Princeton Legacy Library Washington: A History of the Capital, 1800-1950, Book 5167, (Hardcover)

A one-volume edition, this history of Washington was originally published in two parts. Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878 was awarded the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for History.

Originally published in 1977.

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