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  • Map
    Plat of proposed carriage road and other improvements south o... "3d day of October 1854." Oriented with north to the bottom. Includes notes and computations. LC copy fold-lined and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings - French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown) - Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson)
    • Date: 1854-01-01
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    Map of survey of Whitney Close, divided into squares 1 to 11 ... Cadastral map. Includes notes. LC copy 1 fold-lined and missing small edge sections. Copy 2 halved and mounted on cloth backing. 2 copies DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - B.H. Warner & Co
    • Date: 1886-01-01
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    Subdivision of property in the county of Washington, D.C. Cadastral map of part of Columbia Heights N.W. showing some landowners' names. "March 1869." "Lots for sale by Kilbourn & Latta, real estate brokers ..." Includes text. LC copy missing small sections along edges and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - Kilbourn & Latta
    • Date: 1869-01-01
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    Plat of part of the estate of the late William East, deceased... Cadastral map showing block and lot numbers, lot boundaries, dimensions, and buildings. "4th August 1856, Washington D.C." Covers area bounded by 26th St. N.W., F St. N.W., and Potomac River. Oriented with north to the right. Photocopy of ms. map. "From negative loaned by Mr. W. Hayward of National Capital Parks." Includes inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - East, William
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of proposed subdivision of part of Mount Pleasant and Pl... Cadastral map. "For sale by Thos. E. Waggaman, real estate broker ..." Includes text. LC copy fold-lined, faced with gauze, mounted on cloth backing, and annotated in pencil with date 1871. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - Waggaman, Thos. E. (Thomas E.)
    • Date: 1871-01-01
  • Map
    Plat of survey and subdivision of "Washington Heights" : by t... Scale ca. 1:1,280. LC copy annotated in pencil to show lot prices. Cadastral map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2: 110; 651/1; 650/2; 700/1; 710/3
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners
    • Date: 1888-01-01
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    Plat of survey and subdivision of "Washington Heights" Scale ca. 1:1,280. LC copy annotated in red ink to show lot prices and in pencil on verso. LC copy imperfect: Upper left large section missing. Cadastral map. "For sale by A. P. Fardon, Real Estate Broker, 1326 F. Street." Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2: 110; 651/1; 650/2; 700/1; 710/4
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Fardon, A. P. - District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners
    • Date: 1888-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : ... Depths shown by contours. Also covers Rosslyn (Va.). Also shows wards, block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the year 1870." Includes notes, insets of D.C. avenues and Alexandria, and population table. LC copy darkened, brittle, missing...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William
    • Date: 1870-01-01
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    Plat of survey and subdivision of "Washington Heights" Scale ca. 1:1,280. LC copy annotated in red ink to show lot prices. Cadastral map. "For sale by A. P. Fardon, Real Estate Broker, 1326 F. Street." Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2: 110; 651/1; 650/2; 700/1; 710/4
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Fardon, A. P. - District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners
    • Date: 1888-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of part of the city of Washington exhibiting the propert... Cadastral maps showing original landholdings with 1858 street system superimposed. Lingan map covers area bounded by W, 16th, H, 22nd, and Boundary streets N.W. Baily map covers area bounded by F, 14th, N, and 10th streets S.E. Black and red inks, watercolor, and lead pencil. Soiled, missing small sections along edges, and mounted on cloth backing. Includes text and statement of certification headed: Surveyors...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Fenwick, George
    • Date: 1794-01-01
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    Map of the city of Washington showing the public reservations... Reservations numbered in red. Includes statistical table. "48 2 Ch Eng." LC copy soiled, fold-lined, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - Rockwell, A. F. - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - United States. Office of Public Buildings and Grounds
    • Date: 1884-01-01
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    Benjamin F. Leighton and Richard E. Pairo, trustees, subdivis... Cadastral map. "Sept. 5th 1887." LC copy halved and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Pairo, Richard E. - Leighton, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Farnsworth)
