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Title Establishing Congress : the removal to Washington, D.C., and the election of 1800 / edited by Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon
Published Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
Series Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1789-1801
Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1789-1801.
Contents Fighting for control of the American dream : Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and the election of 1800 / John H. Aldrich -- The election of 1800 : the consequences of the first change in party control / William C. diGiacomantonio -- "To make hay while the sun shines" : D.C. governance as an episode in the Revolution of 1800 / Elaine C. Everly and Howard H. Wehmann -- "Then let us to the woods repair" : moving the federal government and its records to Washington in 1800 / C.M. Harris -- Jefferson, the concept of the modern capitol, and Republican nation-building / Catherine Allgor -- Federal patronage in the early republic : the role of women in Washington, D.C. / Cynthia D. Earman -- Messing around : entertaining and accommodating Congress, 1800/1830 / Rubil Morales-Vázquez -- Redeeming a sacred pledge : the plans to bury George Washington in the Nation's Capital / Kenneth R. Bowling
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject United States. Congress -- History.
SUBJECT United States. Congress fast
Subject Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1800
Political culture -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
Federal government -- United States -- History
Federal government
Manners and customs
Political culture
Politics and government
Presidents -- Election
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1797-1801. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140420
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140419
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140427
Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- To 1878. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145357
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145361
Subject United States
Washington (D.C.)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Bowling, Kenneth R
Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
ISBN 9780821441527
0821441523