grist James Redding Grist Business Records, 1780-1920 Processed by Rubenstein Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Alvin Pollock 1997

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Descriptive Summary James Redding Grist Business Records, 1780-1920 Grist, James Redding, d. 1874 3,269 Items Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185

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[Identification of item], James Redding Grist Business Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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Biographical Note

James Redding Grist was a merchant in Washington, N.C.

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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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. Contents of Collection John Kennedy Series 1 Correspondence, 1796-1812 (Formerly John Kennedy folders) Financial and Legal papers, 1789-1826 (5 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 2 Tax Lists, 1784-1789 (Formerly Documents: Tax Lists folders) Correspondence Series

Formerly Richard Grist folders. (Includes correspondence of Allen, James R., and Richard Grist.)

2 Papers, 1814-1852 (4 folders) 3 Papers, 1853-1860, June (6 folders) 4 Papers, 1860-1920 and undated (4 folders) Financial and Legal Papers Series

Formerly Grist, James Redding and Richard: Bills and Documents folders)

4 Papers, 1812-1816 List of Taxables, 1815-1816 5 Papers, 1817-1819 List of Taxables, 1819 Papers, 1827-1849 (3 folders) 6 Papers, 1850-1857 (5 folders) 7 Papers, 1858-1860 (5 folders) 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 8 Account Book, 1838-1846 Ledger, 1813-1816, F:1714

Also includes Thomas Dickinson Ledger, 1780-1781.

Ledger, 1814-1825 Richard Grist Series 9 Daybook, 1821-1824 Daybook, 1824-1827 10 Ledger, 1818-1831 11 Ledger, 1820-1826