Series 3b. Financial and Legal Papers -- Davisson and Post Families (boxes 2-3), 1811-1913, 1949

This series includes legal documents for members of the Post and Davisson families from the 19th and early 20th centuries. These documents chiefly consist of deeds, land surveys, and receipts from 1811 to 1949, with the bulk spanning from 1830 to 1915. There are materials for Isaac and Prudence Copelin/Copeland, Post's great-grandparents; Melville and Martha Davisson, Post's maternal grandparents; Ira C. and Florence Post, Post's parents; Isaac and Emily Carper Post, Post's paternal grandparents; and Sydney Post, Melville Post's brother.