Jacob Thompson

Thompson between 1855 and 1865, by [[Matthew Brady]] 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 and became the 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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  1. Speech of Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, on the Oregon bill : delivered in the House of Representatives, January 30, 1845.
    Speech of Mr Thompson of Mississippi on the Oregon bill
    delivered in the House of Representatives January 30 1845
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