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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

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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

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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].
LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined (8 panels).
Includes text, notes, and Washington coat-of-arms.
Annotated in ink script on verso: Federal-City.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date

01/01/1798
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district of columbia
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