['< sod > while andrew ellicott and his team were conducting the federal district boundary survey in 1791 - 1792 ( see : [ [ boundary markers of the original district of columbia ] ] ), [ [ pierre charles l\'enfant | pierre ( peter ) charles l\'enfant ] ] was preparing a plan for the federal capital city ( the city of washington ), which would be located in a relatively small area bounded by the [ [ potomac river ] ], the [ [ anacostia river ] ] ( known at the time as the " eastern branch " ), the base of the [ [ escarpment ] ] of the [ [ atlantic seaboard fall line | atlantic seaboard fall line ] ], and [ [ rock creek ( potomac river ) | rock creek ] ] at the center of the much larger { { convert | 100 | sqmi | km2 | sing = on } } federal district ( see : [ [ l\'enfant plan ] ] ). < ref name = bedini22 > bedini, 1970, p. 22. < / ref > < ref name = passonneau > { { cite book | first = joseph r. | last = passonneau | title = washington through two centuries : a history in maps and images | place = new york | publisher = the monacelli press, inc. | year = 2004 | pages = 14 – 16, 24 – 27 | isbn = 1 - 58093 - 091 - 3 | oclc = 53443052 } } < / ref > < ref name = planning > { { cite book | url = http : / / babel. hathitrust. org / cgi / pt? id = mdp. 39015013259695 ; view = 1up ; seq = 13 | x last = national capital planning commission | year = 1976 | title = history | work = boundary markers of the nation\'s capital : a proposal for their preservation & protection : a national capital planning commission bicentennial report | pages = 3 – 9 | place = washington, d. c. | publisher = national capital planning commission ; for sale by the superintendent of documents, [ [ united states government publishing office | united states government printing office ] ] | oclc = 3772302 | accessdate = 2016 - 02 - 22 } }\'\' at\'\' [ [ hathitrust ] ] [ http : / / babe ##l. hathitrust. org / digital library ]. < / ref > < ref > l\'enfant identified himself as " peter charles l\'enfant " during most of his life, while residing in the united states. he wrote this name on his [ http : / / hdl. loc. gov / loc. gmd / g3850. ct000512 " plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t ( he ) united states.... " ] ( washington, d. c. ) and on other legal documents. however, during the early 1900s, a french ambassador to the u. s., [ [ jean jules jusserand ] ], popularized the use of l\'enfant\'s birth name, " pierre charles l\'enfant ". ( reference : { { cite book | last = bowling | first = kenneth r. | url = https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 1pz4aaaamaaj | year = 2002 | title = peter charles l\'enfant : vision, honor, and male friendship in the early american republic | publisher = george washington university | location = washington, d. c. | accessdate = 2015 - 04 - 24 } } ). the [ [ united states code ] ] states in { { usc | 40 | 3309 } } : " ( a ) in general. — the purposes of this chapter shall be carried out in the district of columbia as nearly as may be practicable in harmony with the plan of peter charles l\'enfant. " the [ [ national park service ] ] identifies l\'enfant as " [ http : / / www. nps. gov / history / nr / travel / wash / text. htm # washington major peter charles l\'enfant ] " and as " [ http : / / web. archive. org / web / 20120113011410 / http : / / www. nps. gov / history / nr / travel / presidents / washington _ monument. html major pierre ( peter ) charles l\'enfant ] " on its website. < / ref > in late february 1792, [ [ presidency of george washington | president george washington ] ] dismissed l\'enfant, who had failed to have his plan published and who was experiencing frequent conflicts with the three commissioners that washington had appointed to supervise the planning and survey of the federal district and city. < ref name = planning / > < ref name = " bowling " > bowling < / ref > < ref > ( 1 ) [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 5q81aaaaiaaj & pg = pa101 # v = onepage & q & f = false crew, pp. 101 - 102 ] < br > ( 2 ) { { cite web | url = http : / / home. earthlink. net / ~ docktor / wmslogo. htm | title = plan of the city of washington | publisher = washington map society | date = 1997 - 03 - 22 | accessdate = 2012 - 06 - 29 } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > while andrew ellicott and