William Thornton Research Papers, 1673-1963.

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William Thornton Research Papers, 1673-1963.

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This group of papers relating to the Thornton family, all copies, were made available to Harriet Frorer Durham, a Quaker writer who was working on a biography of Dr. William Thornton (1759-1828), by William Thornton of England. The collection contains genealogical material compiled for William Thornton and photocopies of business and legal papers (1673-1802).

1 box ; .25 linear ft.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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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...

Durham, Harriet Frorer

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William Thornton (1759-1828), physician, architect, and government official, was born in Tortola. He practiced medicine there briefly before moving to the United States. A birthright Quaker and strongly antislavery, he was concerned primarily with colonizing efforts for freed slaves. His best known buildings are the United States Capitol and Woodlawn Plantation in Mount Vernon, Virginia. From the description of William Thornton Research Papers, 1673-1963. (Swarthmore College). WorldC...

Thornton family.

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