A Guide to the John R. Thompson Collection #5667-c

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John R. Thompson Collection, Accession 5667-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Purchase 1991 June 24

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Letters

John R. Thompson , Richmond, Virginia, to Thomas A. Greene
1846 Apr 17
ALS, 3 p.

[Thompson informed Greene, an autograph collector, about the death of his sister and sent him a list of autographs that he sent to Greene. He also mentioned an Excise-Book [sic] of Robert Burns . ]
John R. Thompson , New York, New York, to B. Johnson Barbour
1870 Oct 20
ALS, 1 p.

[Thompson wrote briefly to Barbour to inform him when he would be in Richmond next.]
R. F. Walker , Richmond, Virginia, to Edward Denham
1876 Jul 25
ALS, 2 p.

[Walker wrote that he was not able to obtain the autographs that Denham was seeking. He also mentioned the autographs of Lee and Jackson. He enclosed a newsclipping (below) with details of the life of John R. Thompson . ]
B. Johnson Barbour , Barboursville, Virginia, to Edward Denham
1876 Sep 12
ALS, 2 p.

[Barbour wrote that he could spare a letter of John R. Thompson 's for Denham. Walker's letter (above) was enclosed with this letter. The postscript mentions a letter Barbour found of Thompson's which he sent.]

Printed

Newsclipping of a eulogy delivered by Benjamin Johnson Barbour on the occasion of the decoration of the graves of Confederate soldiers
1876 Jul
Clipping

[The article includes information about John R. Thompson . ]

A Guide to the John R. Thompson Collection