Free to Use and Reuse: American Revolution and Founding Washington

The maps selected for this set represent cities, battles, and symbols involved in the founding of the United States. For more maps from the Revolutionary War period, see the digital collection "American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750 to 1789." Browse more content that is free to use and reuse

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  1752. Pre-Revolutionary view of the Statehouse in Philadelphia, which became Independence Hall. Engraved map. Geography & Map Division

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  1791. Known as “The L’Enfant Plan,” this map serves as the blueprint for where the United States government would be permanently situated. Manuscript map. Geography & Map Division

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  1833. Eagle map of the United States created for “Rudiments of National Knowledge.” Engraved map. Geography & Map Division

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  1870. Boston on Independence morning. Panoramic map. Geography & Map Division

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  1775. Boston during the Revolutionary War showing the location of His Majesty’s army and the rebels. Published in London in 1776. Engraved map. Geography & Map Division

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  1775. Boston with the entrenchments of His Majesty’s forces during the Revolutionary War. Published in London in 1777. Engraved map. Geography & Map Division

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  1775. Boston environs and Boston Harbor map showing rebel troop movements during the Revolutionary War. Geography & Map Division

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  1776. Rough draft of Boston and Boston Harbor. Manuscript map. Geography & Map Division

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  1777-1778. Defenses in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. Depicting the siege of Mud Island on the River Delaware. Manuscript map. Geography & Map Division

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  1777. Philadelphia on the border of the state of Delaware during the Revolution. Manuscript map. Geography & Map Division

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  1777. Philadelphia showing the names of land owners and the boundaries of their properties. Engraved map. Geography & Map Division

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  1777. Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania, during the Revolutionary War. Unfinished watercolor sketch map. Geography & Map Division

• 1778. Line of defense and troops between the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers north of the city, and other fortifications. Also shows names of suburban land owners. Manuscript map. Geography & Map Division

• 1781. Military actions resulting in the American victory at Yorktown, Virginia. Drawn by the aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Lafayette. Manuscript map. Geography & Map Division

• 1794. Washington, D.C., in its infancy. Among the earliest printed maps of the United States capital city. Geography & Map Division

• 1800. The "x" on a pre-1790 map captures the boundaries and owners of land that would become the Library of Congress in 1800. Geography & Map Division