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 MDCCC
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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 MDCCC
Collection
Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Charts and maps
Names
Thackara & Vallance (Engraver)
Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820 (Engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1792
Place: Philadelphia :
Publisher: s.n.,
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6246 [LHS 3]
Subjects
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Real property -- Washington (D.C.)
Genres
Notes
Content: " In order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line ... "
Content: Also covers Georgetown.
Content: Includes text, notes, and coat-of-arms.
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings.
Content: Watermark.
Citation/Reference: Phillips. Maps of America, p. 1002
Citation/Reference: Wheat & Brun. Maps and charts published in America before 1800, 531
Content: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Statement Of Responsibility: engrav'd by Thackara & Vallance, Philad'a 1792.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 51 x 68 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 18257479
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15255319
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e22975f0-c5d4-012f-3b95-58d385a7bc34
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1792
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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 MDCCC" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1792. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e22975f0-c5d4-012f-3b95-58d385a7bc34
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1792). 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 MDCCC Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e22975f0-c5d4-012f-3b95-58d385a7bc34
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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 MDCCC" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e22975f0-c5d4-012f-3b95-58d385a7bc34
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