Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878 - Social Networks and Archival Context (original) (raw)
Asa Biggs was born in Williamston, N.C., on 4 February 1811, and died in Norfolk, Va., on 6 March 1878. He attended the Williamston Academy, studied law, and passed the bar in 1831. Biggs served in the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835; the North Carolina House of Commons in 1840 and 1842; the state Senate in 1844 and 1854; the United States House of Representatives, 1845-1847; and the United States Senate, 1855-1858. Biggs also served as United States District Judge for North Carolina, 1858-1861; in the North Carolina Secession Convention; and as a Confederate States judge, 1861-1865. Biggs practiced law in Tarboro, N.C., until 1869, when he moved to Norfolk, Va.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Asa Biggs letter and enclosures, 1856 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878. Papers, 1827-1886. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Francis M. Manning Collection, 1740-1985, undated | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
| referencedIn | Hassell, Cushing Biggs, 1808-1880. Papers, 1814-1926. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| creatorOf | Martin County (N.C.) Papers, ., 1773-1857 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| creatorOf | Asa Biggs Papers, 1832-2003 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| creatorOf | Judge Asa Biggs Journal, 1832, 1858-1872 | East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library | |
| referencedIn | "The steam-boat comes to Norfolk Harbow", concerning steamboat and allied transportation, stagecoaches, taverns, etc. [manuscript] ca. 1947. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | Reid, David Settle, 1813-1891. Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to the President, [1857]. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| referencedIn | Williamston Academy (Martin County, N.C.). Williamston Academy minutes, 1817-1890 [microfilm manuscript]. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878. Asa Biggs papers, 1832; 1857; 2003 [manuscript]. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Grimes family. Grimes family papers, 1713-1947. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Staton, McGilvery M. Papers, 1807-1890. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Satterthwaite, F. B. (Fenner Bryan), 1813-1875. Papers, 1824-1882. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Biggs family. | family |
| associatedWith | Biggs family. | family |
| associatedWith | Biggs, Henry A. | person |
| associatedWith | Biggs, William. | person |
| associatedWith | Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Artillery, 1st. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 17th. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Grimes family. | family |
| associatedWith | Hassell, Cushing Biggs, 1808-1880. | person |
| associatedWith | Reid, David Settle, 1813-1891. | person |
| associatedWith | Satterthwaite, F. B. (Fenner Bryan), 1813-1875. | person |
| associatedWith | Staton, McGilvery M. | person |
| associatedWith | Williamston Academy (Martin County, N.C.) | corporateBody |