United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Chiriqui Colonization Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10069
Scope and Contents
The Chiriqui Colonization Project Collection comprises 6 folders of materials related to President Abraham Lincoln’s project to resettle free African Americans in a colony (dubbed “Linconia” in the press) in Northwest Panama. The collection holds documents and personal correspondence related to the project, mostly by colonization agents Ambrose W. Thompson and Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy. Included in the collection are meeting minutes from the Chiriqui Improvement Company giving Thompson...
Dates:
1858-1897, bulk 1873-1897
James Parkison Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5007
Scope and Contents
Consists of 11 letters (October 1864 to March 1866) written by the Newark, Ohio printer and pro-war Republican James Parkison. All are directed to his brother William, who for most of the correspondence was serving with the Union army in Tennessee.
Dates:
1864-1866