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040 _aDLC
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100 1 _aThompson, Ambrose W.
245 0 0 _aAmbrose W. Thompson papers,
_f1847-1960
_g(bulk 1860-1882).
300 _a12,000
_fitems.
300 _a53
_fcontainers plus
_a2
_foversize.
300 _a26
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged 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.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aBusiness 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.
545 0 _aBusinessman. Born 1811. Died 1882.
546 _aCollection material in English, with Spanish, German, and French.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113
600 1 0 _aAshley, James Mitchell,
_d1824-1896
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBeale, Edward Fitzgerald,
_d1822-1893
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCameron, Simon,
_d1799-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDix, John A.
_q(John Adams),
_d1798-1879
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEvarts, William Maxwell,
_d1818-1901
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFairchild, Lucius,
_d1831-1896
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFox, Gustavus Vasa,
_d1821-1883
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHurlbert, William Henry,
_d1827-1895
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeagher, Thomas Francis,
_d1823-1867
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPattison, Juan
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPierpont, Francis Harrison,
_d1814-1899
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPomeroy, S. C.
_q(Samuel Clarke),
_d1816-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPorter, David D.
_q(David Dixon),
_d1813-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPorter, Fitz-John,
_d1822-1901
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aShellabarger, Samuel,
_d1888-1954
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSigel, Franz,
_d1824-1902
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSmith, Caleb B.
_q(Caleb Blood),
_d1808-1864
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aThompson, Ambrose,
_cJr.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aThompson, Richard W.
_q(Richard Wigginton),
_d1809-1900
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aUsher, John Palmer,
_d1816-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWise, Henry A.
_q(Henry Alexander),
_d1806-1876
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aThompson family
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aChiriqui Improvement Company.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xColonization.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aCanals.
650 0 _aFreedmen
_xColonization.
650 0 _aLand speculation.
650 0 _aMines and mineral resources
_zPanama.
650 0 _aRailroads.
650 0 _aSteamboats.
650 0 _aTransportation
_zPanama.
651 0 _aChiriquí (Panama : Province)
651 0 _aPanama
_xColonization.
651 0 _aPanama
_xHistory
_yTo 1903.
656 7 _aBusinessmen.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113.3
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