Loughborough Family Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS274
The Loughborough Family Papers 2 document the history of the Loughboroughs, a prominent nineteenth century family with connections to the neighborhood of Georgetown and Georgetown University. Of note are documents by and about early U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury Nathan Loughborough, U.S. Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke, Hamilton Loughborough, Confederate officer James Henry Loughborough, artist Margaret M. Loughborough, and others.
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Nathan Loughborough (1772-1848) was born in Fairfax County, Virginia. His first important post was Chief Clerk in the Land Office of the Federal Goverment in Philadelphia. Loughborough moved to Washington, D.C. when the federal capital relocated to that city in 1800. He commanded a cavalry company at Bladensburg in the War of 1812 and served as Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. Loughborough married Mary Webster, daughter of James Webster. He was a public notary, a large landowner, and a promoter of the C & O Canal and Rockville Turnpike. In his politics, Loughborough was a supporter of John Quincy Adams and an opponent of Thomas Jefferson. At one point, Loughborough went to court because he refused to pay District of Columbia taxes on the ground of "taxation without representation." In recent times, the Junior League of Washington occupies the Loughborough house in Georgetown that Nathan built in the early 1800s. In 1809, Loughborough moved to the stone mansion "Grassland" located near Loughborough Road.
Hamilton Loughborough (1806-1868) was born at Grassland estate in Washington, D.C., the son of Nathan Loughborough and Mary Webster. Hamilton entered Georgetown College in 1819 but left without taking a degree. His father granted Grassland to Hamilton. Later, Hamilton purchased the Montgomery County, Maryland estate Milton, which he left to his son James Henry Loughborough. He was married to Maria Louisa Ridaud, with whom he had four children: James Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Maria Louisa, and Sarah Mariah.
James Henry Loughborough (1836-1921) was born at Milton estate, Montgomery County, Maryland. He entered Georgetown College in 1850 and left the college in 1855 without having taken a degree. A resident of Georgetown, he supported the Confederates in the Civil War, serving in the 10th Virginia Cavalry. He married Margaret Cabell Brown, who worked in the Confederate Department of the Treasury, at the Cathedral in Richmond, Virginia. Near the end of the war he was taken prisoner and his wife worked to win his release.
Margaret "Daisy" McClellan (or McClelland) Loughborough (d. 1947) was born in Montgomery County, Maryland. She was a painter and studied at the Corcoran School of Art and with William Merritt Chase. She also studied in France and Italy. From 1930-1932, Loughborough exhibited with the Society of Washington Artists. In addition, she exhibited at the Maryland Institute in 1930 and the Greater Washington Independent Exhibition in 1935. Examples of her work were in Arlington House and the State House in Phoenix, Arizona.
6.5 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
English
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository