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    Downtown Washington D.C. Catalog Record Only Principal government buildings shown pictorially on "Downtown" map. "The making of the Mall" view is a chronological series of 4 same-area views of The Mall and adjacent districts titled: 1860 -- 1900 -- 1940 -- 2000. Tear-out map removed from the National Geographic [magazine], v. 205, no. 6, June 2004. Gift; Charles B. Peterson; June 2004. Includes text. DCP
    • Contributor: National Geographic Maps (Firm) - Joseph Passonneau and Partners - National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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    Map of the state of Virginia
    Map of Virginia     "August 1863." "Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs." Accompanied by cover: Map of Virginia / compiled in the office of the United States Coast Survey. Washington, D.C. : W.H. & O.H. Morrison : 15 x 10 cm. Also covers Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and parts of adjacent states. Shows cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. Map has concentric circles centered on Richmond,...
    • Contributor: Krebs, Charles G. - Nicholson, W. L. - United States Coast Survey - W.H. & O.H. Morrison (Firm) - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Capital : [Washington D.C. metropolitan area] Catalog Record Only Shows growth of built-up area and road network. From the Dec. 1964 issue of the National geographic magazine. Includes text and notes. Text on verso. LC copy laminated and mounted on cloth backing. DCP
    • Contributor: National Geographic Society (U.S.) - Garst, J. (John) - Sabban, E. (Elie)
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    Fort Pennsylvania and encampment at Tennallytown near Washington, D.C. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and lead pencil. Imperfect: brittle, missing small sections along sheet edges, fold-lined. Includes general "Explanation" index and "Light battery explanation" index. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP CW3 Acquisitions control no.: 99-94
    • Contributor: Baker, George - Cushing, W. E.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Topographical map of Washington, D.C., and vicinity. Showing the Union forts and defences built 1861-3. Detail from a printed map of the Potomac River region of Maryland and Virginia, and including Washington, D.C., which Sneden has annotated to show the locations of Union forts and picket lines.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Topographical : [northern Washington D.C.] Catalog Record Only Relief shown by contours. Shows buildings, lot lines, householders' names, forts, and vegetation. Covers environs of Forts De Russy, Stevens, Slocum, Totten, Slemmer, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Thayer, Lincoln, and Batteries Sill and Jameson. India ink, red ink, and pencil. Torn, fold-lined, and foxed. Includes statistical table. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 681 Vault DCP
    • Contributor: Hodasevich, R. A.
    • Date: 1863
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    Map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia shewing the architectvre and history from the most ancient times down to the present Catalog Record Only F52163 U.S. Copyright Office Pictorial map of central business district. Envelope title: The capital map : map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia shewing ... present. Includes text, historical and descriptive notes, col. ill., and coat of arms. Ancillary maps in the 4 corners: View of Washington 1792 -- Dist. of Columbia 1800 -- John Smith's map 1606 -- Townes...
    • Contributor: Houghton Mifflin Company - Olsen, Edwin - Clark, Blake
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    Topographical sketch near Fort Staunton from points not under fire of its guns : [Washington D.C.]. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Black and brown inks. At upper left: 211, L. Sheet 15. Missing small sections at corners. Includes bar scale. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 691.6 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
    • Date: 1860-01-01
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    The Naval Observatory, Washington, DC. Catalog Record Only Bird's-eye view. Copyright "1989 Bensusen." On p. ii of accompanying text: Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 89-600768. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Oriented with north to the bottom. Accompanied by text: The house on Observatory Hill : home of the vice president of the United States / by Gail S. Cleere. vi, 74 p....
    • Contributor: Cleere, Gail S. - Bensusen, Sally J. - United States Naval Observatory - United States. Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy
    • Date: 1989
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    District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac. Low-angle bird's-eye view. Shows cities of Washington and Alexandria in foreground. Includes index of military positions with regiment names. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 678 Stephenson. Cartography of northern Virginia, pl. 39 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. DCP
    • Contributor: Bohn, Casimir - E. Sachse & Co
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    [Plans of the fortifications of Washington D.C.]. Catalog Record Only Some maps are photocopies of ms. maps. In upper margin of some maps: Entrenchments for the defence of Washington. In lower right corner of some maps: Transferred from Office Ch'f Eng'r Defenses of Washington to Eng'r Dep't Jan'y 1866. Includes cross-sections. Some maps also include statistical tables. LC sheets accompanied by negative photocopies. DCP
    • Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
    • Date: 1861
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    John Wilkes Booth, escape of an assassin : war on the Chesapeake Bay
    Maryland Civil War trails, John Wilkes Booth, escape of an assassin | War on the Chesapeake Bay Catalog Record Only     Covers central Maryland, Washingron D.C. vicinity, and central Chesapeake Bay region. Title from panel. At head of panel title: Maryland Civil War Trails. Shows escape route and related present-day points of interest. "© 2007 Virginia Civil War Trails, Inc." Includes notes, directories to points of interest, insets of Washington D.C./Annapolis, and ill. (some col.). Text, location map, ill. (some col.), and Civil War Trails...
