HON. THOMAS ASPINWALL DAVIS
10th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
Sarah Jackson Davis Tappan, his wife
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aspinwall_Davis_House
Mayor Davis was a first cousin to Thomas Aspinwall Brewer, son of his mother's sister Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall and Edward Brewer.
Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and what They Have Done
State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)
State Street Trust Company, 1914 - Boston (Mass.) - 48 pages
https://books.google.com/books?id=L5oWAAAAYAAJ&q=Thomas+Aspinwall+Davis#v=snippet&q=Thomas%20Aspinwall%20Davis&f=false
Mayor Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Served 1845
"Born in Brookline, December 11, 1798; died November 22, 1845; served as Mayor during 1845.
He was a candidate of a new political organization called the "Native American Party;" meanwhile Josiah Quincy, Jr., was the candidate of the Whigs, and Adam W. Thaxter, Jr., the democratic candidate.
It was not until a ballot taken on February 21, 1845, after two unsuccessful attempts, that Davis received a bare majority and was elected. In his inaugural, he took pains to explain the objects of the Native American Party, which, he said, were not to create animosity between the native born and foreign born, but 'to place our free institutions upon such a basis that those who come after us, the descendants both of the foreign and of the American citizens, may be free and independent.'
No event of importance happened under Mayor Davis' short administration. He sent in his resignation owing to ill health after having served about seven months. It was not accepted, and he was nominally at the head of city affairs until he died in November, 1845."
http://www.celebrateboston.com/biography/mayor/thomas-aspinwall-davis.htm
On October 1, 1845, Mayor Thomas Aspinwall Davis wrote Board of Aldermen chairman Benson Leavitt from his home in Brookline. "Believing that time and care would restore my strength", Davis wrote, "I persevered in the hope that I might complete the term for which I was elected. But Providence has seen fit to order otherwise, and I find myself now, by great prostration of strength, quite unfit for service of any kind, either public or private. Under these circumstances it is a duty which I owe to the City as well as myself, to resign the office of Mayor."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Leavitt
A Boston businessman who was elected, in what many sources indicate was a difficult and complex election, the city's mayor in early 1845. He was elected as a member of the Native American Party, an arm of the American or Know-Nothing Party whose platform opposed the growing immigration to the United States from Ireland and other parts of Europe. He served the better part of his one year term but fell ill in the fall; he may have resigned in October, though some sources suggest his resignation was not accepted. He died on November 22, 1845.
According to the proceedings of the Brookline Historical Society's 1902 Annual Meeting, he was buried "in the family tomb in the old burying ground" — a reference to the Walnut Street Cemetery where his mother, father, and several of his siblings and step-siblings are buried.
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Linden Square is a small municipal park at Linden Place in Brookline, Massachusetts. Roughly rectangular in shape with one curved side, Linden Square was laid out in 1844 by Alexander Wadsworth as part of the subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis. Its original pathways consisted of a horseshoe-shaped path flanking its perimeter, and a straight path that bisected the park; it now has paths that form an X, a layout adopted by the late 19th century. The park consists of grassy areas dotted with trees, and surrounded by a wrought iron fence with openings for the paths.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Square
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Address at the funeral of Hon. Thomas A. Davis : delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( )
An address at the funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Boston : delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( Book )
[The Water Commissioners deposit this testimonial of respect for the memories of the late Loammi Baldwin, Thomas A. Davis, Martin Brimmer, Patrick J. Jackson, who severally rendered important assistance in promoting the adoption of the plans for a perpetual supply of pure water to the citizens of Boston. 1847] by Boston (Mass.)( Book )
An adress at the funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Boston ... November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( Book )
Topical pamphlet collection( )
Most widely held works by Thomas Aspinwall Davis
The Mayor's Address to the City Council of Boston, February 27, 1845 by Boston (Mass.)( Book )
2 editions published in 1845 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An Address [on Rev. xiv. 13] at the Funeral of T.A. Davis, etc. (Proceedings of the Common Council.) by John PIERCE( Book ) 1 edition published in 1845 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[Photographs of silverwork] by Thomas Aspinwall Davis( Visual ) in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Folder contains photographs and information sheets related to flatware. Photographs of touchmarks are also present
[Photographs of silverwork] by Thomas Aspinwall Davis( Visual ) in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Folder contains photographs and information sheets related to flatware. Photographs of touchmarks are also present
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001081804/
Davis, Thomas Aspinwall, 1798-1845
Person
Biography
The tenth mayor of Boston was Thomas Aspinwall Davis. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Brookline, where he was born, December 11, 1798. He was educated in the public schools, learned the trade of a jeweler, and later became interested in politics. He became the candidate for mayor of a new party called the Native American Party against Josiah Quincy, Jr., and Adam W. Thaxter, Jr. Quincy withdrew, and finally Davis won on the eighth ballot. The only project of importance during his administration was an effort to get a supply of city water from Long Pond, but it was defeated. Davis's health became so poor that he offered his resignation, which was not accepted, and he continued to be nominal mayor until his death, November 22, 1845. He bore an excellent character, but lacked the qualifications to become a successful administrator.
