Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #4469-z
                    JOHN W. THOMPSON LETTERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Three letters, 1846-1848, from John W. Thompson in
           Richmond, Va., to his brother, Anderson Thompson in
           Botetourt County, Va.  John Thompson represented
           Botetourt County in the Virginia House of Delegates;
           Anderson Thompson managed his brother's farming
           interests in his absence.  Among the topics mentioned
           in the letters are bills before the House, including
           some having direct impact on Botetourt County;
           Thompson's efforts to line up support for Botetourt
           County legislation among other delegates; and local
           Botetourt County politics.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Botetourt County (Va.)--History--1775-1865.
   Thompson, Anderson, fl. 1846-1848.
   Thompson, John W., 1846-1848.
   Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1865.
   Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates.

Size:      About 3 items.

Provenance:    Purchased from Louis Ginsberg of Petersberg, Va.,
               in Novmeber 1986.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was rehoused under the
                   sponsorship of a grant from the National
                   Endowment for the Humanities, Office of
                   Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or 
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.