Item Description: Note, dated 5 February 1864, written from Silas Biglow to Colonel E. W. Hubard.  The note states that it accompanies an insurance renewal receipt, and discusses the increased interest rates for insurance companies.

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Item citation: From folder 188 in the Hubard Family Papers #360, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Item transcription:

Walkers Ch. Feby 5. 1864

Col. E. W. Hubard,

Dr. Sir,

I enclose your renewal receipt for $5000 in Albemarle ins.e Comp.y.  You will see the promissor is increased from 3/4 to 1 percent made necessary by the heavy tax-ation and general increase of expenses. It is still lower than the general rates of other companies.  You can deposit the promissor at your con-venience to my credit in Bank at Farmville.

Yours respy

Silas Biglow