    • Date: 1887-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : ... Also covers Rosslyn (Va.). Also shows block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the year 1876." Originally printed on 6 sheets. Includes notes, insets of D.C. avenues and Alexandria, population table, and D.C. commissioners' names. LC sheets...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor
    • Date: 1876-01-01
  • Map
    Plat of survey of Wm. M. Rapley's property fronting square we... Cadastral survey map covering waterfront area between 7th and 8th streets S.W. Black, brown, and red inks, watercolor, and lead pencil. Faced with gauze, torn, missing section at corner, halved, rubber-stamped, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 801 Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - Rapley, Wm. M. (William M.) - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Stephenson & Bro
    • Date: 1887-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of Washington showing the Canal from 17th to 27th streets]. Relief shown by hachures. Also covers Foggy Bottom district. Title from pencil annotation on cloth backing. Black and brown inks, watercolor, and lead pencil. Faced with gauze (silked), quartered, and mounted on cloth backing. Includes scale graph and 2 longitudinal sections showing proposed excavations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 70 Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William
    • Date: 1810-01-01
  • Map
    Thos. E. Waggaman and Jno. Ridout, trustees', addition to the... Cadastral map of Woodley Park. Also covers Washington Heights (shows buildings only). "Recorded ... June 15, 1888, Wm. Forsyth, Surveyor D.C." Includes notes. LC copy mounted on cloth backing and annotated in blue pencil to show sold and priced lots. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Carpenter, B. D. (Benjamin D.) - Waggaman, John F.
    • Date: 1888-01-01
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    Plat of survey of Wm. M. Rapley's property fronting square we... Cadastral survey map covering waterfront area between 7th and 8th streets S.W. "Dec. 29, 1887." LC copy fold-lined and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - Rapley, Wm. M. (William M.) - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Stephenson & Bro
    • Date: 1887-01-01
  • Map
    Plat of Columbia Heights : Hon. John Sherman, trustee Cadastral map. "Nov'r 1st 1881--Recorded in liber, A.R. Shepherd, folio 137." At head of text: Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 1881. "Lots for sale by A.L. Barber and Co. ... Washington D.C." Includes text at upper left. LC copy 1 torn, missing large sections at bottom, and mounted on cloth backing. LC copy 2 torn, missing large section at lower right, fold-lined, annotated in purple...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - A.L. Barber and Co - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Sherman, John
    • Date: 1881-01-01
  • Map
    Plat of survey and subdivision of "Washington Heights" : by t... Scale ca. 1:1,280. LC copy annotated in red ink to show lot prices. Cadastral map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2: 110; 651/1; 650/2; 700/1; 710/3
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners
    • Date: 1888-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : ... Depths shown by contours. Also covers Rosslyn (Va.). Also shows block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the year 1870." Includes notes, insets of D.C. avenues and Alexandria, and population table. LC copy darkened, fold-lined, soiled, missing...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - District of Columbia. Board of Public Works
    • Date: 1870-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of a tract of land called Port Royal, covered by part of... Cadastral map showing boundaries of Port Royal and its subsections in relation to the city street system. Covers area bounded by Q, 1st, F, and 18th streets N.W. Shows block numbers and dimensions. In lower margin: I certify that this plat is a true copy of the original in this office, Wm. Forsyth, Surveyor of the City of Washington. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Torn, missing...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor
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    Plat of survey and subdivision of "Washington Heights" : by t... Cadastral map. Includes notes and Commissioners' names. LC copy 1 mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners
    • Date: 1888-01-01
  • Map
    Plan submitted for the alteration of the streets and av. arou... Oriented with north to the right. LC copy fold-lined and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown) - United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings
    • Date: 1854-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Georgetown in the District of Columbia : prepared from... Cadastral map. Includes 2 insets and D.C. officials' names. LC copy darkened, brittle, cracked, missing small sections, quartered, mounted on cloth backing, and signed in ink: Hugh T. Taggart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Taggart, Hugh T. (Hugh Thomas) - District of Columbia. Legislative Assembly
    • Date: 1871-01-01
