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DANIEL AUGUSTUS TOMPKINS, #724, 1838-1919

Correspondence and other papers of Tompkins of Charlotte, North Carolina, an engineer, iron and textile manufacturer, member of the U.S. Industrial Commission, and publisher of the Charlotte Observer and the Greenville (South Carolina) News. Topics reflected in the collection include blacks living in Ontario (1908) and the racial climate in the South (1909). Microfilm available.