Taken from "Boston's 45 Mayors from John Phillips to Kevin H. White," City Record, Boston, 1979.
https://archives.cityofboston.gov/agents/people/103
Son of Lucy Aspinwall Davis Holden
and Ebenezer Davis, III
https://books.google.com/books?id=_oc6AQAAIAAJ&q=Aspinwall#v=onepage&q=Aspinwall&f=false
Linden Park is a small municipal park at Linden Place and Linden Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. The triangular park was created in 1843 as one of several parks in the Lindens subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, which was the first residential subdivision created in Brookline. In addition to generous setbacks, the deeds for the lots of this subdivision contained covenants excluding the sale to "Negroes or natives of Ireland".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Park_(Massachusetts)
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/genealogy/makers/silversmiths/140495.htm
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/8852814
Thomas Aspinwall Davis House
https://www.routeyou.com/en-us/location/view/47925601/thomas-aspinwall-davis-house
Thomas Aspinwall Davis was an uncle (half) to Phineas Stearns Davis, son of Lucy Stearns Davis Corey and Mayor Davis's half-brother Robert Sharp Davis.
The Robert S. Davis House, Brookline
Built for Robert Sharp Davis, Jr.
The Robert S. Davis House is a historic house at 50 Stanton Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. Built about 1859 for the scion of a locally prominent family, it is one of the town's best-preserved examples of Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Robert S. Davis House is located in a residential area between Brookline Village and the town high school, at the southeast corner of Stanton and Greenough Streets. It is a 2-1/2 story wood-frame house, three bays wide, with a side-gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and a cupola. It has well-preserved Italianate styling, including corner quoins, deep eaves with dentil moulding and paired brackets, heavily capped windows on the first floor, and a central gable on the main facade.
The land on which this house was built belonged to Robert Sharp Davis, Sr. a descendant of Ebenezer Davis, who owned land in Brookline since the mid-18th century. It was built for Davis' son, also named Robert Sharp Davis, and is one of four similar Italianate houses in the immediate area. It is particularly rare as a well-preserved example of the classic Italianate box-like house with a central gable; most of the town's other Italianate houses outside this grouping are L-shaped in layout. The elder Davis' brother was Thomas Aspinwall Davis, who owned land on the other side of Brookline Village, and served as Mayor of Boston.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Davis_House#
The Lindens
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
"Standing in front of the rectory you will notice on your right a triangular shaped park that is a part of the original development of the Lindens, which was begun by Thomas Aspinwall Davis.
Thomas Aspinwall Davis grew up in his father's house on Kent Street and started to work in a jeweler's shop in Boston at the age of 14. He later started his own business and, through a combination of inheritance and acquisition, obtained title to the Davis farm which included this land. He ran twice for Mayor of Boston before being elected in 1844, only to die in November of the following year. In 1843 he had this land sub-divided into parks and building lots for Brookline's first prestigious suburban development.
An auction notice for the lots which appeared early in 1843 described the advantages of the neighborhood:
"The situation is delightful, commanding a full view of the city, and connected with a rural spot that is unequaled in the country. In connection with the retired and beautiful location, is the consideration of the short distance from the city, affording to the man of business an agreeable ride after the duties of the day, and a pleasing exercise to the gentleman of leasure. Ominibuses run at accomodating hours."
The over-all design was apparently the work of a well-known civil engineer, Alexander Wadsworth, and John F. Edwards, an architect-builder who had trained as a house-wright. The original scheme included the triangular park with Davis' house at the end. The house has been moved around the corner to 29 Linden Place but it stood where three triple decker houses are now located on Linden Court. Behind the house the lot extended to Linden Place and was apparently landscaped with gardens.
Perpendicular to this property is a horseshoe park, Linden Square, which was surrounded by house lots. Thus Davis created an estate which included its own residential neighborhood with lots available for purchase by other Boston merchants. By 1844, the year he was elected mayor, eight other houses had been built. Although the neighborhood has undergone major changes, particularly in the density of construction, what remains will be noted along with later additions as you walk around the parks."
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/presComm/linden.asp
Furthermore.. (continued)
"There are five houses on its periphery which date from the original development, although two are not on their original sites. One of these, 29 Linden Place ([10], is the home of the original developer of this neighborhood, Thomas Aspinwall Davis. The house was moved from its site at the head of Linden Park in 1903 and it lost its two Gothic porches at that time. The Davis house was apparently designed by John R Edwards, an architect who lived on Harvard Ave. Edwards was clearly aware of the latest architectural designs featured in Cottage Residences, an 1842 publication by Andrew Jackson Downing which, more than any other book, popularized the new picturesque styles for domestic architecture. Gothic features on this house include the hood moldings over the windows and the use of vergeboard in the gable ends. An indication that this house was a very early example of the style is found in the design of the vergeboard elements along the eaves, which are Greek anthemions and not actually Gothic ornament. The porches which originally extended across the front and right side, however, appear to have been based upon a plate in Downing's Cottage Residences. The Davis house as it stood on its original site with its two verandahs, was one of the earliest examples in Boston of the new picturesque and romantic design concepts for country houses."
© 2006 Brookline Historical Society & © 1986, 1996 Brookline Preservation Commission. All rights reserved.
Originally prepared and printed in 1986 by Carla Benka, Greer Hardwicke, and Leslie Larson, edited and reformated in 1996 by Roger Reed and Greer Hardwicke, funded through the Community Development Block Grant Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/presComm/linden.asp
Land Ownership in Brookline from the First Settlement
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/publications/1923/number5.html
https://www.socialregisteronline.com/john-winthrop-sears
THE DAVIS CUP in tennis is named for a descendant of his half-brother Robert Sharp Davis — Dwight Filley Davis.
