Hadfield, George, 1764?-1826

found: Message from the president of the United States, transmitting sundry documents, relative to the affairs of the city of Washington, 1803:p. 10, etc. (George Hadfield; Mr. Hadfield; G.H.; appointed to superintend the construction of a new jail at Washington, D.C.)

found: Columbia Historical Society. Records, v. 51-52, 1955:p. 46, etc. (George Hadfield; architect; studied with James Wyatt at the Royal Academy, London, from which he received a travelling studentship in 1790 and went to Rome; returned to England, 1795; hired to superintend the building of the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 1795; dismissed May 1798 after difference of opinion with Commissioners of the City of Washington; became U.S. citizen, Aug. 1802, age 38; elected Washington city councilman, 1803; b. Livorno, Italy, about 1764, son of George and Isabella Hadfield; younger brother of artist Maria Cecilia Louisa Cosway; d. 1826)

found: Ancestry, via WWW, Apr. 15, 2011:Dictionary of National Biography (George Hadfield; architect; travelling student of the Royal Academy, London; at Rome, 1790; designed buildings at Washington, D.C.; brother of painter Maria Cecilia Louisa (Hadfield) Cosway; d. 1826 in America) Biography & genealogy master index (George Hadfield, 1764?-1826)

found: America's Historical Newspapers, via WWW, Apr. 15, 2011:Daily national intelligencer, Washington, 2-13-1826 (Mr. George Hadfield; architect; b. Florence, Italy of English parents; never married; selected by George Washington to superintend the building of the U.S. Capitol; memb. Columbian Institute; d. at his residence in this city, Sunday evening, the 5th instant, aged about 62 years)