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Building Washington

Engineering and Construction of a New Federal City, 1790-1840

Building Washington( )
Author: Kapsch, Robert J.
ISBN:978-1-4214-2487-3
Publication Date:May 2018
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $72.00
Book Description:

In 1790, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson set out to build a new capital for the United States of America in just ten years. The area they selected on the banks of the Potomac River, a spot halfway between the northern and southern states, had few resources or inhabitants. Almost everything needed to build the federal city would have to ......



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