Letter : Washington, to George Washington, Mount Vernon, 1798 Oct. 18.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter : Washington, to George Washington, Mount Vernon, 1798 Oct. 18.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22919448

Letter signed by Scott, Thornton, and White; enclosed an estimate of the cost of houses Washington proposed to build in Washington; Washington later agreed to the terms for building two houses.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 26 cm.

George Washington University

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7089024

George Washington University

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Thornton, William, 1759-1828

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq7xxc (person)

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...

Wright, W. Lloyd (William Lloyd), 1876-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61835kq (person)

Washington, George, 1732-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r31qfk (person)

George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

White, Alexander, 1738-1804

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf3gch (person)

White was a prominent Virginia statesman. From the description of ALS, 1776 June 27 : Winchester, to Major General Charles Lee. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14152881 U.S. representative from Virginia From the description of Alexander White correspondence, 1788 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981350 ...

United States. Commissioners of the City of Washington

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz8038 (corporateBody)

Commissioners appointed to lay out the city of Washington: Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. From the description of Letter : Washington, to George Washington, Mount Vernon, 1798 Oct. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22919448 ...

Scott, Gustavus, 1753-1800

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z05m9w (person)

Lawyer and delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress from Maryland. From the description of Gustavus Scott correspondence, 1797-1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980423 ...