Thompson, R. Aug. (Robert Augustine), 1805-1876

found: Opinion of the Board of U.S. Land Commissioners in Case No. 92, John A. Sutter, claimant, for the place called "New Helvetia", containing 33 square leagues of land, 1858?title page (delivered by Commissioner R.A. Thompson)

found: Andres Castillero vs. The United States, for the New Almaden Quicksilver Mines, in the County of Santa Clara, 1856:title page (opinion of Commissioner R. Aug. Thompson, dissenting from the majority of the Board)

found: Wikipedia, May 22, 2024(Robert A. Thompson; Robert Augustine Thompson (February 14, 1805 - August 31, 1876) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Thomas Larkin Thompson; born near Culpeper Court House, Virginia, Thompson attended a private school at Gallipolis, Ohio, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia where he studied law; he was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia); he served as member of the State senate from 1839 to 1846; Thompson was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849); he declined to be a candidate for reelection; he then served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852 and as a member of the Board of Visitors to the University of Virginia in 1852; he moved to San Francisco, California in 1853; he was appointed in 1853 as a member of a commission to settle private land claims in California, and was appointed by the Governor as a reporter of the California Supreme Court in 1870; he served as a member of the Justices' Court of San Francisco from 1870 until his death in San Francisco, California in 1876)