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    Todd & Brown's subdivision of part of "Pleasant Plains & Mt. ... Cadastral map. "April 1868." Oriented with north to the right. LC copy 1 fold-lined, missing small sections at edges, and mounted on cloth backing. LC copy 2 stained, brittle, and missing small sections at edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William
    • Date: 1868-01-01
  • Map
    Plat & dimensions of circle on Pennsylvania Avenue at interse... "18th Nov'r 1854." Includes survey notes. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown) - United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings
    • Date: 1854-01-01
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    Plat of Columbia Heights : Hon. John Sherman, trustee Cadastral map. Alternate title at upper left: Profiles and proposed grades of streets in Columbia Heights subdivision. At head of alternate title: "H." "Nov'r 1st 1881--Recorded in liber, A.R. Shepherd, folio 137." "To accompany report in answer to Senate Resolution of April 14, 1882." "Lots for sale by A.L. Barber and Co. ... Washington D.C." Includes note and bar scale. LC copy stained, fold-lined,...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - A.L. Barber and Co - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Sherman, John
    • Date: 1882-01-01
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    A map of tract of land called Portroyal, formerly the propert... Cadastral map showing boundaries of western subsection of Port Royal in relation to the city street system. Covers area bounded by Q, 1st, H, I, and 10th streets N.W. Shows block numbers and dimensions. At lower right: I certify that these plats are true & correct copies of the originals in this office, Wm. Forsyth, Surveyor of the City of Washington DC. Black and...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Fenwick, George
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    [Map of Carrollsburg showing its street and lot system with t... Cadastral map showing lot and block numbers. Carrollsburg shown in red, Washington in green. India ink and watercolor. Soiled, missing small sections along edges, and mounted on cloth backing. Includes text and statement of certification by: Wm. Forsyth, Surveyor of the City of Washington DC. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor
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    Plat of Columbia Heights : Hon. John Sherman, trustee Scale ca. 1:1,750. "Nov. 1st 1881--recorded in liber, A. R. Shepherd, folio 137." Cadastral map. "Lots for sale by A. L. Barber and Co. ... Washington, D.C." LC copy fold-lined and annotated in lead pencil on verso. Includes text at bottom. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2: 110; 651/1; 650/2; 700/1; 700/2; 710/4
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - A.L. Barber and Co - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Sherman, John
    • Date: 1881-01-01
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    Plat of triangular reservation on Pennsylvania Avenue between... Covers triangular park bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue and I and 21 st streets N.W. "18th November 1854." Includes "Recapitulation" table. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown) - United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings
    • Date: 1854-01-01
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    Map of George Truesdell's addition to the city of Washington ... Cadastral map. Has statement of certification by: W'm Forsyth, Surveyor Dist. of Columbia. Includes location map and ill. of houses. LC copy fold-lined, laminated, annotated in red ink and blue pencil, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - Truesdell, George - District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor - Bruff, William T. O.
    • Date: 1887-01-01
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    Map of property purchased from the United States by Wm. T. Do... "6th November 1854." Partial cadastral map showing block and lot numbers, lot boundaries, and dimensions. Covers southeastern Georgetown and Foggy Bottom waterfront areas. At head of title: (Copy). India ink, col. ink, and watercolor. Stained and halved. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Phillips. Washington 1382 Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William - Dove, Wm. T. (William T.)
    • Date: 1854-01-01
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    Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : ... Depths shown by contours. Also covers Rosslyn (Va.). Also shows block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the year 1870." Includes notes, insets of D.C. avenues and Alexandria, and population table. LC copy darkened, brittle, missing substantial...
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William
    • Date: 1870-01-01
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    True copy of plat as recorded in Gov. Shepherd, page 141 : [p... Cadastral survey map showing lot numbers, dimensions, and areas. Covers area bounded by Park Rd., Georgia Av., Otis Pl., and New Hampshire Av. N.W. Pen-and-ink and lead pencil. Mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Forsyth, William
    • Date: 1860-01-01