New York Criticism:

Residents of New York City were furious and castigated Congress in newspaper articles and political cartoons which were hawked on the street.[29]

The New-York Journal, July 27, 1790 (Newsbank).

"Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to Conogocheque by way of Philadelphia," 1790 (Library of Congress).

"Federal Hall on the shoulders of Sen. Robert Morris of Pennsylvania as he carries it to Philadelphia," July 1790 (First Federal Congress: Locating the U.S. Capital).

"What Think Ye of Congress Now?" c. 1790 (Getty Images).

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Plans for the New Capital:

"Dotted line map of Washington, D.C., 1791" by Pierre Charles L'Enfant (Library of Congress).

"Plan of the city of Washington" by Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 1792 (Library of Congress).

"Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States" by Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 1791 (Library of Congress).

"The Mall as proposed by Pierre L'Enfant 1790 : from the original : [Washington D.C.]" (Library of Congress).

Thomas Jefferson's Plan of the Federal District, 1791 (Library of Congress).

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