    • Contributor: Maryland Civil War Trails (Organization) - Communication Design, Inc - Virginia Civil War Trails (Firm)
    • Date: 1865
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    1790-1900, yesterday in Washington Catalog Record Only Pictorial map showing historic events, buildings, and major streets. Estuary watercolored in light blue. Includes text, notes, descriptive index to points of interest, and ill. LC copy rubber-stamped in lower right corner: Campbell Photo Service, Washington, D.C. DCP
    • Contributor: Fryer, Thelma E. - Hogan, Jeanne M.
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    Atlas of historical county boundaries. Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia Catalog Record Only TX 4-384-270 U.S. Copyright Office "A project of the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History, the Newberry Library"--T.p. Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • Contributor: Long, John Hamilton - Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History
    • Date: 1995
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    Map of Maj. Gen. Ross's route with the British column from Benedict on the Patuxent River to the city of Washington August 1814. Relief shown by hachures. From: Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825. Diagrams and plans illustrative of the principal battles and military affairs treated of in Memoirs of my own times. Philadelphia : Printed by Abraham Small, 1816. Minimal level cataloging record. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Wilkinson, James
    • Date: 1814-01-01
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    Atlas of Prince George's County, Maryland, 1878 Catalog Record Only Cover title: Atlas of fifteen miles around Washington, including the county of Prince George, Maryland. Reprint of the Prince George's County, Maryland portion of the 1878 ed. of Atlas of fifteen miles around Washington, including the county of Prince George, Maryland published by G. M. Hopkins, Philadelphia. Includes index.
    • Contributor: Hopkins, Griffith Morgan
    • Date: 1975
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    A romance map of the city of Washington Catalog Record Only Pictorial map of central Washington D.C. showing historic events, sites, and buildings. "Copyright, 1938, by Susan Baker and Roberta Tull." Includes text, notes, and col. ill. DCP
    • Contributor: Wickser, Josephine Wilhelm - Rand McNally and Company - Tull, Roberta - Annand, George - Baker, Susan
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    Topographical map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction. Shows Union and Confederate positions at "Battle of Bull Run, July 21st 1861." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. In right margin at bottom: Guide to Mount Vernon by the Road Maker. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift (copy 1); Edward Stead; 25 Oct. 1991. Includes index of "U.S. encampments at Arlington Heights" and...
    • Contributor: Magnus, Charles
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River. Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 455 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and relief by hachures. Principal Union and Confederate positions are marked by small flags or underlined in blue and red respectively. List of 34 forts defending Washington is in the lower...
    • Contributor: Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Stranger's guide to Mr. Johnson's Washington--summer 1865 : the city that Mr. Lincoln knew. Catalog Record Only F39826 U.S. Copyright Office Pictorial tourist map of city center. From Potomac (magazine), The Washington Post, 20 June 1965. Copyright "1965 T. Loftin Snell." Oriented with north to the right. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 682.8 Includes notes and index to points of interest. Text and ill. on verso. LC copy laminated and mounted on cloth backing. DCP
    • Contributor: Johnson, Andrew - Washington Post Company - Snell, Tee Loftin - Lincoln, Abraham
    • Date: 1865
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    [Peter Force map collection] Catalog Record Only This collection includes maps related primarily to the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the District of Columbia. Many of these maps are dispersed throughout the Geography & Map vault collection and filed by call number. Uncataloged maps in this collection that are held in the G&M vault will be fully cataloged. Maps in the title collection may be cataloged or recataloged...
    • Contributor: Force, Peter
    • Date: 1685
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    Map of n. eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows forts and batteries in the District of Columbia and immediate vicinity. At head of title: Surveys for military defences. LC copy annotated in black ink and colored inks to show troop positions and engagements. Annotated in black ink on verso: Major General Sigel to Colonel L.P. di Cesnola, Chantilly, Novbr. 1862. Bookplate of "Palma di...
    • Contributor: Schedler, J. (Joseph) - United States. Corps of Topographical Engineers - McDowell, Irvin
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Breckinridge family map collection Catalog Record Only The collection consists of thirty-five maps. Most maps depict real property and streets in Washington, D.C. In addition, some other maps show locations in the United States and Europe. The maps are listed as constituent units and cataloged separately.
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    The National lines before Washington : a map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army : supplement to the New-York times ...
    Map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army     Includes text. Inset: "Port Royal and Tybee Island." Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts, batteries, and territory occupied by 8 Union divisions, extending from Washington to Virginia, ending at the north near Great Falls and southward to the mouth of the Accotink Creek. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for...
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Map of n. eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows forts and batteries in the District of Columbia and immediate vicinity. At head of title: Surveys for military defences. Accompanied by sheet: Presented to Brig. Genl. S. Williams, A.A. Genl. Hd. Qrs. Army, by order of Maj. Genl. McClellan, Comd. in Chf. U.S.A. [signed] A.W. Whipple, Maj. T.E. [1] leaf ; 21 x 13 cm....
    • Contributor: Schedler, J. (Joseph) - United States. Corps of Topographical Engineers - McDowell, Irvin
    • Date: 1862-01-01