10th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
Sarah Jackson Davis Tappan, his wife
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aspinwall_Davis_House
Mayor Davis was a first cousin to Thomas Aspinwall Brewer, son of his mother's sister Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall and Edward Brewer.
Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and what They Have Done
State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)
State Street Trust Company, 1914 - Boston (Mass.) - 48 pages
https://books.google.com/books?id=L5oWAAAAYAAJ&q=Thomas+Aspinwall+Davis#v=snippet&q=Thomas%20Aspinwall%20Davis&f=false
Mayor Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Served 1845
"Born in Brookline, December 11, 1798; died November 22, 1845; served as Mayor during 1845.
He was a candidate of a new political organization called the "Native American Party;" meanwhile Josiah Quincy, Jr., was the candidate of the Whigs, and Adam W. Thaxter, Jr., the democratic candidate.
It was not until a ballot taken on February 21, 1845, after two unsuccessful attempts, that Davis received a bare majority and was elected. In his inaugural, he took pains to explain the objects of the Native American Party, which, he said, were not to create animosity between the native born and foreign born, but 'to place our free institutions upon such a basis that those who come after us, the descendants both of the foreign and of the American citizens, may be free and independent.'
No event of importance happened under Mayor Davis' short administration. He sent in his resignation owing to ill health after having served about seven months. It was not accepted, and he was nominally at the head of city affairs until he died in November, 1845."
http://www.celebrateboston.com/biography/mayor/thomas-aspinwall-davis.htm
On October 1, 1845, Mayor Thomas Aspinwall Davis wrote Board of Aldermen chairman Benson Leavitt from his home in Brookline. "Believing that time and care would restore my strength", Davis wrote, "I persevered in the hope that I might complete the term for which I was elected. But Providence has seen fit to order otherwise, and I find myself now, by great prostration of strength, quite unfit for service of any kind, either public or private. Under these circumstances it is a duty which I owe to the City as well as myself, to resign the office of Mayor."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Leavitt
A Boston businessman who was elected, in what many sources indicate was a difficult and complex election, the city's mayor in early 1845. He was elected as a member of the Native American Party, an arm of the American or Know-Nothing Party whose platform opposed the growing immigration to the United States from Ireland and other parts of Europe. He served the better part of his one year term but fell ill in the fall; he may have resigned in October, though some sources suggest his resignation was not accepted. He died on November 22, 1845.
According to the proceedings of the Brookline Historical Society's 1902 Annual Meeting, he was buried "in the family tomb in the old burying ground" — a reference to the Walnut Street Cemetery where his mother, father, and several of his siblings and step-siblings are buried.
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Linden Square is a small municipal park at Linden Place in Brookline, Massachusetts. Roughly rectangular in shape with one curved side, Linden Square was laid out in 1844 by Alexander Wadsworth as part of the subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis. Its original pathways consisted of a horseshoe-shaped path flanking its perimeter, and a straight path that bisected the park; it now has paths that form an X, a layout adopted by the late 19th century. The park consists of grassy areas dotted with trees, and surrounded by a wrought iron fence with openings for the paths.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Square
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Address at the funeral of Hon. Thomas A. Davis : delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( )
An address at the funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Boston : delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( Book )
[The Water Commissioners deposit this testimonial of respect for the memories of the late Loammi Baldwin, Thomas A. Davis, Martin Brimmer, Patrick J. Jackson, who severally rendered important assistance in promoting the adoption of the plans for a perpetual supply of pure water to the citizens of Boston. 1847] by Boston (Mass.)( Book )
An adress at the funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Boston ... November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( Book )
Topical pamphlet collection( )
Most widely held works by Thomas Aspinwall Davis
The Mayor's Address to the City Council of Boston, February 27, 1845 by Boston (Mass.)( Book )
2 editions published in 1845 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An Address [on Rev. xiv. 13] at the Funeral of T.A. Davis, etc. (Proceedings of the Common Council.) by John PIERCE( Book ) 1 edition published in 1845 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[Photographs of silverwork] by Thomas Aspinwall Davis( Visual ) in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Folder contains photographs and information sheets related to flatware. Photographs of touchmarks are also present
[Photographs of silverwork] by Thomas Aspinwall Davis( Visual ) in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Folder contains photographs and information sheets related to flatware. Photographs of touchmarks are also present
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001081804/
Davis, Thomas Aspinwall, 1798-1845
Person
Biography
The tenth mayor of Boston was Thomas Aspinwall Davis. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Brookline, where he was born, December 11, 1798. He was educated in the public schools, learned the trade of a jeweler, and later became interested in politics. He became the candidate for mayor of a new party called the Native American Party against Josiah Quincy, Jr., and Adam W. Thaxter, Jr. Quincy withdrew, and finally Davis won on the eighth ballot. The only project of importance during his administration was an effort to get a supply of city water from Long Pond, but it was defeated. Davis's health became so poor that he offered his resignation, which was not accepted, and he continued to be nominal mayor until his death, November 22, 1845. He bore an excellent character, but lacked the qualifications to become a successful administrator.
