William Sydney Thayer papers, 1835-1901 (bulk 1835-1895).
- 600 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, dispatches, journals, essays, addresses, poems, family papers, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Thayer's service as consul general in Egypt. Subjects include Henry Lawrence Kinney and his 1855 Nicaraguan expedition, in which Thayer participated; Nathaniel Prentiss Banks; and Thayer family genealogy. Correspondents include John Bigelow, Francis Dainese, Charles Hale, Henry Lawrence Kinney, and family members including Abijah Wyman Thayer, James Bradley Thayer, and Sarah S. Thayer.
Newspaper correspondent, editor, and U.S. counsul general in Egypt.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010249
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Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894. Bigelow, John, 1817-1911 --Correspondence. Dainese, Francis--Correspondence. Hale, Charles, 1831-1882 --Correspondence. Kinney, Henry Lawrence, 1814-1961 or 1965 --Correspondence. Thayer, Abijah Wyman, 1796-1864 --Correspondence. Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902 --Correspondence. Thayer, Sarah S.--Correspondence. Thayer family. Thayer family--Correspondence.
Diplomatic and consular service, American--Egypt. Genealogy.
Egypt--Foreign relations--United States. Nicaragua--Foreign relations--United States. Nicaragua--History--Filibuster War, 1855-1860. United States--Foreign relations--Egypt. United States--Foreign relations--Nicaragua.