1842                Rooms at William Pride’s Hotel, Halifax, North Carolina.

1842 May 11.  Roanoke Advocate Ad State Rights Banner.  (Halifax, North Carolina.)  May 11, 1842, Vol. XIII, No. 19, Whole No. 579, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniatures. 

To cherish the mem’ry of friends that are dear.

Their shadows secure ere their forms disappear.

Dr. Davis, respectfully announces to the citizens of Halifax that he will wait upon them for a few days, and will furnish them with excellent fact simile likenesses, by means of his Daguerreotype; far more accurate than is possible to be obtained by any other means, for $6.

His room is at Mr. Wm. Pride’s Hotel, where he will be happy to wit upon the ladies and gentlemen, and explain the principles of the curious art to sitters.  May 2, 1842.