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William Thornton was a prominent member of Washington society, Superintendent of the Patent Office, and a Justice of the Peace. On August 26th, when the British had retreated and American officials not yet returned, Thornton organized patrols and…

The Daily Federal Republican had originally been a Baltimore newspaper, but moved to Georgtown in 1812 after a mob destroyed its offices for printing anti-war statements. The paper was run by members of the Federalist Party, which was the opposition…

Although the building which housed the Patent Office in 1814 was called Blodget's Hotel, it was never actually a hotel. From 1800 to 1810, it was the home of the first theatre in Washington. In 1810, both the Patent Office and the Post Office moved…