Inventory of the John Nisbet Papers, 1770-1887

Collection Number 943


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Related Material
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Nisbet, John, 1738-1817.
Title
John Nisbet Papers, 1770-1887 (bulk 1770-1830).
Call Number
943
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
475 items (1.0 linear feet).
Abstract
Business papers of three generations of the Nisbet family of Iredell County, N.C. Papers to 1830, which constitutes more than half of the collection, are bills, invoices, receipts, accounts, and correspondence of John Nisbet, Revolutionary patriot and merchant, 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, Jams 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.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
One ledger volume, 1771-1773, available on microfilm.
Acquisitions Information
Gifts 1945
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Nisbet Papers, #943, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Account books.
Iredell County (N.C.)--History.
Merchants--North Carolina--History--18th century.
Nesbitt family.
Nisbet, James King, fl. 1830-1866.
Nisbet, John, 1738-1817.
North Carolina--Commerce.
Physicians--North Carolina--History--19th century.
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Related Material

Nisbet Family Papers (#548); Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview

Business papers of three generations of the Nisbet family of Iredell County, N.C. Papers to 1830, which constitutes more than half of the collection, are bills, invoices, receipts, accounts, and correspondence of John Nisbet, Revolutionary patriot and merchant, 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, Jams 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.