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100 1 _aThornton, Anna Maria Brodeau,
_d1775?-1865.
245 0 0 _aAnna Maria Brodeau Thornton papers,
_f1793-1861.
300 _a7
_fitems.
300 _a7
_fcontainers.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aSeven 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.
520 8 _aIncludes 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition available,
_dno. 13,818.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1967.
545 0 _aWife of architect William Thornton.
546 _aCollection material in English and French.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007091
600 1 0 _aClay, Henry,
_d1777-1852
_vAutographs.
600 1 0 _aJefferson, Thomas,
_d1743-1826.
600 1 0 _aJefferson, Thomas,
_d1743-1826
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMadison, James,
_d1751-1836
_vAutographs.
600 1 0 _aPolk, James K.
_q(James Knox),
_d1795-1849
_xInauguration, 1845.
600 1 0 _aThornton, William,
_d1759-1828.
600 1 0 _aVan Ness, John Peter,
_d1770-1846
_vAutographs.
610 2 0 _aPrinceton (Steamship)
610 2 0 _aUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
650 0 _aSmallpox.
651 0 _aMassachusetts
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aNewburyport (Mass.)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aNorth Carolina
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aPennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)
651 0 _aTortola (British Virgin Islands)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yWar of 1812
_xCampaigns.
651 0 _aVirgin Islands
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aVirginia
_xBoundaries
_zWashington (D.C.)
651 0 _aVirginia
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xBoundaries
_zVirginia.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xHistory
_yCapture by the British, 1814.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xSocial life and customs.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007091
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007091.3
999 _c42891
_d42891