On December 1, 1790, two prominent Shepherdstown residents wrote to President George Washington to recommend that the capital of the United States be located in Shepherdstown.
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Shepherdstown Considered For Nation's Capital
"The Capital On The
'Potowmack'"
"The Capitol That Might Have
Been"
1791 Newspaper Article From the
Potowmac Guardian and Berkeley Advertiser
Document-Based Questions
On This Day in West Virginia History: December