Jacob Zolligen
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"Jacob Zolligen," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/70.
- Position
- Unclear from Context Unclear from Context
- Years in President's House
- circa 1796 – 1797
- Legal Status
- Unclear from Context
- Gender
- Male
- Race/Ethnicity
- Unclear from Context
- Presidency
- George Washington
- Biography
- Information about Jacob Zolligen’s life outside of the President’s House remains unknown. Zolligen worked for George Washington at the President’s House in Philadelphia. He only appears once in household records and his position is unclear. He was paid $36.00 when discharged in 1797. This wage likely covered several months of work.1
- “Washington’s Household Account Book, 1793-1797 (continued),” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1907, Vol. 31, No. 3, 338, https://www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/pdf/20085390.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default:3538ab8a1197726aa250c965b5bf39cd&ab_segments=&initiator=recommender&acceptTC=1.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context
- Unclear from Context