thorton thomas will go through this area in detail, and construction submittals, they are about 60% going -- gone through. there are 15,000 shop drawings that we have referenced, between the combination of the peer review's comments, and their own, there's about 50 specific details that they are looking at throughout those 15,000 sheets, 60% through, they think they will be through the rest in about two weeks, at that point, which includes a qc and qa documentation. if they need any additional information such as an inspection record, a welding element, any kind of a mill that would have certain materials' properties on it, that is what we are in right now. they are about 10% into that, when they expect in the next two weeks to be mostly through that. by march 1st, we will know where we are out to, and if we need to ascertain any additional items through the sieve, if we need to go on to, if we have to or not to to, their on-site at the very bottom -- we are never -- nowhere near that stage at this point. it helps explain what we are doing from a building-wide, at a segue into turning it

washington will call a conference in philadelphia to discuss this with thorton, with hale, the second architect, carl thomas carstairs and also james hogan. and secretary of state thomas jefferson is present, he has notes from that meeting. but essentially lot of the architect in the room are agreeing with stephen hale's assessments. and really he seals the deal when he tells washington, i can do it on time, under budget. a popular phrase now put on time, under budget. and he knows washington's affinity for frugality. so washington says, okay. but then later he finds out that hale is maybe taking a few more liberal interpretations of the design. he is adding things. he is eventually dismissed. his replacement, george hatfield won't stick around very long either. this is a drawing of thorton when he comes into the picture and it was mentioned earlier, you know he is very cultured. he is a product of the enlightenment. and i think in many ways even though he realized that being connected to george washington would really give that ascendancy in the national capital, but that i think washington also really adm

with thorton, with the second architect, and then also james hoban. secretary of state thomas jefferson is present. he has notes from the meeting. a lot of the architects in the room are agreeing with stephen hubbell a's assessments and really heat seals the deal when he tells washington, i can do it on time, under budget. and he knows washington's affinity for frugality. washington says, ok. that heer, he finds out is maybe taking a few more liberal interpretations of the design. adding things, he is eventually dismissed. his replacement will not stick around very long. of for timrawing when he comes into the pictures -- into the picture. he is very cultured, he is a product of the enlightenment, and i think in many ways, even though he realized being connected to george washington would give the ascendancy of the .ational capital --captiol but washington admired his ability to washington did not have a cap -- a classic formal education. was self trained, a businessman, self trained, but he did not have any formal education as thorton. byhink he was impressed thorton's design

thomas peter. who used the money to purchase the property and hired thornton to design their new home. thorton's relationship with the washington's was strong enough to survive the patron staff. and he did well for himself to be able to design these homes for america's elite family. william thornton, much like , became a figure that the first president really trusted. not only did he select architectural plans, but he fully and trusted them with -- fully entrusted them with overseeing the construction of the progress necessary to move the federal government by 1800. these were monumental mountain moving tasks. architects, as we saw, came and went. hoban and thorton survived the politics, rivalries, challenges, obstacles that were laid out before then. in a way, they were politicians themselves, creating networks of supporters anchored by president washington. this relationship gave way to --rnton media roddick rise .hornton meteoric rise it served him well beyond washington's presidency. his ability to navigate these waters was truly remarkable. it helped to have friends with high places within

thomas peter. may 31, mrs. law came there. painted a successful patriot of -- portrait of mrs. law. thorton walked. with mr. and mrs. f and mr. and mrs. m who were the medicines. again, july to 17th, she went. dolly madison mentioned the completion of thorton portraits. they sat yesterday for the last time. , the tater sitters the -- they acquired one of portraits of george washington. it is part of the collection of corcoran paintings that are now in the national gallery. you can see it there. portraits of james and dolly madison were painted in 1804 and offer good comparisons with those of the thorton's. you can see the poses are similar. however, william thornton's portrait offers little detail about his interest, in contrast to james madison which includes a large library. and the is unidentified setting of a curtain and sky is typical of many portraits stuart painted in this, his most popular size. the poses of the two women are like. the portrait of dolly madison on the left has a typical setting. a curtain and landscape. although the inclusion of a column is an unusual. mrs. thorton holds some iron -- some un