Waddy Thompson papers, 1826-1882 (bulk 1840-1857).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 100 items; 1 container; 0.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 -- Correspondence
- Butler, A. P. (Andrew Pickens), 1796-1857 -- Correspondence
- Butler, Pierce Mason, 1798-1847 -- Correspondence
- Corwin, Thomas, 1794-1865 -- Correspondence
- Gardiner, George A., 1818-1854 -- Correspondence
- Gardiner, John C. (John Charles) -- Correspondence
- Legaré, Hugh Swinton, 1797-1843 -- Correspondence
- Martin, William Dickinson, 1789-1833 -- Correspondence
- Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869 -- Correspondence
- Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860 -- Correspondence
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862
- Thompson family
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Mexico
- Nullification (States' rights)
- Plantations
- Slavery -- United States
- Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States
- South Carolina -- Politics and government
- South Carolina -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1841-1845
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Diplomats
- Lawyers
- Representatives, U.S. Congress -- South Carolina
Open to research.
Chiefly correspondence relating to Southern antebellum life and to political crises in which Thompson was involved including the nullification crisis and relations with Mexico. Subjects include South Carolina and national politics, the John Tyler presidential administration, plantation life including the sale of slaves and land, and slavery. Includes Thompson family papers. Correspondents include George Bancroft, A.P. Butler, Pierce Mason Butler, Thomas Corwin, George A. Gardiner, John C. Gardiner, Hugh Swinton Legaré, William Dickinson Martin, James Lewis Petigru, F.W. Pickens, and William C. Preston.
U.S. representative from South Carolina, lawyer, and diplomat.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013076
Collection material in English.
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