Ambrose W. Thompson papers

LC control no.	mm 79042804
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Thompson, Ambrose W. » More like this
Main title	Ambrose W. Thompson papers, 1847-1960 (bulk 1860-1882).
Description	12,000 items. 53 containers plus 2 oversize. 26 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	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.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Businessman. Born 1811. Died 1882.
Summary	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.
Notes	Collection material in English, with Spanish, German, and French. MSS42804
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113>
Acquisition source	Gift, John A. Thompson, 1959. Gift, Paul J. Scheips, 1960.
Subjects	Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896--Correspondence. » More like this Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893--Correspondence. » More like this Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889--Correspondence. » More like this Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879--Correspondence. » More like this Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901--Correspondence. » More like this Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896--Correspondence. » More like this Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883--Correspondence. » More like this Hurlbert, William Henry, 1827-1895--Correspondence. » More like this Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Correspondence. » More like this Meagher, Thomas Francis, 1823-1867--Correspondence. » More like this Pattison, Juan--Correspondence. » More like this Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899--Correspondence. » More like this Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891--Correspondence. » More like this Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891--Correspondence. » More like this Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901--Correspondence. » More like this Shellabarger, Samuel, 1888-1954--Correspondence. » More like this Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902--Correspondence. » More like this Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864--Correspondence. » More like this Thompson, Ambrose, Jr.--Correspondence. » More like this Thompson, Richard W. (Richard Wigginton), 1809-1900--Correspondence. » More like this Usher, John Palmer, 1816-1889--Correspondence. » More like this Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876--Correspondence. » More like this Thompson family--Correspondence. » More like this Chiriqui Improvement Company. » More like this African Americans--Colonization. » More like this African Americans--Washington (D.C.) » More like this Canals. » More like this Freedmen--Colonization. » More like this Land speculation. » More like this Mines and mineral resources--Panama. » More like this Railroads. » More like this Steamboats. » More like this Transportation--Panama. » More like this Chiriquí (Panama : Province) » More like this Panama--Colonization. » More like this Panama--History--To 1903. » More like this Businessmen.
Local shelving no.	0456A Oversize 4:11
Language code	eng fre ger spa
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012113.3>