Collection Items

  • Map
    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 ... Scale 1:19,800. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. Also covers Georgetown. From the author's An American atlas, London, 1795. Includes "Remarks" and coat-of-arms. LC copies variously trimmed, missing small sections, fold-lined, laminated, mounted on paper or cloth backing, and accompanied by negative photocopies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster...
    • Contributor: Russell, John
    • Date: 1795-01-01
  • Map
    The Dermott or tin case map of Washington 1797-8. Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. Depths shown by soundings. "United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Office, Washington, May 4, 1888." Facsimile. Original version: [1798?]. In left upper margin of some copies: 3035B price 2.00 dollars. Includes text headed "Washington City, March 30th 1854" and texts of official documents. LC sheets fold-lined. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a...
    • Contributor: Dermott, James R. (James Reed) - U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
    • Date: 1797-01-01
  • Map
    The Dermott or tin case map of Washington 1797-8. Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. Depths shown by soundings. "United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Office, Washington, May 4, 1888." Facsimile. Original version: [1798?]. Includes text headed "Washington City, March 30th 1854" and texts of official documents. LC copies annotated in red ink to correct document no. to 653. Copy 1 also laminated, sectioned, and mounted on cloth backing. Copy 2 also...
    • Contributor: Dermott, James R. (James Reed) - U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - United States. Congress. Senate
  • Map
    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 ... Shows proposed streets, block numbers, and proposed government buildings; also shows proposed "University" area (which does not appear on the original 1792 edition). Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. Black-ink script added at right-hand edge: Presented to M'r Volney the 9th of february [thus] 1798 by W'm Thornton commissioner to the public Buildings. A second inked script describing the...
    • Contributor: Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François) - Ellicott, Andrew - Thornton, William - Thackara & Vallance
    • Date: 1798-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. "Published by J. Stockdale Piccadilly 16th Sep'r 1798." From Isaac Weld's Travels through the states of North America ..., 1799. LC copies mounted on cloth backing. Copy 1 also fold-lined. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 1298 2 copies Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Weld, Isaac - Stockdale, John
    • Date: 1798-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. "Published by J. Stockdale Piccadilly 16th Sep'r 1798." From the author's Travels through the states of North America ..., 1799. Soiled and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Weld, Isaac - Stockdale, John
    • Date: 1798-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of part of central Washington D.C. to the east of the White House]. Covers area bounded by K St., 3rd St., Constitution Av., 15th St., New York Av., and Vermont Av. N.W. Shows unidentified districts, block numbers, and some block dimensions. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and lead pencil. Soiled, torn, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
    • Date: 1800-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of the southern part of the city of Washington D.C.]. Covers area bounded by Anacostia River, Potomac River, S.W. 8th, S.W./S.E. B, and S.E. 3rd streets. Title devised by cataloger. Black, red, and blue inks, and red and blue washes. Soiled, edged in green cloth, and mounted on cloth backing. On cloth backing in lead pencil: From the files of the Society of Oldest Inhabitants. Deposited by Henry C. Gauss in 1920's (?). One...
    • Contributor: Gauss, Henry C. - Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia
    • Date: 1800-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the squares of the eastern extreme of the city of W. : [Washington D.C.]. Covers area bounded by N.E./S.E. 23rd, N.E. C, N.E. 31st, Water, and S.E. B streets. Shows block numbers, dimensions, and street widths. Brown ink, black ink, and lead pencil. Soiled and mounted on cloth backing. Includes computations. Maps of 9 city blocks in ink on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington, 888 Vault DCP
    • Date: 1800-01-01
  • Map
    Washington in 1800. Shows buildings and blocks containing buildings. Title at head of text: Washington in 1800 : location of the habitable buildings one hundred years ago. W.B. Bryan mentioned in text. Includes text. Text on verso. LC copy probably cut from newspaper, faced with gauze, mounted on cloth backing, and accompanied by negative and positive photocopies at a larger scale. Available also through the Library of...
    • Contributor: Bryan, W. B. (Wilhelmus Bogart)
    • Date: 1800-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy fold-lined and mounted on cloth backing. Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Jaettnig, Karl
    • Date: 1800-01-01
  • Map
    Historical map of the city of Washington, District of Columbia : view of the city & location of the houses in the year 1801-02 : the beginning of Washington Shows block numbers, buildings, woods, and marshes. Existing and proposed streets are undifferentiated. Also covers Georgetown. Differs from other ed.: The statement "Artemas C. Harmon, 1931" printed to lower right of title without street address. LC copy brittle, darkened, pin-holed, missing sections of margins. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Harmon, A. C. (Artemas Canfield)
  • Map
    Territoire de Columbia Relief shown by hachures. On verso of cardboard mat frame: "Territoire de Columbia," published by Warden in Paris, 1820. Edward Stead, 1941. In upper margin at right: Tome 5, Page 1re. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC copy taped to mat frame. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP Vault
    • Contributor: Tardieu, P. F. (Pierre François) - Ellicott, Andrew - Warden, David Bailie
    • Date: 1815-01-01
  • Map
    Washington Includes text. LC copy mounted on cloth backing and annotated in lead pencil in left margin: Proposed bridge L'Enfant. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Luffman, J. (John)
    • Date: 1815-01-01
  • Map
    A map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States of America Shows block numbers. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress by R't King, District of Columbia." Includes ill. of White House and Capitol. LC copy soiled, torn, halved, mounted on cloth backing, and annotated in ink on verso: A map of the city of Washington deposited by Robert King in a chancery suit: Robert King aga. Peter Force. Available also through...
