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Illustrations

Some of the illustrations appear in two or more chapters if they are relevant to the text. Links open the web page used as sources for and/or information about the illustration. Links to chapters can be found in the Table of Contents .   1. "William Thornton in 1804" By his friend Gilbert Stuart in National Gallery of Art Wikipedia (intro p. 7) 2. "The Old Capitol in 1846" photograph, Library of Congress : (intro p. 7) 3."The Octagon in the 20th century" photograph, Library of Congress: (intro p.8) 4. "Adolph Cluss Strikes a pose" cropped photo of the National Museum Building Committee 1880, Smithsonian : (intro, p. 10) 5. "Glenn Brown" photographed at office in Octagon, ca. 1900, by Francis Benjamin Johnson, Library of Congress:(intro p. 11) 6. "Tortola in 1798: divided into sugar plantations" Wikimedia Commons: (Chapter One p. 14) 7.  "Old Customs House in Lancaster built as Thornton grew up in and around the ci...