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Creating Washington, DC
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President Washington hires close friends to make the land deals necessary to establishing the new federal city on the Potomac River. He also personally selects French immigrant Pierre L'Enfant as the city planner.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington: The Making of the American Capital, by Fergus Bordewich.
Online Recommendation of the Week: A History of the National Capital, Vol. 1: 1790-1814, by W.B. Bryan: https://archive.org/details/historyofnationa0001wilh
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