Taken from "Boston's 45 Mayors from John Phillips to Kevin H. White," City Record, Boston, 1979.
https://archives.cityofboston.gov/agents/people/103
Son of Lucy Aspinwall Davis Holden
and Ebenezer Davis, III
https://books.google.com/books?id=_oc6AQAAIAAJ&q=Aspinwall#v=onepage&q=Aspinwall&f=false
Linden Park is a small municipal park at Linden Place and Linden Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. The triangular park was created in 1843 as one of several parks in the Lindens subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, which was the first residential subdivision created in Brookline. In addition to generous setbacks, the deeds for the lots of this subdivision contained covenants excluding the sale to "Negroes or natives of Ireland".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Park_(Massachusetts)
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/genealogy/makers/silversmiths/140495.htm
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/8852814
Thomas Aspinwall Davis House
https://www.routeyou.com/en-us/location/view/47925601/thomas-aspinwall-davis-house
Thomas Aspinwall Davis was an uncle (half) to Phineas Stearns Davis, son of Lucy Stearns Davis Corey and Mayor Davis's half-brother Robert Sharp Davis.
The Robert S. Davis House, Brookline
Built for Robert Sharp Davis, Jr.
The Robert S. Davis House is a historic house at 50 Stanton Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. Built about 1859 for the scion of a locally prominent family, it is one of the town's best-preserved examples of Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Robert S. Davis House is located in a residential area between Brookline Village and the town high school, at the southeast corner of Stanton and Greenough Streets. It is a 2-1/2 story wood-frame house, three bays wide, with a side-gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and a cupola. It has well-preserved Italianate styling, including corner quoins, deep eaves with dentil moulding and paired brackets, heavily capped windows on the first floor, and a central gable on the main facade.
The land on which this house was built belonged to Robert Sharp Davis, Sr. a descendant of Ebenezer Davis, who owned land in Brookline since the mid-18th century. It was built for Davis' son, also named Robert Sharp Davis, and is one of four similar Italianate houses in the immediate area. It is particularly rare as a well-preserved example of the classic Italianate box-like house with a central gable; most of the town's other Italianate houses outside this grouping are L-shaped in layout. The elder Davis' brother was Thomas Aspinwall Davis, who owned land on the other side of Brookline Village, and served as Mayor of Boston.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Davis_House#
The Lindens
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
"Standing in front of the rectory you will notice on your right a triangular shaped park that is a part of the original development of the Lindens, which was begun by Thomas Aspinwall Davis.
Thomas Aspinwall Davis grew up in his father's house on Kent Street and started to work in a jeweler's shop in Boston at the age of 14. He later started his own business and, through a combination of inheritance and acquisition, obtained title to the Davis farm which included this land. He ran twice for Mayor of Boston before being elected in 1844, only to die in November of the following year. In 1843 he had this land sub-divided into parks and building lots for Brookline's first prestigious suburban development.
An auction notice for the lots which appeared early in 1843 described the advantages of the neighborhood:
"The situation is delightful, commanding a full view of the city, and connected with a rural spot that is unequaled in the country. In connection with the retired and beautiful location, is the consideration of the short distance from the city, affording to the man of business an agreeable ride after the duties of the day, and a pleasing exercise to the gentleman of leasure. Ominibuses run at accomodating hours."
The over-all design was apparently the work of a well-known civil engineer, Alexander Wadsworth, and John F. Edwards, an architect-builder who had trained as a house-wright. The original scheme included the triangular park with Davis' house at the end. The house has been moved around the corner to 29 Linden Place but it stood where three triple decker houses are now located on Linden Court. Behind the house the lot extended to Linden Place and was apparently landscaped with gardens.
Perpendicular to this property is a horseshoe park, Linden Square, which was surrounded by house lots. Thus Davis created an estate which included its own residential neighborhood with lots available for purchase by other Boston merchants. By 1844, the year he was elected mayor, eight other houses had been built. Although the neighborhood has undergone major changes, particularly in the density of construction, what remains will be noted along with later additions as you walk around the parks."
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/presComm/linden.asp
Furthermore.. (continued)
"There are five houses on its periphery which date from the original development, although two are not on their original sites. One of these, 29 Linden Place ([10], is the home of the original developer of this neighborhood, Thomas Aspinwall Davis. The house was moved from its site at the head of Linden Park in 1903 and it lost its two Gothic porches at that time. The Davis house was apparently designed by John R Edwards, an architect who lived on Harvard Ave. Edwards was clearly aware of the latest architectural designs featured in Cottage Residences, an 1842 publication by Andrew Jackson Downing which, more than any other book, popularized the new picturesque styles for domestic architecture. Gothic features on this house include the hood moldings over the windows and the use of vergeboard in the gable ends. An indication that this house was a very early example of the style is found in the design of the vergeboard elements along the eaves, which are Greek anthemions and not actually Gothic ornament. The porches which originally extended across the front and right side, however, appear to have been based upon a plate in Downing's Cottage Residences. The Davis house as it stood on its original site with its two verandahs, was one of the earliest examples in Boston of the new picturesque and romantic design concepts for country houses."
© 2006 Brookline Historical Society & © 1986, 1996 Brookline Preservation Commission. All rights reserved.
Originally prepared and printed in 1986 by Carla Benka, Greer Hardwicke, and Leslie Larson, edited and reformated in 1996 by Roger Reed and Greer Hardwicke, funded through the Community Development Block Grant Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/presComm/linden.asp
Land Ownership in Brookline from the First Settlement
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/publications/1923/number5.html
https://www.socialregisteronline.com/john-winthrop-sears
THE DAVIS CUP in tennis is named for a descendant of his half-brother Robert Sharp Davis — Dwight Filley Davis.
HON. THOMAS ASPINWALL DAVIS
10th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
Sarah Jackson Davis Tappan, his wife
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aspinwall_Davis_House
Mayor Davis was a first cousin to Thomas Aspinwall Brewer, son of his mother's sister Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall and Edward Brewer.
Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and what They Have Done
State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)
State Street Trust Company, 1914 - Boston (Mass.) - 48 pages
https://books.google.com/books?id=L5oWAAAAYAAJ&q=Thomas+Aspinwall+Davis#v=snippet&q=Thomas%20Aspinwall%20Davis&f=false
Mayor Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Served 1845
"Born in Brookline, December 11, 1798; died November 22, 1845; served as Mayor during 1845.
He was a candidate of a new political organization called the "Native American Party;" meanwhile Josiah Quincy, Jr., was the candidate of the Whigs, and Adam W. Thaxter, Jr., the democratic candidate.
It was not until a ballot taken on February 21, 1845, after two unsuccessful attempts, that Davis received a bare majority and was elected. In his inaugural, he took pains to explain the objects of the Native American Party, which, he said, were not to create animosity between the native born and foreign born, but 'to place our free institutions upon such a basis that those who come after us, the descendants both of the foreign and of the American citizens, may be free and independent.'
No event of importance happened under Mayor Davis' short administration. He sent in his resignation owing to ill health after having served about seven months. It was not accepted, and he was nominally at the head of city affairs until he died in November, 1845."
http://www.celebrateboston.com/biography/mayor/thomas-aspinwall-davis.htm
On October 1, 1845, Mayor Thomas Aspinwall Davis wrote Board of Aldermen chairman Benson Leavitt from his home in Brookline. "Believing that time and care would restore my strength", Davis wrote, "I persevered in the hope that I might complete the term for which I was elected. But Providence has seen fit to order otherwise, and I find myself now, by great prostration of strength, quite unfit for service of any kind, either public or private. Under these circumstances it is a duty which I owe to the City as well as myself, to resign the office of Mayor."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Leavitt
A Boston businessman who was elected, in what many sources indicate was a difficult and complex election, the city's mayor in early 1845. He was elected as a member of the Native American Party, an arm of the American or Know-Nothing Party whose platform opposed the growing immigration to the United States from Ireland and other parts of Europe. He served the better part of his one year term but fell ill in the fall; he may have resigned in October, though some sources suggest his resignation was not accepted. He died on November 22, 1845.
According to the proceedings of the Brookline Historical Society's 1902 Annual Meeting, he was buried "in the family tomb in the old burying ground" — a reference to the Walnut Street Cemetery where his mother, father, and several of his siblings and step-siblings are buried.
~
Linden Square is a small municipal park at Linden Place in Brookline, Massachusetts. Roughly rectangular in shape with one curved side, Linden Square was laid out in 1844 by Alexander Wadsworth as part of the subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis. Its original pathways consisted of a horseshoe-shaped path flanking its perimeter, and a straight path that bisected the park; it now has paths that form an X, a layout adopted by the late 19th century. The park consists of grassy areas dotted with trees, and surrounded by a wrought iron fence with openings for the paths.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Square
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Address at the funeral of Hon. Thomas A. Davis : delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( )
An address at the funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Boston : delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( Book )
[The Water Commissioners deposit this testimonial of respect for the memories of the late Loammi Baldwin, Thomas A. Davis, Martin Brimmer, Patrick J. Jackson, who severally rendered important assistance in promoting the adoption of the plans for a perpetual supply of pure water to the citizens of Boston. 1847] by Boston (Mass.)( Book )
An adress at the funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Boston ... November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( Book )
Topical pamphlet collection( )
Most widely held works by Thomas Aspinwall Davis
The Mayor's Address to the City Council of Boston, February 27, 1845 by Boston (Mass.)( Book )
2 editions published in 1845 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An Address [on Rev. xiv. 13] at the Funeral of T.A. Davis, etc. (Proceedings of the Common Council.) by John PIERCE( Book ) 1 edition published in 1845 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[Photographs of silverwork] by Thomas Aspinwall Davis( Visual ) in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Folder contains photographs and information sheets related to flatware. Photographs of touchmarks are also present
[Photographs of silverwork] by Thomas Aspinwall Davis( Visual ) in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Folder contains photographs and information sheets related to flatware. Photographs of touchmarks are also present
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001081804/
Davis, Thomas Aspinwall, 1798-1845
Person
Biography
The tenth mayor of Boston was Thomas Aspinwall Davis. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Brookline, where he was born, December 11, 1798. He was educated in the public schools, learned the trade of a jeweler, and later became interested in politics. He became the candidate for mayor of a new party called the Native American Party against Josiah Quincy, Jr., and Adam W. Thaxter, Jr. Quincy withdrew, and finally Davis won on the eighth ballot. The only project of importance during his administration was an effort to get a supply of city water from Long Pond, but it was defeated. Davis's health became so poor that he offered his resignation, which was not accepted, and he continued to be nominal mayor until his death, November 22, 1845. He bore an excellent character, but lacked the qualifications to become a successful administrator.
