Inventor Name
Thompson, Ambrose W.
Repository
Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540-4680
202-707-5387
www.loc.gov
Physical Description
12,000 items. 53 containers plus 2 oversize. 26 linear feet.
Summary
Business and family correspondence, letter books, memoranda, reports, statistical tables, patent papers, stocks and bonds, drawings, maps, and printed matter, including material on the Chiriqui Improvement Co. and other companies in which Thompson was interested. Correspondents include James M. Ashley, Edward F. Beale, Simon Cameron, John A. Dix, William M. Evarts, Lucius Fairchild, Gustavus V. Fox, William H. Hulbert, Thomas F. Meagher, Francis B. Pierpont, Samuel C. Pomeroy, David Dixon Porter, Fitz-John Porter, Samuel Shellabarger, Franz Sigel, Caleb B. Smith, Ambrose Thompson, Jr., Richard W. Thompson, John P. Usher, and Henry A. Wise.
