Map Plan of the city of Washington Copy 1
About this Item
- Title
- Plan of the city of Washington
- Contributor Names
- L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825.
- Thackara & Vallance.
- Created / Published
- [Philadelphia : s.n., 1792]
- Subject Headings
- - Washington (D.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- - United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- Notes
- - Printed from the same plate as the map appearing in The universal asylum, and Columbian magazine, Philadelphia, Mar. 1792.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- - Includes latitude/longitude statement.
- - LC copy 1 mounted on cloth backing and annotated in lead pencil: 1st printed edition of the L'Enfant plan. Copy 2 trimmed and mounted on cloth backing.
- - Phillips. Washington 1280
- - 2 copies
- - Vault
- - DCP
- Medium
- 1 map ; 21 x 26 cm., on sheet 35 x 43 cm.
- Call Number/Physical Location
- G3850 1792 .L4
- Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000509
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 88694159
- Online Format
- image
- Description
- Printed from the same plate as the map appearing in The universal asylum, and Columbian magazine, Philadelphia, Mar. 1792. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes latitude/longitude statement. LC copy 1 mounted on cloth backing and annotated in lead pencil: 1st printed edition of the L'Enfant plan. Copy 2 trimmed and mounted on cloth backing. Phillips. Washington 1280 2 copies Vault DCP
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/88694159
- Additional Metadata Formats
- MARCXML Record
- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
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Format
Map
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Contributors
L'enfant, Pierre Charles
Thackara & Vallance
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Dates
1792
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Location
District of Columbia
United States
Washington
Washington D.C.
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Language
English
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Subjects
District of Columbia
Early Works to 1800
Maps
United States
Washington
Washington (D.C.)
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Chicago citation style:
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, and Thackara & Vallance. Plan of the city of Washington. [Philadelphia: s.n, 1792] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/88694159/. (Accessed August 20, 2017.)
APA citation style:
L'Enfant, P. C. & Thackara & Vallance. (1792) Plan of the city of Washington. [Philadelphia: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/88694159/.
MLA citation style:
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, and Thackara & Vallance. Plan of the city of Washington. [Philadelphia: s.n, 1792] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/88694159/>.
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