Walton H. and George H. Riggs Papers, PC.1499

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Walton H. and George H. Riggs Papers, PC.1499

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Title
Walton H. and George H. Riggs Papers
Call Number
PC.1499
Creator
Unknown
Date
1833-1920
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Papers of Walton H. Riggs and son George, chiefly consisting of receipts and invoices (1836-1914) for their general store in South Mills, Camden Co., for goods purchased in Norfolk, Va., and (after 1892) in Elizabeth City, and for farm produce and skins sold to commission merchants in Norfolk. Letters to Walton Riggs concern another mill and store he managed (1838-1840); friends in Texas and Louisiana (1854-1861); George's education (1853-1861); and note about Union cavalry horses left in his care (1863). Also his marriage certificate (1842) and appointments to school committee (1859-1861). Papers of George Riggs, who served a term as legislator in 1881, include teacher's certificate (1860); lists of pupils (n.d., 1864); letters about Baltimore Commercial College (1866-1867); and letters from friends and relatives, especially in Norfolk (1889-1912). His business papers concern the store in South Mills; a store in Portsmouth, Va., and partner in Annapolis, Md. (1865-1866); schooner owned with John Jacobs (1874-1876); and patent medicines. Papers concerning his service on county board of commissioners (1870-1895) include letters about county's exhibit in Southern Exposition (1891) and about school districts (1898); and notes on navigation in county waterways (n.d.). Also some financial records of McBride's Methodist Episcopal Church South (1880-1916) and New Lebanon Masonic Lodge (1894-1914). Other papers concern estates of William B. Dozier, J. K. Abbott, and Evan and Ollie Overton; and bankruptcy of Joseph W. Pool, George F. Spencer, and John A. Spence. Miscellaneous items include manuscript poems and songs; printed speech on tobacco tax by U.S. Sen. John W. Johnston of Virginia (1870); and printed address by Republican state executive committee about Constitutional Convention of 1875.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Riggs, Walton H.
  2. Riggs, George H.
  3. Riggs Family
  4. Jacobs, John
  5. Dozier, William B.
  6. Abbott, J. K.
  7. Overton, Evan
  8. Overton, Ollie
  9. Pool, Joseph W.
  10. Spencer, George F.
  11. Spence, John A.
  12. Johnston, John W.
  13. Baltimore Commercial College
  14. Southern Exposition (1891)
  15. McBride's Methodist Episcopal Church South
  16. New Lebanon Masonic Lodge
  17. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  18. United States. Army
  19. United States. Congress. Senate
  20. Constitutional Conventions
  21. Union Cavalry
  22. Horses
  23. General Store
  24. Stores, Retail
  25. Purchasing
  26. Farm produce
  27. Hides and Skins
  28. Business
  29. Businesspeople
  30. Mills
  31. Education
  32. Marriage
  33. Appointment to Office
  34. Schools
  35. Committees
  36. Legislators
  37. Teachers
  38. Students
  39. Patent medicines
  40. Schooners
  41. Boards of Commissioners
  42. County Comissioners
  43. School districts
  44. Exhibitions
  45. Inland Navigation
  46. Inland Waterways
  47. Administration of estates
  48. Taxation
  49. Bankruptcy
  50. Finance
  51. Tobacco industry
  52. Political participation
  53. Party Committees
  54. Political Parties
  55. Camden County
  56. South Mills
  57. Elizabeth City
  58. Texas
  59. Louisiana
  60. Norfolk (Va.)
  61. Portsmouth (Va.)
  62. Annapolis (Md.)
  63. Virginia