History review of Establishing Congress: The Removal of Washington D.C. and the Election of 1800

Aaron J. Palmer

The book as a whole provides a fine study of the early national government. The diversity of the authors’ backgrounds contributes to the range of articles. The essays are moderate in length, and contain excellent documentation that will lead readers to primary and secondary literature for further study. The concluding essay by Kenneth Bowling, in fact, specifically, tries to point readers to areas (many introduced by these essays) that need further research. The U.S. Capitol Historical Society conferences and these essays that grew out of them really do serve to highlight the role of Washington, DC, in early national politics, and generate further research and study of the topic.

History
pp. 42
Winter 2006