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Bertie County, North Carolina
1787 j 1837-1819
Physical Description: Letters, invoices, bills of lading, due bills,
receipted bills, promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, accounts,
advertisements, will, 372 items.
Acquisition:
Description: Kader Biggs and his brother Joseph D. were merchants operating
stores in Windsor and Williamston. They apparently dissolved their partner¬
ship in 1815 and by a settlement made at that date Kader took the store
and assets in Windsor. He continued his store in Windsor under the name
of Miller and Biggs in 1817 and 1818. A North Carolina newspaper (1851)
advertized Kader Biggs & Co., Commission Merchants' in' Norfolk. Biggs was
postmaster at Windsor in 1817 and the following year was a member of the
House of Commons. •
Much of the correspondence and other material in the
collection relate to Biggs1 business. Business correspondence is
addressed to Biggs & Bros. (1811-1813), to Kader Biggs (1816), and
to Miller & Biggs (1817*1818). These are letters from commission
merchants, manufacturers, and importers in New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Norfolk, and Charleston. Others are from agents in Norfolk,
Edenton, and Plymouth who received merchandise shipped from the north
and transported it to Windsor or Williamston; they also arranged for
the shipment of local produce to northern markets. Biggs apparently
exported cypress shingles and staves, fish, and some crops. Customers
for these products, particularly fish, sent orders from Virginia,
Baltimore, Gaston, Halifax, Murfreesboro, and V.'eldon. A few letters
relate to arrangements with persons who supplied Biggs with fish for
export. Several are from manufacturers within the State - Rocky
Mount, Franklin, and Smithfield.
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