Joseph Thompson
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"Joseph Thompson," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/77.
- Position
- Unclear from Context Unclear from Context
- Years in President's House
- circa 1795
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Male
- Race/Ethnicity
- Unclear from Context
- Presidency
- George Washington
- Biography
- Information about Joseph Thompson’s life outside of the President’s House is currently unknown. Thompson worked for George Washington at the President’s House in Philadelphia. He appeared several times in household records throughout 1795, earning $9.00 per month. He last appeared in November 1795. His role in the household remains unclear.1
- He appears in the account records as Jos. Thompson. Jos. was typically an abbreviation for Joseph. “Washington’s Household Account Book, 1793-1797 (continued),” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 31, No. 1, (1907), 62, 64, 66, https://www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/pdf/20085371.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default:3538ab8a1197726aa250c965b5bf39cd&ab_segments=&initiator=recommender&acceptTC=1.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context
- Unclear from Context