TY  - GEN
AU  - Thompson,Ambrose W.
TI  - Ambrose W. Thompson papers,
KW  - Ashley, James Mitchell,
KW  - Beale, Edward Fitzgerald,
KW  - Cameron, Simon,
KW  - Dix, John A.
KW  - Evarts, William Maxwell,
KW  - Fairchild, Lucius,
KW  - Fox, Gustavus Vasa,
KW  - Hurlbert, William Henry,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Meagher, Thomas Francis,
KW  - Pattison, Juan
KW  - Pierpont, Francis Harrison,
KW  - Pomeroy, S. C.
KW  - Porter, David D.
KW  - Porter, Fitz-John,
KW  - Shellabarger, Samuel,
KW  - Sigel, Franz,
KW  - Smith, Caleb B.
KW  - Thompson, Ambrose,
KW  - Thompson, Richard W.
KW  - Usher, John Palmer,
KW  - Wise, Henry A.
KW  - Thompson family
KW  - Chiriqui Improvement Company
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Colonization
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Canals
KW  - Freedmen
KW  - Land speculation
KW  - Mines and mineral resources
KW  - Panama
KW  - Railroads
KW  - Steamboats
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Chiriquí (Panama : Province)
KW  - History
KW  - To 1903
KW  - Businessmen
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113.3
ER  -