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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

Scale 1:19,800. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. Also covers Georgetown. From the author's An American atlas, London, 1795. Includes "Remarks" and coat-of-arms. LC copies variously trimmed, missing small sections, fold-lined, laminated, mounted on paper or cloth backing, and accompanied by negative photocopies. Copy 5 covered by 2003-625160. 5 copies Vault DCP AACR2

Date
1795
Mapmaker / publisher
Russell, John
Place
the United States
Scale
1:19,800
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
6,424 × 5,202 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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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" (1795). Russell, John. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: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_LOC_gm71002258.jpg

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