Thomas Francis Meagher

 

Thomas Francis Meagher Sources at Lewis & Clark Library Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center Online Resources

 

 

Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867) was an Irish patriot who was charged with sedition, exiled, and later escaped from Tasmania. After fleeing to the United States, he served in the Union army during the Civil War as a general. In 1895 he was appointed secretary and acting governor of the Montana Territory. His term was burdened with the Bozeman Trail Indian attacks in 1867, political clashes created by the Civil War, and ongoing debates concerning statehood. His disappearance in 1867 from a boat docked in Fort Benton has been the subject of controversy.

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

1. Athearn, Robert G. Thomas Francis Meagher: an Irish revolutionary in America. New York: Arno Press, 1976. [Shelfmark M B MEAGHER]
2. Lyons, W. F. Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher, His Political and Military Career: With Selections from His Speeches and Writings. Danbury, Conn.: Archer Editions Press, 1975. [Shelfmark M B MEAGHER]
3. Stevens, Christian D. Meagher of the Sword: A Dramatization of the Life of Thomas Francis Meagher. New York: Dodd, Mead 1967. [Shelfmark M B MEAGHER]
4. Thomas Francis Meagher: The Making of an Irish American. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2006. [Shelfmark M B MEAGHER]
5. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch. Vol. 1. Helena, Montana: William C. Campbell, 1951. 193. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 C]
6. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch. Vol. 2. Helena, Montana: Bell-Arm Corp., 1964. 6. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 C]
7. Stout, Tom. Montana, Its Story and Biography; a History of Aboriginal and Territorial Montana and Three Decades of Statehood. Vol. 1. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921. 300-303. [Shelfmark M 978.6 STOUT]
8. Baumler, Ellen. Beyond Spirit Tailings. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society, 2005. 17, 34, 53-54. [Shelfmark M133.1097 B]
9. Spencer, Patrica C. Helena, Montana: Queen City of the Rockies and the Broadwater Hotel. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. 92-93. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 S]
10. Paladin, Vivian, and Jean Baucus. Helena an Illustrated History. Helena, Mont.: Montana Historical Society Press, 1996. 121. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 P]
11. Burgess, Hank. "Remembering Meagher." Independent Record 9 January 2002: C1.
12. Smith, Jeffery J. The Montana 2000 History Calendar. Missoula, Montana: Historic Montana, 1999. [Shelfmark M 978.6 SMITH]
13. Hearne, John. Thomas Francis Meagher: The Making of an Irish American. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2006. [Shelfmark MB MEAGHER]
14. Wheeler, Richard S. The Exile. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2003. [Shelfmark  POPULAR FICTION]

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

1. Hearne, John. Thomas Francis Meagher: The Making of an Irish American. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2006. [Shelfmark B M46H 2006]
2. Forney, Gary R. Thomas Francis Meagher: Irish Rebel, American Yankee, Montana Pioneer. Ennis, Montana: G. R. Forney, 2003. [Shelfmark B M46F 2003]
3. Wheeler, Richard S. The Exile. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2003. [Shelfmark F W567EX 2003]
4. Watson, Reg. A. The Life and Times of Thomas Francis Meagher (A Biography). Sandy Bay, Tasmania: Anglo-Saxon Keltic Society, 1989. [Shelfmark PAM 2814]
5. Vertical Files Nos. 1-3, "Meagher, Thomas Frances."
6. Burgess, Hank. "Remembering Meagher." Independent Record 9 January 2002: C1.
7. Thomas Francis Meagher Collection, 1846-1946 (Small Collection 309).

 

Online Resources

 

1. "Thomas Francis Meagher." Answers.Com. 2007. Answers Corporation. 20 June 2007.
2. "Thomas Francis Meagher." The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 2007. Columbia University Press. 2 August 2007.
3. Burgess, Hank. "Remembering Meagher." Independent Record 9 January 2002: C1.

 

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