Fighting for control of the American dream : Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and the election of 1800 / Cal Jillson --The election of 1800 : the consequences of the first change in party control / John H. Aldrich -- "To make hay while the sun shines" : D.C. governance as an episode in the Revolution of 1800 / William C. diGiacomantonio -- "Then let us to the woods repair" : moving the federal government and its records to Washington in 1800 / Elaine C. Everly and Howard H. Wehmann -- Jefferson, the concept of the modern capitol, and Republican nation-building / C.M. Harris -- Federal patronage in the early republic : the role of women in Washington, D.C. / Catherine Allgor -- Messing around : entertaining and accommodating Congress, 1800-1830 / Cynthia D. Earman -- Redeeming a sacred pledge : the plans to bury George Washington in the nation's capital / Rubil Morales-Vázquez -- Conclusion : the Federalist Congresses / Kenneth R. Bowling