Promissory Notes, August 9, 1800–August 26, 1800

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Promissory Notes, August 9, 1800–August 26, 1800

1800

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/3053969

This series contains the note of B. Wood, dated August 9, 1800, to pay William O'Neale "3 months from date $127.34." The note is signed by Wood, O'Neale, and Commissioners Gustavus Scott and William Thornton. Also included is the August 26, 1800 note of Uriah Forrest to pay Commissioner Gustavus Scott $6,269.92 "on February 4th next."

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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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...