William Thornton Research Papers, 1673-1963
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has part: Biographical History for: William Thornton Research Papers, 1673-1963
topic: Ser. 1. Genealogical material
subject: Ser. 1. Genealogical material
topic: Thornton family
subject: Thornton family
topic: Ser. 2. Genealogical correspondence, 1961-1963 and n.d.
subject: Ser. 2. Genealogical correspondence, 1961-1963 and n.d.
topic: Correspondence
subject: Correspondence
topic: Ser. 3. Business and financial papers
subject: Ser. 3. Business and financial papers
topic: Accounts
subject: Accounts
topic: Bills
subject: Bills
topic: Inventories
subject: Inventories
topic: Receipts
subject: Receipts
topic: Proposal for Auction
subject: Proposal for Auction
topic: Valuations, and estimate
subject: Valuations, and estimate
topic: Ser. 4. Legal papers
subject: Ser. 4. Legal papers
topic: Abstract of mortgage
subject: Abstract of mortgage
topic: Appointment and release
subject: Appointment and release
topic: Deeds, list of deeds
subject: Deeds, list of deeds
topic: Instrument of guardianship
subject: Instrument of guardianship
topic: Leases
subject: Leases
topic: Opinion concerning trusteeship
subject: Opinion concerning trusteeship
topic: Release
subject: Release
topic: Wills (see separate folder labeled "Wills")
subject: Wills (see separate folder labeled "Wills")

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provides access to: Ser. 1. Genealogical material
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provides access to: Ser. 2. Genealogical correspondence, 1961-1963 and n.d.
provides access to: Correspondence
provides access to: Ser. 3. Business and financial papers
provides access to: Accounts
provides access to: Bills
provides access to: Inventories
provides access to: Receipts
provides access to: Proposal for Auction
provides access to: Valuations, and estimate
provides access to: Ser. 4. Legal papers
provides access to: Abstract of mortgage
provides access to: Appointment and release
provides access to: Deeds, list of deeds
provides access to: Instrument of guardianship
provides access to: Leases
provides access to: Opinion concerning trusteeship
provides access to: Release
provides access to: Wills (see separate folder labeled "Wills")

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William Thornton Research Papers, 1673-1963
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William Thornton Research Papers, 1673-1963
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scopecontent: SCOPE AND CONTENT This group of papers relating to the Thornton family, copies and transcripts, were made available by William Thornton of England to Quaker writer, Harriet Frorer Durham, who was working on a biography Dr. William Thornton (1759-1828) of Tortola and the United States. William Thornton was a descendent of the Doctor. Durham was a graduate of Swarthmore College, Class 1945, active in social concerns, and wrote the book Caribbean Quakers (Dukane Press, 1972)..
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body: BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL William Thornton (1759-1828), physician, architect, and government official, was born in Tortola and practiced medicine there briefly before moving to the United States. He was a birthright Quaker and strongly antislavery, concerned primarily with colonizing efforts for freed slaves. He was disowned after his 1790 marriage in Philadelphia. His best known buildings are the United States Capitol and Woodlawn Plantation in Mount Vernon, Virginia.
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Ser. 1. Genealogical material
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Ser. 2. Genealogical correspondence, 1961-1963 and n.d.
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Ser. 3. Business and financial papers
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has part: Accounts
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has part: Bills
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has part: Inventories
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has part: Receipts
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has part: Proposal for Auction
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has part: Valuations, and estimate
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Ser. 4. Legal papers
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has part: Abstract of mortgage
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has part: Appointment and release
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has part: Deeds, list of deeds
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has part: Instrument of guardianship
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has part: Leases
aggregates: Leases
has part: Opinion concerning trusteeship
aggregates: Opinion concerning trusteeship
has part: Release
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has part: Wills (see separate folder labeled "Wills")
aggregates: Wills (see separate folder labeled "Wills")

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Thornton family
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Correspondence
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Accounts
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Bills
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Inventories
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Receipts
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Proposal for Auction
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Valuations, and estimate
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Abstract of mortgage
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Appointment and release
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728
scopecontent: Reverse of document, shows signer of John Quincy Adams.

Deeds, list of deeds
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is part of: Ser. 4. Legal papers
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Instrument of guardianship
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is part of: Ser. 4. Legal papers
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Leases
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is part of: Ser. 4. Legal papers
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Opinion concerning trusteeship
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Release
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is part of: Ser. 4. Legal papers
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728

Wills (see separate folder labeled "Wills")
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is part of: Ser. 4. Legal papers
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access provided by: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399 Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728