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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 of their government, after the year MDCCC

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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

Names

  • Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820.
  • Thackara & Vallance.

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia : s.n., 1792]

Headings

  • -  Washington (D.C.)--Maps--To 1800
  • -  Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Maps--To 1800
  • -  Real property--Washington (D.C.)--Maps--To 1800
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Georgetown (Washington)
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Notes

  • -  Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Also covers Georgetown.
  • -  Includes text, notes, and coat-of-arms.
  • -  Soiled, mounted on cloth backing, edged with artificial leather stripping, partially hand col., and annotated in ink: The squares coloured Red and these from which Morris & Nicholson were excluded a right of selection ... Hamburgh.
  • -  Phillips. Washington, L279
  • -  Vault
  • -  DCP

Medium

  • 1 map ; 51 x 68 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3850 1792 .E45

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 88694160

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ellicott, Andrew, and Thackara & Vallance. 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. [Philadelphia: s.n, 1792] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/88694160/.

APA citation style:

Ellicott, A. & Thackara & Vallance. (1792) 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. [Philadelphia: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/88694160/.

MLA citation style:

Ellicott, Andrew, and Thackara & Vallance. 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. [Philadelphia: s.n, 1792] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/88694160/>.