Letter from Thomas Johnson to President George Washington

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Letter from Thomas Johnson to President George Washington

1795

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/50665774

In this letter Thomas Johnson refers to a land dispute with Commissioners William Thornton and Gustavus Scott, called the Square West of No. 4., in Washington D. C., and includes a plan of the land and correspondence.

8 sheets

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 11673585

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...