Cyrus Thompson Papers, . 1830-1931 (bulk 1876-1931)

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Cyrus Thompson Papers, . 1830-1931 (bulk 1876-1931)

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Cyrus Thompson was a physician of Onslow County, N.C., and a leader of the Populist Party, serving in the General Assembly in 1883 and 1885 and as North Carolina Secretary of State, 1897-1901. The collection, chiefly from 1876, consists of letters received by Cyrus Thompson about state and national politics, family matters, and the medical profession and public health (from prominent men over the southeast). Among the family correspondence are letters received while he was at the University of Virginia and studying medicine in Louisiana in the 1870s, and letters from his son with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Also included are papers pertaining to the military draft of doctors in North Carolina in World War I.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Thompson, Cyrus, 1855-1930

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Cyrus Thompson (1855-1930) was a physician of Onslow County, N.C., and a leader of the Populist Party, serving in the General Assembly in 1883 and 1885 and as North Carolina Secretary of State, 1897-1901. He also served as the Onslow County Superintendent of Health, 1907-1913. From the guide to the Cyrus Thompson Papers, ., 1830-1931, (bulk 1876-1931), (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Physician of Onslow County, N.C., an...