Senior Scholar Records, 2001–2005

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Senior Scholar Records, 2001–2005

2001-2005

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/192795464

This series represents the work that Dr. Robert James Kapsch did during his tenure as Senior Scholar in Historic Engineering and Architecture, National Park Service. These records include several books and articles related to American historic architecture and engineering with a focus on historic canals.

1048 Word files, 19 Tagged Image File Format (TIF) files, 60 Portable Document Format (PDF) files, 3 Microsoft PowerPoint files, 2 Microsoft Excel files, 1 Plain Text File (TXT), and 1 Hypertext Markup Language (HTM) file

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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...