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My examination of the L'Enfant manuscript plan of the Federal City and writing of this article were made possible by a U. S. Capitol Historical Society Fellowship in 2011 for which I am very grateful. I would also like to acknowledge C. M. Harris's early support and the patient guidance of Pamela Scott, Kenneth Bowling, Egon Verheyen, and Philip Ogilvie in refining my understanding of the early history of the federal city. 1. George Washington to David Stuart, July 9, 1792, The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. 2. Jefferson to the Commissioners of Public Buildings, Mar. 24, 1792, in Saul K. Padover, ed., Thomas Jefferson and the National Capital, 1783-1818 (Washington, D. C., 1946). 3. Daniel Carroll to Thomas Jefferson, October 25, 1792, ibid. 4. C. M. Harris, ed., The Papers of William Thornton (Charlottesville, Va., 1995), p. 195. 5. William Thornton, "Tortola" Elevations for a Capitol, Prints and Drawings Collection, The Octagon, the Museum of the American Architectural Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Thornton, "Tortola" Plans and Sketches, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Collection, Washington, D.C. 6. Jefferson to Carroll, Feb. 1, 1793, Padover, Jefferson and the National Capital, p. 171. 7. Pamela Scott, Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation (New York, 1995), p. 118, n. 63, 64; Don Alexander Hawkins, Reconstruction of William Thornton's West Front and Principal Floor Plan, 1793. 8. Jefferson to Thomas Johnson, Mar. 8, 1792, Padover, Jefferson and the National Capital, p.109. 9. Notes on Meeting of Commissioners, Jefferson and Madison, Sept. 8, 1791, ibid., p. 71. 10. Richard Stephenson, A Plan Whol(l)y New: Pierre Charles L'Enfant's Plan of the City of Washington (Washington, D.C., 1993). SUMMER 2013 11. Andrew Ellicott, Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia (Thackara and Vallance, Engravers, March & October, 1792). 12. Peter C. L'Enfant, Plan of the City intended for the Permanent Seat of Government of the United States, digital facsimile, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., 1991. 13. Don Alexander Hawkins, "Report to USCHS on Examination of Spectral Images of L'Enfant Plant Manuscript by Library of Congress Preservation Division," 2011. 14. Scott, Temple of Liberty, p. 25. 15. Maryland Gazette or Baltimore General Advertiser, Mar. 14, 1792; Jeanne F Butler, "Competition 1792: . Designing a Nation's Capitol," Capitol Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 (1976). 16. Documentary History of the Capitol (Washington, D. C., 1904), p. 18. 17. Harris, Papers of William Thornton, p. 214. 18. Ibid., p. 215. 19. Ibid., p. 229. 20. Ibid., p. 230. 21. Ibid., p. 211-14. 22. Documentary History of the Capitol, p.18 23. George Washington to Commissioners, Jan. 31, 1793, Documentary History of the Capitol, p. 22. 24. Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, Mar. 26, 1793, Padover, Jefferson and the National Capital; Hallet, Design "E", Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. 25. Commissioners to Thomas Jefferson, Feb. 7, 1793, ibid., p. 183. 26. George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, June 30, 1793, ibid., p. 181. 27. W. B. Bryan, John B. Larner, and Mary Stevens Beall, eds., The Writings of George Washington Relating to the National Capital, in The Records of the Columbia Historical Society, vol. 17 (Washington, D.C., 1914), p. 85. THE CAPITOL DOME 15