Letter from Anonymous

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Letter from Anonymous

1815

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/66394093

This is a letter written by Anonymous, to "Respected Friend," and marked confidential. This person complains of Dr. William Thornton, superintendent of the patent office, and thinks him dangerously unfit. Numerous reasons and examples are given, and he is labeled a "violent opportunist."

2 sheets

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 11673583

National Archives at College Park

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Thornton, William, 1759-1828

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William Thornton, architect, inventor, and public official, was born in the Virgin Islands on May 20, 1759, of English parents. He came to the United States in 1787 and became a citizen in 1788. On September 12, 1794 Thornton was appointed one of the commissioners of the new federal city of Washington. He championed his own design for the Capitol and the north wing had been constructed in accordance with his ideas by the time Congress removed to Washington in 1800. In 1802 Congress abolished the...