A Capital Capital City 1790-1814
by Suzanne Hilton Author
(From Amazon): 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.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-689-31641-0
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 13
- Pages
- 156
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Historical Setting
- 1790 - 1814
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Edition
- First Edition
- Copyright
- 1992
Chapters
- 1 A Capital City on Paper
- 2 A City Comes to Life
- 3 What the Inspectors Saw
- 4 The Adamses Move In
- 5 Curious Happenings: A Free Press and a Strange Election
- 6 Thomas Jefferson's City
- 7 The City Gets a Mayor
- 8 Changes and Surprises in the City
- 9 The City of James and Dolley Madison
- 10 Rumors and Red Rockets
- 11 The Enemy Creeps Closer
- 12 The City Almost Dies
- 13 Rebirth
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