Chiriqui (Panama : Province)

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...