04784cpcaa2200781 4500 mm 79042804 DLC 20260227111657.0 cr ||||||||||| 850606|||||||||||| eng mm 79042804 DLC DLC DLC dacs eng fre ger spa W lcmd Thompson, Ambrose W. Ambrose W. Thompson papers, 1847-1960 (bulk 1860-1882). 12,000 items. 53 containers plus 2 oversize. 26 linear feet. Arranged in 9 series. Series 1: Memoranda Book, 1860; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1860-1895; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1847-1896; Series 4: Letterbooks, 1851-1882; Series 5: Business Papers, circa 1850-1882; Series 6: Chiriqui Improvement Company File, 1851-1960; Series 7: Financial Papers; Series 8: Miscellany; and Series 9: Oversize. Open to research. Business and family correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, reports, statistical tables, patent papers, stocks and bonds, printed matter, drawings, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Thompson's business interests in canals, land speculation, railroads, and steamships. Records of the Chiriqui Improvement Company pertain to its efforts to establish a colony of freedmen from the District of Columbia in Chiriqui Province, Panama, as well as to develop the company's transportation and mining interests in Panama. Includes correspondence of Thompson's son, Ambrose Thompson, Jr., pertaining to his role in his father's enterprises. Correspondents include James Mitchell Ashley, Edward Fitzgerald Beale, Simon Cameron, John A. Dix, William Maxwell Evarts, Lucius Fairchild, Gustavus Vasa Fox, William Henry Hurlbert, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Francis Meagher, Juan Pattison, Francis Harrison Pierpont, S.C. Pomeroy, David D. Porter, Fitz-John Porter, Samuel Shellabarger, Franz Sigel, Caleb B. Smith, Richard W. Thompson, John Palmer Usher, and Henry A. Wise. Businessman. Born 1811. Died 1882. Collection material in English, with Spanish, German, and French. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113 Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896 Correspondence. Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893 Correspondence. Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Correspondence. Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879 Correspondence. Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901 Correspondence. Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896 Correspondence. Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883 Correspondence. Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895 Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Correspondence. Meagher, Thomas Francis, 1823-1867 Correspondence. Pattison, Juan Correspondence. Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 Correspondence. Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891 Correspondence. Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891 Correspondence. Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 Correspondence. Shellabarger, Samuel, 1888-1954 Correspondence. Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902 Correspondence. Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864 Correspondence. Thompson, Ambrose, Jr. Correspondence. Thompson, Richard W. (Richard Wigginton), 1809-1900 Correspondence. Usher, John Palmer, 1816-1889 Correspondence. Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 Correspondence. Thompson family Correspondence. Chiriqui Improvement Company. African Americans Colonization. African Americans Washington (D.C.) Canals. Freedmen Colonization. Land speculation. Mines and mineral resources Panama. Railroads. Steamboats. Transportation Panama. Chiriquí (Panama : Province) Panama Colonization. Panama History To 1903. Businessmen. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113.3 42312 42312