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Map A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt,

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Title

  • A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt,

Names

  • Washington, George, 1732-1799.
  • Crawford, William, 1732-1782.

Created / Published

  • [ca. 1780]

Headings

  • -  Pennsylvania--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Virginia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  West Virginia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Ohio River Watershed--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Fort Pitt (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Pittsburgh Region (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania
  • -  United States--Virginia
  • -  United States--West Virginia
  • -  United States--Ohio River Watershed
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh)
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Region

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:600,000.
  • -  Title from verso.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  The title, land tract boundaries with owners' initials, and some place names have been identified as annotations by George Washington made ca. 1780. The author and date of the manuscript map is not known; reference sources indicate between 1758 and 1771.
  • -  Phillips. Maps of America p. 713
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1332
  • -  Shows Ohio River watershed in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 100; 440/1; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4; 651/6; 700/1

Medium

  • map on sheet 60 x 42 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3820 1780 .W3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74692581

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Washington, George, and William Crawford. A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt. [1780] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/74692581/.

APA citation style:

Washington, G. & Crawford, W. (1780) A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/74692581/.

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Washington, George, and William Crawford. A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt. [1780] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/74692581/>.