.59Saving the world's wheat crop now a question of hours! broadside, undated.
Published by The Farmer, St. Paul. Attached is an excerpt from The Farmer on the food situation, dated April 21, 1917.
Seattle's first annual Northwest Land Products Exposition broadside, undated.
Includes program and list of prizes.
Great Northern Investment Company (Portland, Oregon) broadside, undated.
Advertisement for Warrenton, Oregon.
A new and sensible way to obtain a perfect farm home, Watson P. Davidson, owner, St. Paul, undated.
Includes specification.
Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul: excavation diagram, undated.
S.S. Berman, architect.
Oregon and Western Colonization Company map of Oregon, undated.
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142.D.15.510Pioneer Press Building floor plans, undated.
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142.D.15.511Bills of sale for barges and steamboats, 1877-1883.
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142.D.15.512Certificates of vessel enrollment, 1877-1882.
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142.D.15.513Certificates of inspection for passenger steamers, 1867-1883.
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142.D.15.514Miscellany, 1881-1882.

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The closely-related Davidson Company Records are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

The closely-related Louis N. Scott and Family Papers are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Agriculture.
Banks and banking.
Business enterprises.
Businessmen--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
Coal trade.
Electric utilities.
Farms.
Grain elevators.
Grain trade.
Hotels.
Insurance companies.
Office buildings--Management.
Packets.
Railroads.
Real estate business.
Real estate developers--Minnesota--Saint Paul.
River steamers.
Steamboats.
Steam-heating.
Steam-navigation.
Theaters.
Wheat trade.
Persons:
Crabtree, Lotta, 1847-1924.
Davidson, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1862-1935, author.
Delano, Francis R., author.
Rhodes, William, author.
Davidson family.
Organizations:
Grand Opera House (Saint Paul, Minn.).
Pioneer Building (Pioneer and Endicott Buildings, Saint Paul, Minn.)
Diamond Jo Line Steamers, author.
Economy Steam Heat Company (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.
Keokuk Northern Line Packet Company, author.
La Crosse and Minnesota Steam Packet Company, author.
North Western Union Packet Company, author.
Oregon and Western Colonization Company (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.
Pioneer Press Co. (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.
Sauk Rapids Water Power Company, author.
St. Louis & St. Paul Packet Company, author.
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company, author.
St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad Company, author.
St. Paul Coal Company, author.
Young Men's Christian Association (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.
Places:
Middle West.
Mississippi River Valley.
Oregon.
Saint Paul (Minn.)
Document Types:
Diaries.
Insurance policies.
Leases.
Photographs.

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