Judge Asa Biggs Journal, 1832, 1858-1872

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Judge Asa Biggs Journal, 1832, 1858-1872

1832-1872

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1037

Journal (1832, 1858-1872) of North Carolina Democratic attorney, politician and judge Asa Biggs, 1811-1878, who served as U. S. Representative, 1845-1847, U. S. Senator, 1855-1858, U. S. District Judge, NC, 1858-1861, Confederate judge, 1861-1865, including lists of acquaintances, newspaper clippings of items written by the Biggs, including Biography of Hon. David S. Reid, Sketch of Martin County, Journal of a trip to and from Williamston, NC to New York, in 1932, and Biggs' autobiography, written March - July 1865; Photocopy of transcript of Autobiography of Asa Biggs including a journal of a Trip from NC to New York in 1832 (Bulletin No. 19, Publications of the NC Historical Commission.)

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1037

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878

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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 Car...