Frances Gardiner Davenport (1870 – November 11, 1927) was an

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historian who specialized in the later

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and the

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of the

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Early life

Born in 1870, Davenport was educated at

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and

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, after which she pursued advanced studies in England before in 1904 graduating

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from the

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.Introduction to ''European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies'', vol. 2 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2010 edition)

Career

Davenport's first published work was a classified list of printed sources for English manorial and agrarian history during the Middle Ages, produced under the supervision of William Ashley of

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. Her later work on English history included ''The Economic Development of a Norfolk Manor 1086–1565'', published by the

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in 1906. Over many years she edited her ''

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'', the work finally published by the

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as ''European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies to 1648'' (1917), and as a second volume covering the years 1650 to 1697 (1929), and was still working on further volumes when she died on November 11, 1927. These were completed by

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Selected publications

*Frances Gardiner Davenport, ''A Classified List of Printed Original Materials for English Manorial and Agrarian History During the Middle Ages'' (Burt Franklin Bibliography and Reference Series, No.53, 1894) *Frances Gardiner Davenport, ''The Economic Development of a Norfolk Manor, 1086–1565'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1906) *Frances Gardiner Davenport, ed., ''European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies to 1648'' (1917) *''Autobiography of Frances Gardiner Davenport, 1890–1920'' (undated, ''c.'' 1928, booklet of 19 pages) *Frances Gardiner Davenport, ed., ''European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies 1650–1697'' (1929) *Frances Gardiner Davenport & Charles O. Paullin, eds., ''European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies: Volume III'' *Frances Gardiner Davenport & Charles O. Paullin, eds., ''European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies: Volume IV 1716–1815''

Notes

External links

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European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies 1650—1697
full text online at archive.org

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