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He was born on October 15, 1858 in San Francisco, California, the son of George Henry Davis (1824–1897) and Clara Jane (Gherardi) Davis (1827–1897).
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Excerpt from Regimental Colors in the War of the Revolution The following pages and illustrations are the result of the study made by me in my leisure hours during the past winter, while preparing a paper on the subject of "Regimental Colors in the War of the Revolution," which I read before the New York Historical Society on February 5, 1907, and again before the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in New York on April 19, 1907. The subject is not one in which very many people are interested, and yet I believe that the romance surrounding an old regimental color, as well as the historic and, possibly, the artistic interest in some of the flags shown on the following plates, will justify the printing of these pages. Most of the plates are from photographs of the flags; a few are from water-colors made by Mrs. Davis and myself, from which, as well as from the photographs, lantern slides were made to illustrate the paper when read. It will be observed that for flags which were carried in the Revolution for several years, nearly all of our colors are in remarkably fine condition. Since I first read the paper, I have obtained a good deal of information, which I have here added to my original paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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He was born on October 15, 1858 in San Francisco, California, the son of George Henry Davis (1824–1897) and Clara Jane (Gherardi) Davis (1827–1897).
In 1868, the family went to Europe, and Gherardi attended school in Germany and college in France. In 1879, he returned to the United States, and studied law, first in Washington, District of Columbia, and then in New York City.
He was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in New York City. Gherardi and Alice Davis published several works on military standards. On March 20, 1903, he was appointed as Third Deputy New York City Police Commissioner.
In 1910, he became interested in sailing boats.
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Davis was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Company, 27th Doctorate) in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902. And was Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands and Forestry in 1902.