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Sources consulted for the biography of:John Anthony Gardner Davis (1802–1840)
Published Biographies
- Lucian Minor, Discourse on the Life and Character of the Late John A. G. Davis . . . (1847).
- Biography by Eugene Davis (son) in Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia 1 (Feb. 1895): 101–103.
- Lewis Ashby Martin III, "John A. G. Davis, Professor of Law, and the Faculty of the University of Virginia, 1830–1840" (Master's thesis, University of Virginia, 1974).
- E. Lee Shepard, "John Anthony Gardner Davis," in Legal Education in Virginia, 1779–1979: A Biographical Approach, ed. W. Hamilton Bryson, 181–185 (1982).
Primary Sources
- Birth date on gravestone, University of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
- Marriage date in Davis family Bible records (1821–1925), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
- Davis correspondence in Nicholas Philip Trist Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Quotation in Andrew L. Pickens to Samuel Pickens, January 5, 1838, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Albemarle Co. Will Book, 14:108
Accounts of Death
- Peter Carr to Warwick Miller, November 18, 1840, Letters to Warwick Miller, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Robert Lewis Dabney to Charles W. Dabney, November 15, 1840, December 7, 1840, and February 23, 1841, Dabney Family Papers, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- John Augustine Washington to his mother, November 20, 1840, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Charles Eversfield to his mother, November 23, 1840, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Fredericksburg Political Arena, November 17, 1840
- Richmond Compiler, November 17, 1840
- Richmond Enquirer, November 17, 1840
- Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser, November 17, 1840
- Jeff Seiken and Liz Marshall, "Tragedy on the Lawn: The Murder of Professor John A. G. Davis," Virginia Cavalcade 34 (1984): 40–47.
Obituaries and Memorials
- Richmond Compiler, November 23, 1840 (faculty memorial resolutions)
- Fredericksburg Political Arena, November 24, 1840 (obituary and faculty memorial resolutions)
- Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser, November 24, 1840 (faculty memorial resolutions); November 27, 1840 (obituary reprinted from Fredericksburg Political Arena)
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