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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 1800

Names

  • Russell, John, active 1733-1795

Created / Published

  • [London, 1795]

Headings

  • -  Washington (D.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Georgetown (Washington)

Notes

  • -  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.
  • -  Copy 5 covered by 2003-625160.
  • -  5 copies
  • -  Vault
  • -  DCP
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • map 40 x 53 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3850 1795 .R8

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71002258

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Russell, John, Active. 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. [London, 1795] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71002258/.

APA citation style:

Russell, J. (1795) 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. [London] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71002258/.

MLA citation style:

Russell, John, Active. 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. [London, 1795] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm71002258/>.