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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

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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
Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy) (Publisher)
Russell, John, active 1733-1795 (Engraver)
Ridgway, James (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Washington, D.C.

Dates / Origin
Place: London
Publisher: H.D. Symonds & J. Ridgway,
Date Issued: 1795
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-415
Topics
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Content: Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings.
Citation/reference: Phillips. Maps of America, p. 1005
Content: Also covers Georgetown.
Content: From the author's An American atlas, London, 1795.
Content: Includes "Remarks" and coat-of-arms.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Statement of responsibility: J. Russell, sculpt., Constitu'n Row, Grays Inn Road.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. 40 x 53 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 5566762
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15384219
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 93e526e0-c52b-012f-0392-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1795. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efae-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "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" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efae-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (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 1800 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efae-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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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