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Author Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820.
Title Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC / engrav'd by Thackara & Vallance, Philad'a 1792.
Imprint [Philadelphia : s.n., 1792]
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 Schwarzman Building (42nd Street & 5th Avenue) - Maps  Map Div. 97-6246    AVAILABLE CLOSED STACKS

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Cartographic Data Scale [ca. 1:19,800]. [Scale of 100 poles to an inch]
Description 1 map ; 51 x 68 cm.
Note Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings.
Also covers Georgetown.
Watermark.
" In order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line ... "
Indexed In: Wheat & Brun. Maps and charts published in America before 1800, 531
Phillips. Maps of America, p. 1002
Note Includes text, notes, and coat-of-arms.
Subject Washington (D.C.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Real property -- Washington (D.C.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author Thackara & Vallance.
Donor/Sponsor Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3.
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
LCCN 88694160
Call No. Map Div. 97-6246 [LHS 3]
Research Call Number Map Div. 97-6246 [LHS 3]