1839-1845 11 Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts.[1]
1842 75 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
1846-1852 428 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.1
1853 526 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.1
By Clark & Hatch [Office No. 56 Milk st.]…
Electrical Machines. On Tues next, at 11 o’clock—at office, Three superior Electrical Machines, suitable for schools or families.
Daguerreotype Apparatus—2 very complete Daguerreotype Machines, made by Professors Plumbe & Davis, with a book of instructions, by M. Daguerre. Also a handsome Show Case…
1842 October 22. United States Patent Office.
Daniel Davis, Jr. of Boston, Massachusetts, Assignor to John Plumbe, Jr. Patent No. 2826. Improvement in Coloring daguerreotype-pictures.
1851 February 26. Boston Daily Evening Transcript. (Boston, Massachusetts.) February 26, 1842, Vol. XXII, No. 6330, P. 2.
A Chance For The Knowing Ones. It will be seen from an advertisement in our columns today, that Mr. Daniel Davis, the well known manufacturer of electrical instruments, 428 Washington street, offers a reward of one thousand dollars to any one who will furnish a solution of the phenomenon, known as “spirit rapping,” without reference to the spiritual theory. Mr. Davis is a well respectable citizen, who makes his offer in good faith and form a sincere wish to be enlightened…
1851 February 26. Boston Daily Evening Transcript. (Boston, Massachusetts.) February 26, 1842, Vol. XXII, No. 6330, P. 3.
$1,000 Reward. I hereby offer the sum of One Thousand Dollars to the person who will satisfactorily explain the phonemes of the so called “Spiritual Manifestations,” without reference to their being made as they purport to be, by departed spirits.
I am induced to make the above offer, from having seen various articles in the newspapers in relation to the so called “Spirit Rappings,” in which many hard names are used, denouncing those who believe in them.
Believing, as I do, that it is much more easy to cry “humbug” than it is to explain these things, the above reward is offered in good faith, and will be promptly paid. Daniel Davis, Magnetic Instrument Maker, 428 Washington st.
[1] A Directory Of Massachusetts Photographers 1839-1900.
Pioneer American Photographers, 1839 - 1860 