A Guide to the John R. Thompson Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 5667-c
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
John R. Thompson Collection, Accession 5667-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase 1991 June 24
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- B. Johnson Barbour
- Benjamin Johnson Barbour
- Edward Denham
- John R. Thompson
- R. F. Walker
- Robert Burns
- Thomas A. Greene
Item Listing
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John R. Thompson , Richmond, Virginia, to Thomas A. Greene1846 Apr 17ALS, 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 . ]
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John R. Thompson , New York, New York, to B. Johnson Barbour1870 Oct 20ALS, 1 p.
[Thompson wrote briefly to Barbour to inform him when he would be in Richmond next.]
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R. F. Walker , Richmond, Virginia, to Edward Denham1876 Jul 25ALS, 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 . ]
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B. Johnson Barbour , Barboursville, Virginia, to Edward Denham1876 Sep 12ALS, 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.]