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On March 29, 1791, General Uriah Forrest hosted a dinner for his old friend and former commander, President George Washington, attended by landowners of Carrollsburg and Georgetown. There, an agreement was reached for the sale of half of their land within the newly designated 10 mile square Federal District, creating a new capital city for the United States of America. Immediately afterward, Pierre L'Enfant began to lay out the Magnificent City of Washington, D.C. From 1800 to 1835, the house was the residence of William Marbury of the legal case Marbury vs. Madison. In 1803, through this case, the United States Supreme Court established its right to judicial review of congressional action. In 1988, the Forrest Marbury House was restored by George C. Gerber, Alastair G. Law, and their families in time for the celebrations of the Bicentennials of the Constitution, George Washington's inauguration, and the Founding of Washington, D.C.
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