Thomas H. McGuire letter, 1847 May 31.

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Thomas H. McGuire letter, 1847 May 31.

This letter was written by Thomas McGuire May 31, 1847 in Milford, Ohio, to Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson of Bethel, Morgan County, Illinois, whom the author addressed as "brother and sister." The letter concerns family news, dances, and social life.

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McGuire, Thomas H. (Thomas Horace), né 1849

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Thompson, James Walter, 1847-1928

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James Baird Thompson was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1840. In 1869, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Thompson's brother-in-law, General Edward M. McCook to the post of Territorial Governor of Colorado. McCook in turn named Thompson as his private secretary. Thompson also served as Auditor of Public Accounts and as Special Agent for the Seven Bands of the Ute Indians in Colo. After his resignation as special agent, Thompson moved his family to northeastern Colo. and built the first house a...