In the early 1790s, Bentley established himself as a silversmith in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.[2] Bentley was commissioned by President George Washington to make the brass cornerstone used for the White House groundbreaking ceremony in 1792. A year later, Bentley made a silver cornerstone which was used for the United States Capitol.[3][4]
Bentley relocated to Montgomery County, Maryland in 1794, settling in Brookeville, where his wife's (Sarah Brook) family owned a large tract of land.[2] In Brookeville, Bentley opened a store and a post office in 1802, becoming the First Postmaster of Brookeville.[5] His first wife died in 1805, and two years later, he remarried to Marie Henrietta Thomas.[2] Bentley was also a founder of the Brookeville Academy,[1] and along with two brothers-in-law, established the town of Triadelphia, on the Patuxent River.[2]
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