Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [303]-311) e índice.

A note on L'Enfant's English -- A pedestal waiting for a superstructure -- An infinity of small moments -- A powerful friend among the princes of the earth -- The remembrance of my former services -- In every respect advantageously situated -- A plan wholly new -- The wheel to give motion to the machine -- The whole leveled and thrown to the ground -- Measures of the most immediate moment -- An implicit conformity to his will -- The disappointment of absolute dues -- Getting the go by -- A share in the undertaking -- The assurance of things hoped for.

A portrait of French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant, set against the backdrop of the design of the nation's capital, describes his service under George Washington during the Revolution, plans for the capital, and dismissal from the project.