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Contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter One. “An Apollo in Form”: Coming of Age in the Nation’s Capital, 1835–1861

Chapter Two. “The Great Work of Improving and Beautifying Our Beloved City”: First Steps in Business and Political Leadership, 1862–1865

Chapter Three. “We Want an Honest Board of Commissioners and No Broken-down Political Demagogues”: Building His Business and Political Base for Civic Reform, 1865–1868

Chapter Four. “The Necessity for a Change in the Form of Government for This District”: Promoting Territorial Government, 1869–1870

Chapter Five. “A Practical Experiment”: Achieving Territorial Government, 1870–1871

Chapter Six. “Improvements Must Go On”: The Board of Public Works, 1871

Chapter Seven. “More Work of Improvement Was Undertaken at Once Than Was Wise”: Meeting Opposition to the Board of Public Works, 1872

Chapter Eight. “They Must Have a Republican Boss Tweed for Campaign Purposes”: A Troubled Territorial Governor, 1873–1874

Chapter Nine. “A Free Man Once More”: Bankruptcy and Preparations to Move to Mexico, 1874–1880

Chapter Ten. “A Life of Labor and Extreme Simplicity”: Seeking El Dorado in Batopilas, 1880–1882

Chapter Eleven. “Anxieties, Expenses, Delays, and Losses”: Journey’s End, 1882–1902

Chapter Twelve. “The Law of Necessity”: Denouement and Final Assessments

Acknowledgments

Note on Primary Sources

Index