Thompson, Jeff

Publication

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Thompson, Jeff

Entry/Object ID

L9999.999.1640

Description

Thompson, Jeff is a file collection of information about Merriwether Jeff Thompson, mayor of St. Joseph in 1860, who left his post to join the Confederate Army, and was known as the "Swamp Fox" of the Civil War. Included are: Missouri's Forgotten General, M. Jeff Thompson and the Civil War, Missouri Historical Review, pp 237-258 Thompson Family Geneology, pp. 113-138 History of the First & Second Missouri Confederate Brigades, 1861-1865, by R.S. Bevier, p 61. Poems, by M. Jeff Thompson, typewritten from a diary owned by Atwood O'Neil, Fort Delaware Society. Letters to and from Robert O'Neill, JR., a descendant of M. Jeff Thompson. Note on Mrs. M. Jeff Thompson's mental status, from St. Joseph Morning Herald, Sept. 2, 1864. Phantom general of Confederacy, news article in Rural Missouri by Shannon Graham Copy of obituary: A Good Man Gone, for Merriwether Jeff Thompson Handwritten letter from Col. M. Jeff Thompson, dated Feb 22, 1861 to Martha Washington Thompson, his daughter at St. Joseph, MO. Obituary of John W. Bailey, William Albert Bailey, date of article not given Typewritten letter from M. Jeff Thompson to Governor R. M. Stewart, dated January 14th, 1859 concerning revival of militia laws, requesting guns, and marking his opinion about the railroad route to Pikes Peak. Address of Alan B. Deck, great great grandson from North Carolina Address of Horace Thompson, II in New Orleans, who has Jeff Thompson material. Pony Express Speech given by Jeff Thompson to inaugurate the mail service, April 3, 1960. Timely Observations column by Fred Slater in St. Joseph NewsPress about the gravestone of Jeff Thompson and his father. copies of Jeff Thompson's speech, articles that have been printed about him, copies of the Thompson Family and numerous writings of Jeff Thompson. 120/File Folder

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pamphlet

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Civil wars, Mayors

Search Terms

St. Joseph History, Genealogy, Thompson, M. Jeff

Publication Details

Author

Thompson

Place Published

Location

Various

Date Published

9999

Call No.

StJoArea TH

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good