Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885

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American politician.

From the description of Letter signed : "Department of the Interior," to J.S. Black, Attorney-General, 1858 May 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572142

From the description of Letter signed : "Department of the Interior," to J.S. Black, Attorney General, 1857 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572137

From the description of Signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D.C., 1858 Jun. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572144

U.S. secretary of the interior and representative from Mississippi (1839-1851), Confederate army officer, and secret agent.

From the description of Jacob Thompson correspondence, 1841 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980598

U.S. secretary of the interior, 1857-1861; also Mississippi congressman and Confederate secret agent.

From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to Riggs & Co., Washington, [D.C.], 1857 July 9. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40358542

U.S. secretary of the interior and secret agent of the Confederate government.

From the description of Papers, 1859, 1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41395615

Born in North Carolina; graduate of University of North Carolina and member of the Mississippi Bar; practiced law in Pontotoc and Oxford, Mississippi; United States Congressman 1839-1851; Secretary of the Interior 1857-1861; Confederate secret agent in Canada and northern cities.

From the description of Speech, 1847 January 9. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 15799303

Lawyer, congressman, and Secretary of State under James Buchanan, Thompson resigned the secretaryship on January 8, 1861 and joined the Confederacy.

From the description of Letter, December 28, 1860. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 690959906

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Slidell, John, 1793-1871. John Slidell letters and miscellany, 1844-1861. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
creatorOf Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883. Edward Otho Cresap Ord papers, 1840-1887. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Secretary of State boundary records, 1837-1843, 1858-1860, 1873-1877, 1882, 1885-1887, 1911, undated Texas State Archives
referencedIn Thompson family. Thompson family papers, 1809-1924 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883. Jeremiah Sullivan Black Papers, 1813-1894 (inclusive), 1842-1884 (bulk), [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918. John Breckinridge Castleman collection, 1854-1911. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Jacob Thompson ledger, 1800-1810 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Edmundson, Henry Alonzo, 1814-1890. Autograph letter signed : Washington City, to Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, 1857 Mar. 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863. Letter signed "War Department" : to J. Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, 1859 Dec. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Speech, 1847 January 9. University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library
referencedIn James William Denver papers and diary, 1839-1912; 1850 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
referencedIn Letterbook, 1858-1862. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Jeremiah S. Black Papers, 1813-1904, (bulk 1856-1880) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866. Letters, 1817, 1833. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Letter signed : "Department of the Interior," to J.S. Black, Attorney General, 1857 Dec. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Collection of Judah P. Benjamin, undated, 1838, 1854-1884, 1893, 1925, 1930, 1942, 1948, 1854-1884 American Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn New York State Library. Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit. Autographs of American authors and statesmen collection, ca.1770-1865. American Periodical Series I
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. ALS, 1865 October 9 : Paris, to J.S. Black. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
creatorOf Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896. Charles Carleton Coffin papers, 1861-1890. New England Historic Genealogical Society
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Letter, December 28, 1860. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Letter, 1861, January 2, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., to Librarian of Brown University, Providence, R.I. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to Riggs & Co., Washington, [D.C.], 1857 July 9. Newberry Library
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D.C., 1858 Jun. 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Bagg, John Sherman, 1807-1876. Papers of John Sherman Bagg, 1835-1876. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Papers, 1859, 1861. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Letter : [Washington], D.C., to Robert J. Walker, [Washington, D.C.], 1846 Mar. 23. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Weller, John B., 1812-1875. Autograph letter signed : San Francisco, to Jacob Thompson, 1860 Sept. 15. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
creatorOf Bocock, Thomas S., 1815-1891. Papers of Bocock and of the Bocock, Thornhill Christian, Stephens, Flood, Patteson, and Diuguid families of Buckingham and Appomattox counties, 1760-1897. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn Confederate States of America Records, 1854-1889, (bulk 1861-1865) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf United States. Patent Office. Patent, 1858 July 6, granted to Sylvester W. Warren, Brooklyn, N.Y. / Jacob Thompson. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn United States. Dept. of the Interior. Selected documents relating to the International Boundary Commission [microform] : letter book, Mexican boundary. University of Texas at El Paso
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Letter signed : "Department of the Interior," to J.S. Black, Attorney-General, 1858 May 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Texas. Secretary of State. Secretary of State boundary records, 1837-1843. 1858-1860, 1873-1877, 1882, 1885-1887, 1911, undated. Texas State Library & Archives Commission
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Jacob Thompson correspondence, 1841 June. Library of Congress
creatorOf Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885. Letter : [Washington], D.C., to Robert J. Walker, [Washington, D.C.], 1846 Mar. 23. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Charles S. Sydnor Papers, and undated, 1729-1978 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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associatedWith American Philosophical Society. person
correspondedWith Bagg, John Sherman, 1807-1876. person
associatedWith Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884 person
correspondedWith Black, James S. person
associatedWith Black, Jeremiah S. person
associatedWith Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883, person
associatedWith Bocock, Thomas S., 1815-1891. person
associatedWith Brown University. Librarian, corporateBody
associatedWith Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. person
associatedWith Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866. person
associatedWith Castleman, John Breckinridge, 1841-1918. person
associatedWith Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896. person
correspondedWith Confederate States of America corporateBody
correspondedWith Confederate States of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Craig, B. Faneuil person
associatedWith Craig, H. K. person
associatedWith Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876 person
associatedWith Denver, James William, 1863-1898 person
associatedWith Department Of The Interior corporateBody
associatedWith Edmundson, Henry Alonzo, 1814-1890. person
associatedWith Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863. person
correspondedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 person
correspondedWith Hunter, R. M. T. person
correspondedWith Jones, Jehu G. person
correspondedWith Lapham, Increase Allen person
correspondedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 person
associatedWith Mason, Charles person
associatedWith Maury, Matthew F. person
associatedWith Mcpeak, William person
associatedWith National Agricultural Congress corporateBody
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
associatedWith New York State Library. Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit. corporateBody
associatedWith Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883. person
correspondedWith Orr, James L. person
correspondedWith Riggs & Co. corporateBody
correspondedWith Shipp, A. M. person
associatedWith Slidell, John, 1793-1871. person
associatedWith Smithson, James person
associatedWith Sydnor, Charles S., 1898-1954 person
associatedWith Texas. Secretary of State. corporateBody
associatedWith Thompson family. family
associatedWith United States Congress corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Congress. House. corporateBody
correspondedWith United States. Dept. of the Interior corporateBody
associatedWith United States. General Land Office. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Patent Office. corporateBody
associatedWith United States Sanitary Commission corporateBody
associatedWith Varden, John person
associatedWith Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869. person
associatedWith Weller, John B., 1812-1875. person
correspondedWith Worthington, H. H. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America
United States
Mississippi
United States
United States
Liberia
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)
United States
Mississippi
Washington (D.C.)
Subject
Slavery
Accounts
African Americans
Cabinet officers
Cherokee Indians
Cherokee Indians
Cherokee Indians
Delaware Indians
Delaware Indians
Delaware Indians
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Investment banking
Investment of public funds
Manuscripts, American
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Patent Office
Prices
Spies
Occupation
Army officers, Confederate
Cabinet officers
Public officials
Representatives, U.S. Congress
Secret service agents
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Birth 1810-05-15

Death 1885-03-24

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