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
Shows proposed streets, block numbers, and proposed government buildings; also shows proposed "University" area (which does not appear on the original 1792 edition). Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. Black-ink script added at right-hand edge: Presented to M'r Volney the 9th of february thus 1798 by W'm Thornton commissioner to the public Buildings. A second inked script describing the colors indicating house types (dated "February 1798") appears below the first script. Annotated in red hand-coloration to show locations of brick houses and in blue to show locations of frame houses. Watermark on left side: Bud unclear n; on right side: "GB" under fleur-de-lis. Includes text, notes, and Washington coat-of-arms. Annotated in ink script on verso: Federal-City. DCP
- Date
- 1798
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Ellicott, Andrew; Thornton, William; Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François); Thackara & Vallance
- Place
- the United States
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 8,792 × 6,300 pixels
Public domainsafest
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" (1798). Ellicott, Andrew; Thornton, William; Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François); Thackara & Vallance. 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_2017593100.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 135763.
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