Taken from "Boston's 45 Mayors from John Phillips to Kevin H. White," City Record, Boston, 1979.
https://archives.cityofboston.gov/agents/people/103
Son of Lucy Aspinwall Davis Holden
and Ebenezer Davis, III
https://books.google.com/books?id=_oc6AQAAIAAJ&q=Aspinwall#v=onepage&q=Aspinwall&f=false
Linden Park is a small municipal park at Linden Place and Linden Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. The triangular park was created in 1843 as one of several parks in the Lindens subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, which was the first residential subdivision created in Brookline. In addition to generous setbacks, the deeds for the lots of this subdivision contained covenants excluding the sale to "Negroes or natives of Ireland".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Park_(Massachusetts)
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/genealogy/makers/silversmiths/140495.htm
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/8852814
Thomas Aspinwall Davis House
https://www.routeyou.com/en-us/location/view/47925601/thomas-aspinwall-davis-house
Thomas Aspinwall Davis was an uncle (half) to Phineas Stearns Davis, son of Lucy Stearns Davis Corey and Mayor Davis's half-brother Robert Sharp Davis.
The Robert S. Davis House, Brookline
Built for Robert Sharp Davis, Jr.
The Robert S. Davis House is a historic house at 50 Stanton Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. Built about 1859 for the scion of a locally prominent family, it is one of the town's best-preserved examples of Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Robert S. Davis House is located in a residential area between Brookline Village and the town high school, at the southeast corner of Stanton and Greenough Streets. It is a 2-1/2 story wood-frame house, three bays wide, with a side-gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and a cupola. It has well-preserved Italianate styling, including corner quoins, deep eaves with dentil moulding and paired brackets, heavily capped windows on the first floor, and a central gable on the main facade.
The land on which this house was built belonged to Robert Sharp Davis, Sr. a descendant of Ebenezer Davis, who owned land in Brookline since the mid-18th century. It was built for Davis' son, also named Robert Sharp Davis, and is one of four similar Italianate houses in the immediate area. It is particularly rare as a well-preserved example of the classic Italianate box-like house with a central gable; most of the town's other Italianate houses outside this grouping are L-shaped in layout. The elder Davis' brother was Thomas Aspinwall Davis, who owned land on the other side of Brookline Village, and served as Mayor of Boston.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Davis_House#
The Lindens
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
"Standing in front of the rectory you will notice on your right a triangular shaped park that is a part of the original development of the Lindens, which was begun by Thomas Aspinwall Davis.
Thomas Aspinwall Davis grew up in his father's house on Kent Street and started to work in a jeweler's shop in Boston at the age of 14. He later started his own business and, through a combination of inheritance and acquisition, obtained title to the Davis farm which included this land. He ran twice for Mayor of Boston before being elected in 1844, only to die in November of the following year. In 1843 he had this land sub-divided into parks and building lots for Brookline's first prestigious suburban development.
An auction notice for the lots which appeared early in 1843 described the advantages of the neighborhood:
"The situation is delightful, commanding a full view of the city, and connected with a rural spot that is unequaled in the country. In connection with the retired and beautiful location, is the consideration of the short distance from the city, affording to the man of business an agreeable ride after the duties of the day, and a pleasing exercise to the gentleman of leasure. Ominibuses run at accomodating hours."
The over-all design was apparently the work of a well-known civil engineer, Alexander Wadsworth, and John F. Edwards, an architect-builder who had trained as a house-wright. The original scheme included the triangular park with Davis' house at the end. The house has been moved around the corner to 29 Linden Place but it stood where three triple decker houses are now located on Linden Court. Behind the house the lot extended to Linden Place and was apparently landscaped with gardens.
Perpendicular to this property is a horseshoe park, Linden Square, which was surrounded by house lots. Thus Davis created an estate which included its own residential neighborhood with lots available for purchase by other Boston merchants. By 1844, the year he was elected mayor, eight other houses had been built. Although the neighborhood has undergone major changes, particularly in the density of construction, what remains will be noted along with later additions as you walk around the parks."
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/presComm/linden.asp
Furthermore.. (continued)
"There are five houses on its periphery which date from the original development, although two are not on their original sites. One of these, 29 Linden Place ([10], is the home of the original developer of this neighborhood, Thomas Aspinwall Davis. The house was moved from its site at the head of Linden Park in 1903 and it lost its two Gothic porches at that time. The Davis house was apparently designed by John R Edwards, an architect who lived on Harvard Ave. Edwards was clearly aware of the latest architectural designs featured in Cottage Residences, an 1842 publication by Andrew Jackson Downing which, more than any other book, popularized the new picturesque styles for domestic architecture. Gothic features on this house include the hood moldings over the windows and the use of vergeboard in the gable ends. An indication that this house was a very early example of the style is found in the design of the vergeboard elements along the eaves, which are Greek anthemions and not actually Gothic ornament. The porches which originally extended across the front and right side, however, appear to have been based upon a plate in Downing's Cottage Residences. The Davis house as it stood on its original site with its two verandahs, was one of the earliest examples in Boston of the new picturesque and romantic design concepts for country houses."
© 2006 Brookline Historical Society & © 1986, 1996 Brookline Preservation Commission. All rights reserved.
Originally prepared and printed in 1986 by Carla Benka, Greer Hardwicke, and Leslie Larson, edited and reformated in 1996 by Roger Reed and Greer Hardwicke, funded through the Community Development Block Grant Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/presComm/linden.asp
Land Ownership in Brookline from the First Settlement
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/publications/1923/number5.html
https://www.socialregisteronline.com/john-winthrop-sears
THE DAVIS CUP in tennis is named for a descendant of his half-brother Robert Sharp Davis — Dwight Filley Davis.
10th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
Sarah Jackson Davis Tappan, his wife
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aspinwall_Davis_House
Mayor Davis was a first cousin to Thomas Aspinwall Brewer, son of his mother's sister Catharine Sparhawk Aspinwall and Edward Brewer.
Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and what They Have Done
State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)
State Street Trust Company, 1914 - Boston (Mass.) - 48 pages
https://books.google.com/books?id=L5oWAAAAYAAJ&q=Thomas+Aspinwall+Davis#v=snippet&q=Thomas%20Aspinwall%20Davis&f=false
Mayor Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Served 1845
"Born in Brookline, December 11, 1798; died November 22, 1845; served as Mayor during 1845.
He was a candidate of a new political organization called the "Native American Party;" meanwhile Josiah Quincy, Jr., was the candidate of the Whigs, and Adam W. Thaxter, Jr., the democratic candidate.
It was not until a ballot taken on February 21, 1845, after two unsuccessful attempts, that Davis received a bare majority and was elected. In his inaugural, he took pains to explain the objects of the Native American Party, which, he said, were not to create animosity between the native born and foreign born, but 'to place our free institutions upon such a basis that those who come after us, the descendants both of the foreign and of the American citizens, may be free and independent.'
No event of importance happened under Mayor Davis' short administration. He sent in his resignation owing to ill health after having served about seven months. It was not accepted, and he was nominally at the head of city affairs until he died in November, 1845."
http://www.celebrateboston.com/biography/mayor/thomas-aspinwall-davis.htm
On October 1, 1845, Mayor Thomas Aspinwall Davis wrote Board of Aldermen chairman Benson Leavitt from his home in Brookline. "Believing that time and care would restore my strength", Davis wrote, "I persevered in the hope that I might complete the term for which I was elected. But Providence has seen fit to order otherwise, and I find myself now, by great prostration of strength, quite unfit for service of any kind, either public or private. Under these circumstances it is a duty which I owe to the City as well as myself, to resign the office of Mayor."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Leavitt
A Boston businessman who was elected, in what many sources indicate was a difficult and complex election, the city's mayor in early 1845. He was elected as a member of the Native American Party, an arm of the American or Know-Nothing Party whose platform opposed the growing immigration to the United States from Ireland and other parts of Europe. He served the better part of his one year term but fell ill in the fall; he may have resigned in October, though some sources suggest his resignation was not accepted. He died on November 22, 1845.
According to the proceedings of the Brookline Historical Society's 1902 Annual Meeting, he was buried "in the family tomb in the old burying ground" — a reference to the Walnut Street Cemetery where his mother, father, and several of his siblings and step-siblings are buried.
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Linden Square is a small municipal park at Linden Place in Brookline, Massachusetts. Roughly rectangular in shape with one curved side, Linden Square was laid out in 1844 by Alexander Wadsworth as part of the subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis. Its original pathways consisted of a horseshoe-shaped path flanking its perimeter, and a straight path that bisected the park; it now has paths that form an X, a layout adopted by the late 19th century. The park consists of grassy areas dotted with trees, and surrounded by a wrought iron fence with openings for the paths.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Square
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
Address at the funeral of Hon. Thomas A. Davis : delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( )
An address at the funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Boston : delivered in Central Church, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( Book )
[The Water Commissioners deposit this testimonial of respect for the memories of the late Loammi Baldwin, Thomas A. Davis, Martin Brimmer, Patrick J. Jackson, who severally rendered important assistance in promoting the adoption of the plans for a perpetual supply of pure water to the citizens of Boston. 1847] by Boston (Mass.)( Book )
An adress at the funeral of the Hon. Thomas A. Davis, mayor of Boston ... November 25, 1845 by John Pierce( Book )
Topical pamphlet collection( )
Most widely held works by Thomas Aspinwall Davis
The Mayor's Address to the City Council of Boston, February 27, 1845 by Boston (Mass.)( Book )
2 editions published in 1845 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An Address [on Rev. xiv. 13] at the Funeral of T.A. Davis, etc. (Proceedings of the Common Council.) by John PIERCE( Book ) 1 edition published in 1845 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[Photographs of silverwork] by Thomas Aspinwall Davis( Visual ) in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Folder contains photographs and information sheets related to flatware. Photographs of touchmarks are also present
[Photographs of silverwork] by Thomas Aspinwall Davis( Visual ) in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Folder contains photographs and information sheets related to flatware. Photographs of touchmarks are also present
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001081804/
Davis, Thomas Aspinwall, 1798-1845
Person
Biography
The tenth mayor of Boston was Thomas Aspinwall Davis. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Brookline, where he was born, December 11, 1798. He was educated in the public schools, learned the trade of a jeweler, and later became interested in politics. He became the candidate for mayor of a new party called the Native American Party against Josiah Quincy, Jr., and Adam W. Thaxter, Jr. Quincy withdrew, and finally Davis won on the eighth ballot. The only project of importance during his administration was an effort to get a supply of city water from Long Pond, but it was defeated. Davis's health became so poor that he offered his resignation, which was not accepted, and he continued to be nominal mayor until his death, November 22, 1845. He bore an excellent character, but lacked the qualifications to become a successful administrator.
