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Preferred citation: [Identification of item], John W. Davis Papers, WLU Coll. 106, Special Collections and Archives, James
G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
John W. Davis was a member of the Washington and Lee University, Class of 1892, LLB 1895; a member of the House of Representatives,
ABA 1922, and Democratic presidential candidate, 1924.
This collection consists of a typescript of a speech delivered at Martinsburg, West Virginia (January 4, 1905); law license
(1895); statements of assets (1904-1917); correspondence, and a legal document for the purchase of real estate (1898-1930).