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Short description and story about Custer's horse by A. J. Davis.

Color photograph of the front of the Cape Hatteras Visitors Center.

Black and white photographs of A. J. Davis at age 70. undated.

Black and white photo of A. J. Davis and wife Janet, with 3 young adults, presumably their children. Undated.

Photos from a book showing the building A. J. Davis lived in when he worked at Hatteras and the village itself.

Photocopy of the cover of "A Brief Outline of Woods Hole Scenes and People from a Strictly Biased View," a journal by A. J. Davis. In very poor condition.

Note containing information about A. J. Davis and wife Janet for future reference or as a means of identification.

Document containing an email with information about J. W. Davis, as well as a timeline of the Hatteras Weather Bureau Station.

Sketch of A. J. Davis done by Kirby Davis, undated.

Photograph of A. J. Davis wearing a Ghost Dance shirt belonging to Sitting Bull. The label of the picture places the photograph in Yankton, SD.

Black and white photograph of A. J. Davis holding his grandson, D.D.

Handwritten list of places where A. J. Davis lived and when he lived there. It also includes limited information on his professional position.

Typed list of places where A. J. Davis was assigned and when he lived there.

Handwritten list of places where A. J. Davis was assigned and when he lived there.

List of dates and places A. J. Davis was assigned to work with telegraphs.

Color photograph of the A. J. Davis house at Cape Hatteras accompanied by a color photograph of a man and a woman, both unidentified.

Photograph of A. J. Davis during his time as a private.

Page from a book containing pictures of the Hatteras Weather Bureau and information on how the structure was built.

Document with information about the history of the Weather Bureau in Hatteras, NC.

Transcribed and scanned version of the journal of A. J. Davis. Commentary from later family members is added.

Typed 4-page document containing musings on grief, wisdom, faith, and fear.

Image of a drawing or illustration. It includes the words "credo" and "in the communion of saints."

This is a scanned page that contains a passage explaining the difference between Protestant and Catholic Bibles.

These are writings on A. J. Davis' thoughts about fear and religion. (part 1)

This is part 1 of [A. J. Davis'] writings on Satan and the justness of the world.

This is a scan of the first page of Davis' writings on the similarities between Romulus and the biblical David.

Writings by A. J. Davis explaining what he believes is the meaning of the phrase "Lead us not into temptation." The document is typed and in multiple parts.

Document containing a list of places Robert Macnider Davis, Sr. lived and for how long he lived there.

Document containing a list of facts about Leticia Davis (Matthews) compiled by Bob Davis.

Digital copy of the entire autobiographical book written by Jonas Abraham Davis.

Document containing notes on Joseph Wolff Davis, his daughter Leticia, and their family members.

Lists of occupations and addresses of various Davis family members in London. Seems to be taken from a Jewish directory of some kind.

Record of Jacob Davis' marriage on April 17th, 1822.

Newspaper clipping containing the obituary for Janet Davis, A. J. Davis' wife. Accompanied by a picture of an unidentified house and a photo of two unidentified people.

A. J. Davis' mother, Elizabeth Davis, is buried in Michigan, possibly in the yard of an old Baptist home.

Copy of the hand-drawn family tree accompanied by commentary on relationships between family members and background information.

Presumed to be a transcribed page from a book belonging to Albert John Davis. Contains a list of birth, marriages, and deaths in the family. Ranges from Elizabeth Ann Natt, b. 1815 to Delamater, b. 1920.

Document containing a list of pamphlets written or copies by A. J. Davis based on his religion. Does not contain the pamphlets themselves.

Document theorizing that A. J. Davis's brother, Joseph Wolff Davis, had more than one child. The author does not have concrete proof at the time of writing.

It is unclear whether this is an excerpt from a published book about histiory, or a transcribed version of a diary from A. J. Davis. The document talks about the movements of the 22nd Infantry.

Information on where to get a copy of Doug Stover's book US Weather Bureau Hatteras, NC. Not really useful, to be quite honest.

Photographs of A. J. Davis' journal containing his obervations about Woods Hole, MA.

Collection of pictures presumably put together by A. J. Davis, including but not limited to photographs of Native Americans, landscapes, and children's drawings.

Record of a sales agreement between a seller and the U.S. Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture.

Report written by A. J. Davis for the Chief of Weather Bureau about a stranded schooner that he believed would become a wreck.

Letter written by A. J. Davis (while he was an observer in Hatteras, NC) acknowledging the receipt of a circular relating to changes of the titles of officials of the Hatters bureau. Davis also replies that he will struggle taking an oath, as there…

Report written by A. J. Davis for the Chief of the Weather Bureau about an anemometer circuit.

Document containing a short summary of Jonas Abraham Davis' life.

Document containing a short summary of Jonas Abraham Davis' life and an image of a rock that seems to be a headstone for J. A. Davis.

Color photograph of Leanora 'Dianne' Davis (great granddaughter of AJD) and her husband John Gallerano at Cape Hatteras.