Papers (1772-1861) including financial records, correspondence, deeds, records of Masonic Order, and miscellaneous.
Newsom Pittman Jones attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1838 and 1839 and returned to Tarboro to practice in Edgecombe County. Much of the Pittman material consists of financial records (1847-1861), the bulk of them being bills for medical services and invoices for clothing, an instrument case, salt, and horses. There is a property tax listing (1860) which reflects the value for lots, acres, enslaved persons between the ages of twelve and fifty, silverware, a gold watch and chain, railroad and bank stock, bonds, and a carriage. Items pertaining to the enslavement of humans include a bill of transferring Clem, a fifty year old enslaved person from their previous enslaver to their new enslaver Pittman (1847), a coffin for an enslaved black woman (1858), bills for medical services, some for enslaved black persons (1859, 1861), and a deed of sale transferring Ned, Pink (?), Tomy, Sabry, Diney, Martin, and Mehaley, enslaved persons, from their previous enslaver to their new enslaver Joesph Battle by John Andrews (1816).
Masonic Order related materials were sent to Concord Lodge #58 in Tarboro and include an 1812 bill for entertainment for members, a request to be raised to Master Mason (1823), notices that various members had been expelled from their Lodges (1829, 1848), and a notice that a member had passed to Master Mason (1841).
Church-related materials include a statement (1819?) by the Neuse Association opposing membership in the Masonic Order by church members, a description (1820) of the organization and governance of the Church of Jesus Christ, a request (1822) that a member be restored to communion, a statement (1841) of membership in the Baptist Church of Nash County, and an undated deed for a parcel of land for the Primitive Baptist Church of Tarboro.
Land records include indentures for lands in Edgecombe County (1772, 1795, 1813, and 1860).
Miscellaneous materials consist of undated invitations from A. C. Kingsland and Hamilton Fish for entertainment at their residences in New York City, an invitation (1855) from Dr. Jackson of Philadelphia, and an undated composition by Mary O. Ballance entitled, "Effects of Fashion."
Gift of Mr. B. M. Bass, Jr.
Processed by M. Boccaccio, July 1987
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Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, May 2023
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