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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 475 items) |
Abstract | John Nisbet, a Revolutionary patriot and merchant, moved with his parents and five siblings to Iredell County, N.C., from New Jersey, circa 1750. The collection contains business papers of three generations of the Nisbet family. Papers to 1830, which constitute more than half of the collection, are bills, invoices, receipts, accounts, and correspondence of John Nisbet and his son Alexander, with Philadelphia, Charleston, Fayetteville, Wilmington, and Petersburg dealers, including two ledgers, 1771-1773 and 1787-1792. Later items are papers of Alexander's son, James King Nisbet, a physician, mostly accounts of family and professional purchases. Also included are a few letters of relatives who moved to Alabama, Missouri, and Louisiana. |
Creator | Nisbet, John, 1738-1817. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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John Nisbet, a Revolutionary patriot and merchant, moved with his parents and five siblings to Iredell County, N.C., from New Jersey, circa 1750.
Back to TopThe collection contains business papers of three generations of the Nisbet family. Papers to 1830, which constitute more than half of the collection, are bills, invoices, receipts, accounts, and correspondence of John Nisbet and his son Alexander, with Philadelphia, Charleston, Fayetteville, Wilmington, and Petersburg dealers, including two ledgers, 1771-1773 and 1787-1792. Later items are papers of Alexander's son, James King Nisbet, a physician, mostly accounts of family and professional purchases. Also included are a few letters of relatives who moved to Alabama, Missouri, and Louisiana.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1770-1784 |
Folder 2 |
1785-1789 |
Folder 3 |
1790-1795 |
Folder 4 |
1796-1799 |
Folder 5 |
1800 |
Folder 6 |
1801 |
Folder 7 |
1802 |
Folder 8 |
1803-1829 |
Folder 9 |
1830-1839 |
Folder 10 |
1840-1845 |
Folder 11 |
1846-1849 |
Folder 12 |
1850-1854 |
Folder 13 |
1855-1859 |
Folder 14 |
1860-1869 |
Folder 15 |
1870-1945 |
Folder 16 |
Undated |
Folder 17 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-943/1 |
Volume 1: Ledger, 1771-1773 |
Folder 18 |
Volume 2: Ledger, 1787-1792 |
Folder 19 |
Volume 3: Notebook, 1819-1840Contains accounts, 1819-1930, and irregular farm journal entries, 1840. |
Folder 20 |
Volume 4: Notebook, 1847-1867Contains accounts, farm journal entries, and miscellaneous notes. |