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John Davis (January 13, 1787 – April 19, 1854) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He spent 25 years in public service, serving in both houses of the United States Congress and for three non-consecutive years as Governor of Massachusetts. Because of his reputation for personal integrity he was known as "Honest John" Davis. (From Wikipedia) More about John Davis:
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4 additional books about John Davis in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Memoirs of Hon. Thomas Lindall Winthrop, LL.D., second president of the American Antiquarian Society (Printed by J. Wilson and son, 1857), by George Folsom and Thomas Kinnicutt (page images at HathiTrust)- A series of letters (Norfolk Democrat press, 1842), by John Quincy Adams Griffin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The perfect man. A sermon on the death of Hon. John Davis, preached at Worcester, Mass., April 23, 1854 (C.B. Norton, 1854), by Alonzo Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
- Notice of the life and character of Hon. John Davis, read before the American Antiquarian Society, at its meeting held in Boston on the 26th of April, 1854. (Printed by J. Wilson & Son, 1854), by Thomas Kinnicutt and American Antiquarian Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by John Davis: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Davis, John, 1787-1854, contrib.: Poems of Religion and Society, by John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States, etc., etc., With Notices of His Life and Character (fourth thousand; Auburn and Buffalo: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1854), by John Quincy Adams, also contrib. by Thomas Hart Benton- Davis, John, 1787-1854, contrib.: Poems of Religion and Society, by John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States, With Notices of His Life and Character (New York: W. H. Graham, 1848), by John Quincy Adams, also contrib. by Thomas Hart Benton (page images at MOA)
Additional books by John Davis in the extended shelves:- Davis, John, 1787-1854: An address delivered at the dedication of the town hall (Printed by W. Manning, 1825) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: C. speeches ([Washington, D.C.?, 1830), also by Daniel Webster, Artemas Ward, Richard Stockton, Ichabod Bartlett, Thomas Whipple, Henry Clay, Carter Beverley, Andrew Jackson, John M. Clayton, Edward. 1764-1836 Livingston, Robert Young Hayne, Davy Crockett, Levi Woodbury, John Holmes, Edward Everett, Seymour B. Durst, United States. Congress 1829-1830). House, United States. Congress 1829-1830). Senate, and United States. Congress 1825-1826). House (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: Correspondence relating to Massachusetts claim. (Dutton and Wentworth, printers to the State, 1831), also by Levi Lincoln and Dutton and Wentworth (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: A letter to William H. Crawford, esquire, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, on the establishment of an uniform system of bankruptcy (Wells and Lilly, 1821), also by Alfred Dwight Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: An oration pronounced at Worcester, (Mass.) on the fortieth anniversary of American independence (Printed by William Manning, 1816), also by Francis Blake (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: Papers relating to the Massachusetts claim. ([Boston?, 1831), also by Massachusetts and United States. War Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: Poems of religion and society (William H. Graham, 1848), also by John Quincy Adams and Thomas Hart Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: Reasons good and true for supporting the nomination of General Zachary Taylor. (J. & G.S. Gideon, printers, 1848), also by Truman Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: Reply of Mr. Davis ... to the charge of misrepresenting Mr. Buchanan's argument in favor of the hard-money system, and the consequent reduction of wages. (Gales and Seaton, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: Speech of Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, in the Senate of the United States, January 28, 1851. (Printed at the Congressional globe office, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Davis, John, 1787-1854: Sub-treasury bill. Reply of John Davis, of Massachusetts, to Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, on the reduction of wages and of the value of property. (Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
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