1Editorial Note: Fixing the Seat of Government on the Potomac (Jefferson Papers)
Washington, Madison, and Jefferson—as well as Richard Bland Lee, Alexander White, Daniel Carroll,...
2I. Jefferson’s Draft of Agenda for the Seat of Government, [29 August 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
Proceedings to be had under the Residence act. A territory not exceeding 10. miles square (or, I...
3II. Jefferson’s Report to Washington on Meeting Held at Georgetown, [14 September 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
In conversations with Mr. Carrol, Mr. Stoddard and Mr. Deakins they were properly impressed with...
4III. Thomas Lee Shippen to William Shippen, 15 September 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I arrived here late at night the day before yesterday and yesterday I was so engrossed by the...
5IV. Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 17 September 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
In the course of the visit we made the day we left Mount Vernon, we drew our host into...
6Enclosure I: Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Carroll, [17 September 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
T.J. has the honor to present his Compliments to Mr. C—— and to send him a memorandum of the...
7Enclosure II: Sketches for the Conveyance of the Lands whereon the Federal Seat is to be fixed, [17 September 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
The Conveyance to be executed, according to the forms of the laws of Maryland, by the Proprietors...
8V. Thomas Jefferson to Zachariah Johnston, 7 October 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
As the assembly will soon meet, I presume you will be passing down to it a few days before. I...
9VI. Proposals by Georgetown Landowners, [13 October 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
The object of the subscribers to the paper annexed is to accommodate—they will cheerfully consent...