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

The vision, controversy and political rivalries that shaped America's capital are examined in this fascinating history of Washington, D.C.

When America's first congress declared that a national capital was to be built along the Potomac, President Washington was given complete control over its design and construction. Eager to establish a federal city worthy of a powerful and rapidly expanding empire, Washington recruited commissioners, surveyors, architects, and craftsmen. But there were man...