Jacob Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 15-May-1810
Place of Birth: Leasburg, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 24-Mar-1885
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Jacob Thompson
- Jacob Thompson (May 15, 1810 – March 24, 1885) was the United States Secretary of the Interior, who resigned on the outbreak of the American Civil War, to become Inspector General of the Confederate States Army. In 1864, Jefferson Davis asked Thompson to lead a delegation to Canada, where he appears to have been leader of the Confederate Secret Service.
- From here, he is known to have organised many anti-Union plots and was suspected of many more, including a possible meeting with Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Union troops burned down his mansion in Oxford, Mississippi, the hometown of William Faulkner, who based some of his fictional characters on Thompson.
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.02849. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 5261 A <P&P>[P&P]
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| Description | American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 May 1822 | 15 January 1896 | |
| Location of birth/death | Warren County | Manhattan | |
| Work period | from 1844 until circa 1887 | ||
| Work location | New York City, Washington, D.C. | ||
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Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.02849. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 5261 A <P&P>[P&P]
License: CC-PD-Mark
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