User talk:Ronnisf/sandbox

Like I said before, this is fantastic! These are the random thoughts that popped into my head as I read.

"Prior to setting the building aflame, the British looted the wings (consisting of both houses of Congress, the Library of Congress, and the Supreme Court)." I might be a bit more specific when you say 'wings' because it wasn't immediately clear, at least to me, what you were talking about, and I felt I had to infer from the information in the parentheses.

"The British had destroyed all public buildings, expect the Patent office[13]." 'except'

"It was in the Patent Office, that Congress met between September 1814 and December 1815 (when construction of the Old Brick Capitol was complete)[14]." I think you don't need the comma here: "...Patent Office, that Congress..."

"(however many southern congressmen simply did not want to move the capital above the Mason-Dixon line)[15]." "however, many..."

"On September 21, 1815, the House of Representatives voted to strike down a proposal to relocate the capital from Washington DC. by a margin of 83 to 54[16]." I'm pretty sure you need a comma between "Washington, DC" and you might either have to write it "D.C." with two periods or just "DC" with none, but I'd definitely check before believing me.

"On February 3, 1815, in an effort to guarantee that the federal government always remain in the area, Washington property owners funded the building of the Old Brick Capitol[17], a larger meeting space where the Supreme Court now stands[18]." Definitely just personal preference, but saying "...to guarantee that the federal government would always..." seems a bit more natural to me.

"The Old Brick Capitol, funded primarily through the sale of stocks, cost $25,000." It could be fun to add how much that would be worth today!

"The Capitol reconstruction took much longer than anticipated." How long did they think it would take?

"Benjamin Latrobe, architect of the Capitol who took over for William Thornton in 1803, was rehired to repair the building on April 18, 1815[24]." I probably just need coffee, but who replaced whom and when aren't immediately clear to me.