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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 / engrav'd by Sam'l Hill, Boston ; in order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line ...

Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[Boston : s.n., 1792]

NOTES
Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings.

Watermarks: Budgen, GR, [crown over fleur-de-lis].

Includes text and notes.

LC copies variously soiled, torn, annotated in lead pencil, trimmed, edged with cloth stripping, and mounted on cloth backing.

LC copies 1 and 3 have annotated notes on verso, in pencil of the city canal by F.C. de Krafft dated September 9, 1831.

Scale [ca. 1:19,800].

SUBJECTS
Washington (D.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
United States--District of Columbia--Washington.

RELATED NAMES
Hill, Samuel, 1766?-1804.
De Krafft, F. C.

MEDIUM
1 map ; 42 x 50 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3850 1792 .E41 Vault

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
(Copy 1) g3850 ct000299 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000299

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