Memorial Book: In Memory of William Wallace Davis, Condolence Letters

Memorial book bound in blue leather with gilt lettering to front board and raised bands to spine in very good condition with damage to leather to spine and some areas on lower board. Discolouration to top left corner of upper board and to lower board. Collection of 85 condolence letter addressed to Mr Norman E.Davis and one to his daughter Molly/Mollie, after the death of Davis’s Father, William Wallace Davis (1856-1933), to whom the book is dedicated. The majority are manuscript letters excluding a few that are typewritten. An additional four obituary newspaper clippings are laid down at the end. The final letter is unattached and laid in. Mr William Davis was 77 years at the time of death and had been a resident of Carshalton and Sutton for over 30 years. He was a member of the firm of Messrs. Vickers, da Costa and Co., stockbrokers, of Copthall Court, E.C.. He was also the president of the Blackheath Harriers up until his death on November 18th 1933.