Jacob Thompson (Congressional Biographical Directory)
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"Thompson, Jacob," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000203.
THOMPSON, Jacob, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Leasburg, Caswell County, N.C., May 15, 1810; attended the public schools and Bingham Academy in Orange County; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1831; member of the faculty of the University of North Carolina in 1831 and 1832; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Pontotoc, Miss., in 1835; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-
Dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, November 19, 1863
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Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Photographer: Alexander Gardner
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Visit of the President to North Carolina,” May 19, 1859
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“Visit of the President to North Carolina,” Fayetteville (NC) Observer, May 19, 1859
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Visit of the President to North Carolina
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“Visit of the President to North Carolina,” Fayetteville (NC) Observer, May 19, 1859, p. 2: 4.
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Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania, 1863, detail
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Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania--1863--Hanover Junction Railroad yards (detail of tracks, engine, boxcar, and crowd)
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Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania, 1863
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 16, 2009.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Original caption
Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania--1863--Hanover Junction Railroad yards (detail of tracks, engine, boxcar, and crowd)
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Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress