Description
For years I was puzzled by why Pierre Charles L'Enfant had used the name Peter Charles L'Enfant when he purchased a Washington, D.C., lot at the October 1791 sale. When I decided to find out why my initial research quickly established the fact he stopped using the name soon after coming to the United States. Why he did so became one aspect of a talk that I presented in April 2001 to the Friends of the University Libraries. I had realized by then, and in particular, after additional research, that L'Enfant gave far more to the early American republic than just the design of Washington, D.C., for which he had been resurrected as a Frenchman and apotheosized in the early twentieth century. Thus this book, an effort to which many people have contributed.
About the Author
Kenneth R. Bowling is co-editor of The Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789–1791, and the author of The Creation of Washington, D.C.: The Idea and Location of the American Capital.
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- Publish date: January 1, 2002
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 80
- Dimensions: 6 x 0.25 x 9 inches
