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e Capitol Dome is a quarterly publication of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, 200 Maryland, Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002 P: (202) 543-8919 F: (202) 544-8244 Catalog Orders: (800) 887-9318 email: uschs@uschs.org on the web: www.uschs.org Chief Historian: Donald R. Kennon Editor: Lauren Borchard Designer: Diana E. Wailes Printer: HBP Whitmore All uncredited photos are courtesy of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. e U.S. Capitol Historical Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 educational organization. To help support its public programming, visit www.uschs.org. USCHS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Hon. Richard Baker, Ph.D. Hon. Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Ken Bowling, Ph.D. Hon. Richard Burr Nicholas E. Calio Donald G. Carlson Hon. E. omas Coleman L. Neale Cosby Scott Cosby Nancy Dorn George C. "Bud" Garikes Bruce Heiman Hon. Richard Holwill Tim Keating Hon. Dirk Kempthorne Hon. John B. Larson Jennifer LaTourette Rob Lively Tamera Luzzatto Tim Lynch Norm Ornstein, Ph.D. Beverly L. Perry David Regan Cokie Roberts Hon. Ron Sarasin Mark Shields Dontai Smalls William G. Sutton, CAE Tina Tate Hon. Ellen O'Kane Tauscher James A. urber, Ph.D. Hon. Pat Tiberi Connie Tipton Hon. John C. Tuck Hon. Tom Udall J. Dennis Molloy (counsel) Contents Capital Conflagrator? Major General Robert Ross by John McCavitt..............................................................2 "Doubt, Confusion, and Dismay": Efforts to Save the House and Senate Records in 1814 by Jane Armstrong Hudiburg….................................12 e Documentary Record September 26, 1814: e House Debates Moving the Capitol after the Burning of Washington by William C. diGiacomantonio...................................19 e Most Beautiful Room in the World? Latrobe, Jefferson, and the First Capitol by Richard Chenoweth, AIA.........................................23 "Conflagration of Washington" by Phillip Freneau...........................................................40 Washington's Rebirth: Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the Rebuilding of the City after the War of 1812 by Mark N. Ozer.............................................................42 Society News...............................................................................48 Marketplace.................................................................................56 Cover: is scene from the Hall of Capitols by Allyn Cox in the House wing of the Capitol shows the Capitol aflame on August 24, 1814. UNITED STATES CAPITOL ----------- HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE CAPITOL DOME