A Capital Capital City 1790-1814
Provides a look at the planning, people, and process involved in the establishment of Washington, D.C., and describes the first twenty-five years of its growth.
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A portrait of Washington, D.C., discusses the history of America's capital city, from George Washington's vision of the nation's capital and its construction and development, to its destruction by the British in 1814 and Madison's rebuilding of the city after the war.
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