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Paperback George Washington's Washington: Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic Book
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ISBN: 0820353892

ISBN13: 9780820353890

George Washington's Washington: Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic

(Part of the Early American Places Series)

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This book traces the history of the development, abandonment, and eventual revival of George Washington's original vision for a grand national capital on the Potomac. In 1791 Washington's ideas found form in architect Peter Charles L'Enfant's plans for the city. Yet the unprecedented scope of the plan; reliance on the sale of city lots to fund construction of the city and the public buildings; the actions of unscrupulous land speculators; and the...

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