Hadfield, George, 1764?-1826

LC control no.	no2011060498
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hadfield, George, 1764?-1826 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Hadfield, Mr. (George), 1764?-1826 G. H. (George Hadfield), 1764?-1826 H., G. (George Hadfield), 1764?-1826
Located	Washington (D.C.)
Birth date	1764?
Death date	1826
Place of birth	Livorno (Italy)
Found in	Message from the president of the United States, transmitting sundry documents, relative to the affairs of the city of Washington, 1803: p. 10, etc. (George Hadfield; Mr. Hadfield; G.H.; appointed to superintend the construction of a new jail at Washington, D.C.) Columbia Historical Society. Records, v. 51-52, 1955: p. 46, etc. (George Hadfield; architect; studied with James Wyatt at the Royal Academy, London, from which he received a travelling studentship in 1790 and went to Rome; returned to England, 1795; hired to superintend the building of the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 1795; dismissed May 1798 after difference of opinion with Commissioners of the City of Washington; became U.S. citizen, Aug. 1802, age 38; elected Washington city councilman, 1803; b. Livorno, Italy, about 1764, son of George and Isabella Hadfield; younger brother of artist Maria Cecilia Louisa Cosway; d. 1826) Ancestry, via WWW, Apr. 15, 2011: Dictionary of National Biography (George Hadfield; architect; travelling student of the Royal Academy, London; at Rome, 1790; designed buildings at Washington, D.C.; brother of painter Maria Cecilia Louisa (Hadfield) Cosway; d. 1826 in America) Biography & genealogy master index (George Hadfield, 1764?-1826) America's Historical Newspapers, via WWW, Apr. 15, 2011: Daily national intelligencer, Washington, 2-13-1826 (Mr. George Hadfield; architect; b. Florence, Italy of English parents; never married; selected by George Washington to superintend the building of the U.S. Capitol; memb. Columbian Institute; d. at his residence in this city, Sunday evening, the 5th instant, aged about 62 years)