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P. Warner


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"P. Warner," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/95.
Position
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Years in President's House
circa 1797
Legal Status
Free Person
Gender
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Race/Ethnicity
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Biography
Information about P. Warner’s life outside of the President’s House, including their full name, is currently unknown. P. Warner was briefly employed by George Washington at the President’s House in Philadelphia at the end of his presidency in March 1797. This person appears once in household records, earning $6.00 for two weeks of work. Their role is unclear. However, they may have been preparing to close the household at the conclusion of the presidency.1
  1. “Washington’s Household Account Book, 1793-1797 (continued),” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1907, Vol. 31, No. 3, 347, https://www-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/pdf/20085390.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default:3538ab8a1197726aa250c965b5bf39cd&ab_segments=&initiator=recommender&acceptTC=1.
Birthplace
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