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Box 2

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Contains 22 Results:

Series 2. Writings (box 2), 1973, undated

 Series — Box: 2, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents

This series contains a manuscript and typescript draft of the story "The Hole in the Glass" published as part of the collection “The Bradmoor Murder” in 1929 and a 1973 biography of Melville Post by Charles Norton. Also includes article "Lawyer, Gentleman, West Virginian" by Richard Eaton (undated).

Dates: 1973, undated

Series 3a. Financial and Legal Papers -- Melville Davisson Post (box 2), 1914-1928

 Series — Box: 2, Folder: 2-16
Scope and Contents

This series includes records pertaining to Post's personal finances in the 1920s. It also includes materials related to Melville Post, such as deeds from 1914, a power of attorney to his brother in the 1920s, and financial documents such as receipts and letters that pertain to Post's various bank accounts and bonds in the 1920s.

Dates: 1914-1928

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

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: 1811-1913, 1949