his team were conducting the federal district boundary survey in 1791 - 1792 ( see : [ [ boundary markers of the original district of columbia ] ] ), [ [ pierre charles l\'enfant | pierre ( peter ) charles l\'enfant ] ] was preparing a plan for the federal capital city ( the city of washington ), which would be located in a relatively small area bounded by the [ [ potomac river ] ], the [ [ anacostia river ] ] ( known at the time as the " eastern branch " ), the base of the [ [ escarpment ] ] of the [ [ atlantic seaboard fall line | atlantic seaboard fall line ] ], and [ [ rock creek ( potomac river ) | rock creek ] ] at the center of the much larger { { convert | 100 | sqmi | km2 | sing = on } } federal district ( known at the time as the " territory of columbia " ( see : [ [ l\'enfant plan ] ] and [ [ history of washington, d. c. # founding ] ] ). < ref name = bedini22 > bedini, 1970, p. 22. < / ref > < ref name = passonneau > { { cite book | first = joseph r. | last = passonneau | title = washington through two centuries : a history in maps and images | place = new york | publisher = the monacelli press, inc. | year = 2004 | pages = 14 – 16, 24 – 27 | isbn = 1 - 58093 - 091 - 3 | oclc = 53443052 } } < / ref > < ref name = planning > { { cite book | url = http : / / babel. hathitrust. org / cgi / pt? id = mdp. 39015013259695 ; view = 1up ; seq = 13 | last = national capital planning commission | year = 1976 | title = history | work = boundary markers of the nation\'s capital : a proposal for their preservation & protection : a national capital planning commission bicentennial report | pages = 3 – 9 | place = washington, d. c. | publisher = national capital planning commission ; for sale by the superintendent of documents, [ [ united states government publishing office | united states government printing office ] ] | oclc = 3772302 | accessdate = 2016 - 02 - 22 } }\'\' at\'\' [ [ hathitrust ] ] [ http : / / babel. hathitrust. org / digital library ]. < / ref > < ref > l\'enfant identified himself as " peter charles l\'enfant " during most of his life, while residing in the united states. he wrote this name on his [ http : / / hdl. loc. gov / loc. gmd / g3850. ct000512 " plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t ( he ) united states.... " ] ( washington, d. c. ) and on other legal documents. however, during the early 1900s, a french ambassador to the u. s., [ [ jean jules jusserand ] ], popularized the use of l\'enfant\'s birth name, " pierre charles l\'enfant ". ( reference : { { cite book | last = bowling | first = kenneth r. | url = https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 1pz4aaaamaaj | year = 2002 | title = peter charles l\'enfant : vision, honor, and male friendship in the early american republic | publisher = george washington university | location = washington, d. c. | accessdate = 2015 - 04 - 24 } } ). the [ [ united states code ] ] states in { { usc | 40 | 3309 } } : " ( a ) in general. — the purposes of this chapter shall be carried out in the district of columbia as nearly as may be practicable in harmony with the plan of peter charles l\'enfant. " the [ [ national park service ] ] identifies l\'enfant as " [ http : / / www. nps. gov / history / nr / travel / wash / text. htm # washington major peter charles l\'enfant ] " and as " [ http : / / web. archive. org / web / 20120113011410 / http : / / www. nps. gov / history / nr / travel / presidents / washington _ monument. html major pierre ( peter ) charles l\'enfant ] " on its website. < / ref > in late february 1792, [ [ presidency of george washington | president george washington ] ] dismissed l\'enfant, who had failed to have his plan published and who was experiencing frequent conflicts with the three commissioners that washington had appointed to supervise the planning and survey of the federal district and city. < ref name = planning / > < ref name = " bowling " > bowling < / ref > < ref > ( 1 ) [ https : / / books. google. com / books? id = 5q81aaaaiaaj & pg = pa101 # v = onepage & q & f = false crew, pp. 101 - 102 ] < br > ( 2 ) { { cite web | url = http : / / home. earthlink. net / ~ docktor / wmslogo. htm | title = plan of the city of washington | publisher = washington map society | date = 1997 - 03 - 22 | accessdate = 2012 - 06 - 29 } } < / ref > < eod >']