Henry Bohlen
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"Henry Bohlen," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/68.
- Position
- Unclear from Context Unclear from Context
- Years in President's House
- circa 1794 – 1795
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Male
- Race/Ethnicity
- Unclear from Context
- Presidency
- George Washington
- Biography
- Information about Henry Bohlen’s life outside of the President’s House remains unknown. Bohlen worked for George Washington at the President’s House in Philadelphia. His role in the household remains unclear. He first appears in household records in September 1794 earning $8.00 per month. He last appears in records in April 1795.1
- “Washington’s Household Account Book, 1793-1797 (continued),” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1906, Vol. 30, No. 3, 320, https://www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/pdf/20085341.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default:3538ab8a1197726aa250c965b5bf39cd&ab_segments=&initiator=recommender&acceptTC=1; “Washington’s Household Account Book, 1793-1797 (continued),” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1906, Vol. 30, No. 4, 474, https://www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/pdf/20085359.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default:3538ab8a1197726aa250c965b5bf39cd&ab_segments=&initiator=recommender&acceptTC=1.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context
- Unclear from Context