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  title info:
    title: George Washington's final battle
    sub title: the epic struggle to build a capital city and a nation
  name:
    name part: Watson, Robert P.
    name part: 1962-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: dcu
    date issued: 2020
    copyright date: 2020
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxvii, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  abstract: At the end of America's Revolutionary War, the new nation's government was weak and almost fatally divided by bitter disputes. Inherent in the divides was disagreement about where to place the nation's seat of government. It is little remembered that George Washington took the lead on settling this question that moved the capital from New York, to Philadelphia, and finally to the city that bears his name. Robert Watson has written an engaging history of Washington's underappreciated political acumen and the fascinating story behind the creation of Washington, D.C. Few know how personally involved Washington was in even the smallest details of planning D.C. He quietly worked behind the scenes to push for a Potomac River locations. He oversaw surveying, negotiated land deals, raised funds, selected the architect, chose the plan, and changed the designs. Washington visited the construction sites for the rest of his life, even after leaving the presidency in 1797, making the federal city itself his last great contribution to public life. He died less than a year before President Adams moved into the White House in 1800. Washington's vision, influence and feel for political compromise made it possible to build a permanent capital and to begin forming a sense of nationhood.
  table of contents: Introduction: The "Other" Founding Debates -- PART I. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S EARLY LIFE AND AMERICAN VISION. Surveying a Future ; Western Adventures ; "The Dispensations of Providence" ; Potomac Fever ; Cincinnatus -- PART II. THE QUESTION OF A CAPITAL. "Swords in their Hands" ; Mutiny! ; The Day the War Ended ; A "Singular Destiny" ; "Fixing the Seat of Government" ; Political Architecture -- PART III. THE GREAT DEBATE. Convention ; "10 Miles Square" ; An Inauguration ; New York City ; The Great Debate ; The (Second) Most Famous Dinner in History -- PART IV. CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE. The Grand Compromise ; Philadelphia ; The Residence Act of 1790 ; The City of Washington ; Financing the Capital -- PART V. BUILDING THE CAPITAL. The Architect ; The Project Nearly Comes Undone ; A Design Contest ; Building the President's House ; A House Divided -- PART VI. LEGACY. Washington (Never) Slept Here ; "A Pedestal Waiting for a Monument" ; "Temple of Liberty" ; "The Father of His Country" ; "Tis Well" ; Epilogue : "The Building is in a State to be Habitable" -- Appendix A. Chronological List of Temporary Capitals -- Appendix B. List of Possible Locations for the Capital -- Appendix C. Timeline of Events.
  note: Robert P. Watson.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-dc
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Washington, George
      name part: 1732-1799
  subject:
    topic: City planning
    geographic: Washington (D.C.)
    topic: History
    temporal: 18th century
  subject:
    geographic: Washington (D.C.)
    topic: History
    temporal: 18th century
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Capital and capitol
    topic: History
  classification: F197 .W315 2020
  classification: 973.4/1092
  identifier: 9781626167841
  identifier: 1626167842
  identifier: 9781626167858
  identifier: 2019032707
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 190731
    record change date: 20210728141210.0
    record identifier: in00004435009