Papers of Cameron Erskine Thom, 1785-1923 (bulk 1863-1923).

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Papers of Cameron Erskine Thom, 1785-1923 (bulk 1863-1923).

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The collection consists of personal letters, reminiscences, biographical sketches, and photographs related to the life, family, and career of Cameron Erskine Thom. Subject matter represented in the collection includes: the Confederate States of America, Los Angeles (Calif.), and the Thom family.

40 pieces.1 box.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6800167

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

Thom, Cameron Erskine, 1825-1915

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Cameron Erskine Thom (1825-1915) was Los Angeles County district attorney, mayor of Los Angeles (elected 1882) and a California state senator. Born in Culpeper County, VA, Thom moved to California in 1849, and briefly mined before opening a law office in Sacramento. He was appointed agent for the U.S. Land Commission but later moved to Los Angeles, where he became Los Angeles city attorney and Los Angeles County district attorney. During the Civil War, he returned to Virginia to become an office...