Asa Biggs letter and enclosures 1856

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Asa Biggs letter and enclosures 1856

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One letter and two envelops from North Carolinian jurist and politician, United States Congress Member. The letter, sent to Kennedy Furlong of New York City, describes Biggs' political career.

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6314874

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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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...