Peter Charles L'Enfant: Vision, Honor, and Male Friendship in the Early American Republic; By Kenneth Russell Bowling; This richly-illustrated biography of the French-born American Peter L'Enfant is the first to look at its subject from the perspective of his times and contemporaries. It focuses on the years before and after his famous plan for the city of Washington and on his relationships with such male friends...Read More

THE FIRST FEDERAL CONGRESS 1789–1791 by Margaret C. S. Christman; The 375 page catalog for the bicentennial exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. Christman curated the exhibit and wrote the text after extensive research in the primary sources collected by the First Federal Congress Project. The dozens of illustrations include documents,....Read More