    • Contributor: King, Rt. (Robert) - Cooper, W. - Schwarz, C.
    • Date: 1818-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington and territory of Columbia / engraved by W. & D. Lizars, Edin'r. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. of the Capitols at Richmond and Washington. LC copy fold-lined and taped. DCP
    • Contributor: Lizars, Daniel - Lizars, W. H. (William Home)
    • Date: 1819-01-01
  • Map
    A correct map of the city of Washington : capital of the United States of America : lat. 38.53 n., long. 0.0 Shows block numbers. Also covers Georgetown. "Entered according to Act of Congress on the 31th [sic] day of January 1820 by Peter Force of the District of Columbia." From Peter Force's A national calendar, 1820. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Mounted on cloth backing, edged in imitation leather, and annotated in lead pencil: 1820. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: Force, Peter - Stone, William James - Davis & Force
    • Date: 1820-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington : seat of government of the United States. Shows block numbers, wards, existing and planned government buildings, and radial distances from Capitol. "Entered according to Act of Congress on the 12 day of Nov. 1822 by S.A. Elliot of the District of Columbia." Includes indexed table of points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy fold-lined, missing sections along fold lines, mounted...
    • Contributor: Elliot, William - Elliot, S. Alfred
    • Date: 1822-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington : seat of government of the United States. Shows block numbers, wards, existing and planned government buildings, and radial distances from Capitol. "Entered according to Act of Congress on the 12 day of Nov. 1822 by S.A. Elliot of the District of Columbia." From William Elliot's The Washington guide, 1822. Includes indexed table of points of interest. LC copy fold-lined, missing edge and interior sections, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also...
    • Contributor: Elliot, William - Elliot, S. Alfred
    • Date: 1822-01-01
  • Map
    Geographical, statistical, and historical map of the District of Columbia Relief shown by hachures. Title at head of text: District of Columbia. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes text and statistical tables. At upper right: No. 21. LC copy fold-lined, missing edge section, and accompanied by typewritten information card: [From] A complete historical, chronological & geographical American atlas, H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia, 1822. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: H.C. Carey & I. Lea (Firm) - Young & Delleker
    • Date: 1822-01-01
  • Map
    Geographical, statistical, and historical map of the District of Columbia Relief shown by hachures. Title at head of text: District of Columbia. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes text and statistical tables. At upper right: No. 21. LC copy stained, fold-lined, and accompanied by typewritten information card: [From] American atlas, published by H.C. Car[e]y & I. Leo [sic], Philadelphia, 1827. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster...
    • Contributor: H.C. Carey & I. Lea (Firm) - Young & Delleker
    • Date: 1827-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the city of Washington Shows block numbers, wards, and government buildings. Mounted on cloth backing and edged in imitation leather. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington, 1320 Vault DCP
    • Contributor: De Krafft, F. C. - Stone, W. I. - Brannan, John
    • Date: 1828-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington : seat of government of the United States Shows block numbers, wards, existing and proposed government buildings, and radial distances from Capitol. "Entered according to Act of Congress on the 12 day of Nov. 1822 by S.A. Elliot of the District of Columbia." Includes indexed table of points of interest. LC Ward maps, 222 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in ink,...
    • Contributor: Elliot, William - Throop, G. H. - Elliot, S. Alfred
    • Date: 1829-01-01
  • Map
    District of Columbia Shows major streets and buildings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. "37." LC copy accompanied by typewritten information card: Comprehensive atlas, T.G. Bradford, Boston, 1836. DCP
    • Contributor: Bradford, T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel)
    • Date: 1835
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington : seat of government of the United States Shows block numbers, wards, existing and proposed government buildings, and radial distances from Capitol. Cover title: Washington City. "Entered according to Act of Congress on the 12 day of Nov. 1822 by S.A. Elliot of the District of Columbia." Accompanied by text: Washington in 1835, public buildings. 8 p. : tables ; 14 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
    • Contributor: Elliot, William - Elliot, S. Alfred
    • Date: 1835-01-01