Jane Augusta Washington Thornton 3 A.LL.S. and separate postscript, March 20-April 3, 1830 : to George Corbin Washington, Washington City
1830
MSS L2022G120.1-3
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Title
Jane Augusta Washington Thornton 3 A.LL.S. and separate postscript, March 20-April 3, 1830 : to George Corbin Washington, Washington City
Published
1830
Description
[4] items
Call Number
MSS L2022G120.1-3
Note
Jane Augusta Washington Thornton(daughter of George Washington's half-brother Augustin Washington, Jr.) writes to her nephew George Corbin Washington (son of her brother William Augustin Washington who had married a niece of George Washington), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives to assist her in getting a widow's pension in recognition the revolutionary war service of her husband, Lt. Col. John Thornton, who died in 1822.
Letter [1]. March 20, 1830 -- letter [2]. March 28, 1830 -- letter [3]. April 3, 1830 and P.S. [undated].
Thornton's letters depict the difficult attempt to get Congress to support the claims for service during the revolutionary war; also shows her affection and involvement with her extended family & her financial distress.
Letter [3] & P.S.: a detailed account of her husband's military service, emphasizing that he never resigned his commission and was never paid for his service. Noting their ties to their illustrious kinsman, George Washington, she wrote: "… we connect the tie of blood and the constant manifestation of friendship, which bound both your Uncle and myself to the Father of his country, our illustrious Washington, under whose eye he fought in the most tr[y]ing times of our struggle"
Letter [1]. March 20, 1830 -- letter [2]. March 28, 1830 -- letter [3]. April 3, 1830 and P.S. [undated].
Thornton's letters depict the difficult attempt to get Congress to support the claims for service during the revolutionary war; also shows her affection and involvement with her extended family & her financial distress.
Letter [3] & P.S.: a detailed account of her husband's military service, emphasizing that he never resigned his commission and was never paid for his service. Noting their ties to their illustrious kinsman, George Washington, she wrote: "… we connect the tie of blood and the constant manifestation of friendship, which bound both your Uncle and myself to the Father of his country, our illustrious Washington, under whose eye he fought in the most tr[y]ing times of our struggle"
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