Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865)
MSA SC 3520-2005

Sources:


Archival sources -

Pamphlet entitled "A Review of the Pamphlet of Henry Winter Davis Entitled the Origin, Purposes, and Principles of the American Party" from BALTIMORE CITY ARCHIVES (Department of Legislative Reference) BCA BRG29-9-3-40

Pamphlet entitled "Portrait of Henry Winter Davis, Esq., By His Own Hand" from BALTIMORE CITY ARCHIVES (Department of Legislative Reference) BCA BRG29-9-3-40



Articles -

"Death of Hon. Henry Winter Davis." The Baltimore Sun, 1 January 1866.

"The Late Hon. H. Winter Davis." The Baltimore Sun, 2 January 1866.

"The Late Hon. Henry Winter Davis." The Baltimore Sun, 3 January 1866.

Belz, Herman. "Henry Winter Davis and the Origins of Congressional Reconstruction." Maryland Historical Magazine 67 (Summer 1972): 129-143.

Israel, Richard E. "Congressman Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865): Unconditional Unionist in Civil War Era and Critic of Arrest, Detention, and Trial of Civilians by Military." Unpublished article provided by the author, 16 August 2004.

Israel, Richard E. Research pertaining to the life of Rev. Henry Lyon Davis. Unpublished article provided by the author, September 2004.



Books -

Creswell, John A. J. Oration on the life and character of Henry Winter Davis, by Hon. John A. J. Creswell. Delivered in the hall of the house of representatives, February 22, 1866. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1866.Made available online by the University of Michigan's Making of America project.

Davis, Henry Winter. Speeches and addresses delivered in the Congress of the United States, and on several public occasions [1856-1865] by Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland. Preceded by a sketch of his life, public services, and character, being an oration by the Hon. J. A. J. Cresswell. With notes, introductory and explanatory. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867. Made available online by the University of Michigan's Making of America project.

Eisenberg, Gerson G. Marylanders Who Served the Nation. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1992.

Essary, J. Frederick. Maryland in National Politics. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1915.

Henig, Gerald S. Henry Winter Davis: Antebellum and Civil War Congressman from Maryland. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1973.

Johnson, Allen and Dumas Malone, eds. Dictionary of American Biography, Volume III: Cushman-Fraser. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959.

Mayer, Brantz. Baltimore: Past and Present with Biographical Sketches of Its Representative Men. Baltimore: Richardson Bennett, 1871.

McIntire, Robert Harry. Annapolis Maryland Families. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1979.

National Biographical Publishing Company. Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and District of Columbia. Baltimore: National Biographical Publishing Company, 1879.

Powell, Henry Fletcher, comp. Tercentenary History of Maryland, Volume IV. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925.

Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Western Maryland. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1882.

Steiner, Bernard C. Life of Henry Winter Davis. Baltimore: John Murphy Co., 1916.

Warfield, J. D. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. 1905. Reprint, Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1990.



Other sources -

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

Online Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress



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