James Redding Grist Business Records, 1780-1920
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TitleJames Redding Grist Business Records, 1780-1920
Creator
Grist, James Redding, d. 1874
Extent
3,269 Items
Repository
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185
Language
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], James Redding Grist Business Records,
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff
Encoded by Alvin Pollock
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Biographical Note
James Redding Grist was a merchant in Washington, N.C.
[top]Collection Overview
Correspondence, accounts, manifests, and other papers, of James Redding Grist, his father, Allen Grist, and of other members of the family. Materials relate to the operation of a general store, trade with the West Indies, Richard Grist's export business in New Bern, N.C., J. R. Grist's turpentine business near Wilmington, N.C., and his efforts to revive his trade in naval stores after the Civil War. Includes taxation lists, ca. 1815-1816, for Beaufort Co., N.C. Correspondents include Henry Toole Clark. A bound volume (shelved and cataloged separately) contains entries relating to the operation of a North Carolina general store and an earlier similar operation in the West Indies. The first half of the volume comprises the Thomas Dickinson ledger from St. Eustatius, West Indies, 1780-1781, with entries documenting payments for rum, madeira, slave clothing, cheese, flour, twine, nails, brown sugar, needles, and other sundries. His relation, if any, to the Grists is not known. The second half of the volume comprises the ledger of Allen Grist of Washington, Beaufort County, NC, 1813-1816, with entries for food, spirits, building material, and other sundries. A few entries in each section record slave transactions: money lent for the purchase of slaves, money paid for their labor, or money received for the actual sale of slaves.
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Subject Headings
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- Grist, James Redding, d. 1874
- Clark, Henry Toole, 1808-1874.
- General stores--North Carolina--Washington.
- Merchants--North Carolina.
- Naval stores.
- New Bern (N.C.)--Commerce.
- Beaufort (N.C.)--History.
- North Carolina--Commerce.
- North Carolina--Commerce--West Indies.
- Slave trade--North Carolina.
- Taxation--North Carolina--Beaufort County.
- Turpentine industry and trade--North Carolina.
- West Indies--Commerce--North Carolina.
- Grist, Allen.
- Grist, Richard.
- North Carolina--Beaufort County--Washington.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | John Kennedy Series | ||||||
| | Correspondence Series | ||||||
| | Financial and Legal Papers Series | ||||||
| | Allen Grist Series | ||||||
 | | Richard Grist Series | ||||||
Detailed Description of Collection
John Kennedy Series
Correspondence, 1796-1812
(Formerly John Kennedy folders)
(Formerly John Kennedy folders)
Financial and Legal papers, 1789-1826 (5 folders)
(Formerly: Kennedy, John: Bills and Accounts folders)
(Formerly: Kennedy, John: Bills and Accounts folders)
Court Documents, 1790 folder
Kennedy, John: Bills and Documents folders
Bills and Documents of John Kennedy folders
Box 2
Tax Lists, 1784-1789
(Formerly Documents: Tax Lists folders)
(Formerly Documents: Tax Lists folders)
Correspondence Series
Formerly Richard Grist folders. (Includes correspondence of Allen, James R., and Richard Grist.)
Box 2
Papers, 1814-1852
(4 folders)
Box 3
Papers,
1853-1860, June
(6 folders)
Box 4
Papers,
1860-1920 and undated
(4 folders)
Financial and Legal Papers Series
Formerly Grist, James Redding and Richard: Bills and Documents folders)
Box 4
Papers,
1812-1816
List of Taxables,
1815-1816
Box 5
Papers,
1817-1819
List of Taxables,
1819
Papers, 1827-1849
(3 folders)
Box 6
Papers,
1850-1857
(5 folders)
Box 7
Papers,
1858-1860
(5 folders)
Box 8
Papers,
1861-1876 and undated
(3 folders)
James R. Grist: Agricultural Memorandum Book,
undated
James R. Grist: Volume of Accounts and Memoranda,
1854-1856
Allen Grist Series
Account Book,
1838-1846
Ledger, 1813-1816, F:1714
Also includes Thomas Dickinson Ledger, 1780-1781.
Ledger,
1814-1825
Richard Grist Series
Daybook,
1821-1824
Daybook,
1824-1827
Box 10
Ledger,
1818-1831
Box 11
Ledger,
1820-1826