Taken from "Boston's 45 Mayors from John Phillips to Kevin H. White," City Record, Boston, 1979.
https://archives.cityofboston.gov/agents/people/103
Son of Lucy Aspinwall Davis Holden
and Ebenezer Davis, III
https://books.google.com/books?id=_oc6AQAAIAAJ&q=Aspinwall#v=onepage&q=Aspinwall&f=false
Linden Park is a small municipal park at Linden Place and Linden Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. The triangular park was created in 1843 as one of several parks in the Lindens subdivision of the area by Thomas Aspinwall Davis, which was the first residential subdivision created in Brookline. In addition to generous setbacks, the deeds for the lots of this subdivision contained covenants excluding the sale to "Negroes or natives of Ireland".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden_Park_(Massachusetts)
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/genealogy/makers/silversmiths/140495.htm
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/8852814
Thomas Aspinwall Davis House
https://www.routeyou.com/en-us/location/view/47925601/thomas-aspinwall-davis-house
Thomas Aspinwall Davis was an uncle (half) to Phineas Stearns Davis, son of Lucy Stearns Davis Corey and Mayor Davis's half-brother Robert Sharp Davis.
The Robert S. Davis House, Brookline
Built for Robert Sharp Davis, Jr.
The Robert S. Davis House is a historic house at 50 Stanton Road in Brookline, Massachusetts. Built about 1859 for the scion of a locally prominent family, it is one of the town's best-preserved examples of Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Robert S. Davis House is located in a residential area between Brookline Village and the town high school, at the southeast corner of Stanton and Greenough Streets. It is a 2-1/2 story wood-frame house, three bays wide, with a side-gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and a cupola. It has well-preserved Italianate styling, including corner quoins, deep eaves with dentil moulding and paired brackets, heavily capped windows on the first floor, and a central gable on the main facade.
The land on which this house was built belonged to Robert Sharp Davis, Sr. a descendant of Ebenezer Davis, who owned land in Brookline since the mid-18th century. It was built for Davis' son, also named Robert Sharp Davis, and is one of four similar Italianate houses in the immediate area. It is particularly rare as a well-preserved example of the classic Italianate box-like house with a central gable; most of the town's other Italianate houses outside this grouping are L-shaped in layout. The elder Davis' brother was Thomas Aspinwall Davis, who owned land on the other side of Brookline Village, and served as Mayor of Boston.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Davis_House#
The Lindens
Thomas Aspinwall Davis
"Standing in front of the rectory you will notice on your right a triangular shaped park that is a part of the original development of the Lindens, which was begun by Thomas Aspinwall Davis.
Thomas Aspinwall Davis grew up in his father's house on Kent Street and started to work in a jeweler's shop in Boston at the age of 14. He later started his own business and, through a combination of inheritance and acquisition, obtained title to the Davis farm which included this land. He ran twice for Mayor of Boston before being elected in 1844, only to die in November of the following year. In 1843 he had this land sub-divided into parks and building lots for Brookline's first prestigious suburban development.
An auction notice for the lots which appeared early in 1843 described the advantages of the neighborhood:
"The situation is delightful, commanding a full view of the city, and connected with a rural spot that is unequaled in the country. In connection with the retired and beautiful location, is the consideration of the short distance from the city, affording to the man of business an agreeable ride after the duties of the day, and a pleasing exercise to the gentleman of leasure. Ominibuses run at accomodating hours."
The over-all design was apparently the work of a well-known civil engineer, Alexander Wadsworth, and John F. Edwards, an architect-builder who had trained as a house-wright. The original scheme included the triangular park with Davis' house at the end. The house has been moved around the corner to 29 Linden Place but it stood where three triple decker houses are now located on Linden Court. Behind the house the lot extended to Linden Place and was apparently landscaped with gardens.
Perpendicular to this property is a horseshoe park, Linden Square, which was surrounded by house lots. Thus Davis created an estate which included its own residential neighborhood with lots available for purchase by other Boston merchants. By 1844, the year he was elected mayor, eight other houses had been built. Although the neighborhood has undergone major changes, particularly in the density of construction, what remains will be noted along with later additions as you walk around the parks."
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/presComm/linden.asp
Furthermore.. (continued)
"There are five houses on its periphery which date from the original development, although two are not on their original sites. One of these, 29 Linden Place ([10], is the home of the original developer of this neighborhood, Thomas Aspinwall Davis. The house was moved from its site at the head of Linden Park in 1903 and it lost its two Gothic porches at that time. The Davis house was apparently designed by John R Edwards, an architect who lived on Harvard Ave. Edwards was clearly aware of the latest architectural designs featured in Cottage Residences, an 1842 publication by Andrew Jackson Downing which, more than any other book, popularized the new picturesque styles for domestic architecture. Gothic features on this house include the hood moldings over the windows and the use of vergeboard in the gable ends. An indication that this house was a very early example of the style is found in the design of the vergeboard elements along the eaves, which are Greek anthemions and not actually Gothic ornament. The porches which originally extended across the front and right side, however, appear to have been based upon a plate in Downing's Cottage Residences. The Davis house as it stood on its original site with its two verandahs, was one of the earliest examples in Boston of the new picturesque and romantic design concepts for country houses."
© 2006 Brookline Historical Society & © 1986, 1996 Brookline Preservation Commission. All rights reserved.
Originally prepared and printed in 1986 by Carla Benka, Greer Hardwicke, and Leslie Larson, edited and reformated in 1996 by Roger Reed and Greer Hardwicke, funded through the Community Development Block Grant Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/presComm/linden.asp
Land Ownership in Brookline from the First Settlement
http://brooklinehistoricalsociety.org/history/publications/1923/number5.html
https://www.socialregisteronline.com/john-winthrop-sears
THE DAVIS CUP in tennis is named for a descendant of his half-brother Robert Sharp Davis — Dwight Filley Davis.
