Thornton, Anna Maria Brodeau 1775?-1865 creator mixed material monographic eng fre 7 7 Seven bound volumes containing diaries, journals, essays, log of household visitors, daily log of activities, household accounts, silhouettes of unidentified people, and other papers primarily describing social life in Washington, D.C., with extensive detail about housekeeping and expense matters. There are gaps in the diaries, with a major one occurring during the years 1816-1827. Includes entries relating to the schedule and work of Thornton's husband, architect William Thornton, on the east elevation of the Capitol, correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, visits to President Jefferson's home, a smallpox outbreak, paving of Pennsylvania Avenue, the British invasion of Washington, D.C., in 1814, the gun explosion on the steamship Princeton in 1844, inauguration of President James K. Polk in 1845, return of land to Virginia from Washington, D.C., in 1846, trips to Virginia, North Carolina, and Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Thornton's years spent in Tortola, Virgin Islands. A collection of autographs includes signatures of Henry Clay, James Madison, and John Peter Van Ness. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 13,818. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1967. Wife of architect William Thornton. Collection material in English and French. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007091 Clay, Henry 1777-1852 Autographs Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Correspondence Madison, James 1751-1836 Autographs Polk, James K. (James Knox) 1795-1849 Inauguration, 1845 Thornton, William 1759-1828 Van Ness, John Peter 1770-1846 Autographs Princeton (Steamship) United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Smallpox Massachusetts Description and travel Newburyport (Mass.) Description and travel North Carolina Description and travel Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.) Tortola (British Virgin Islands) Social life and customs United States History War of 1812 Campaigns Virgin Islands Social life and customs Virginia Boundaries Washington (D.C.) Virginia Description and travel Washington (D.C.) Boundaries Virginia Washington (D.C.) History Capture by the British, 1814 Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs mm 80051862 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007091 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007091.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007091 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007091.3 Open to research. DLC 810119 20260227111704.0 mm 80051862