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 1800

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Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia
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Title:
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 1800
Creator:
Reid, John, publisher
Contributor:
Rollinson, William, 1762-1842
Name on Item:
Rollinson sculp't N. York.
Date:
[1795?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
New York Public Library
Collection (local):
Maps of North America
Subjects:
Washington (D.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Washington > Georgetown
Extent:
1 map ; 40 x 52 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[New York] : Publish'd by I. Reid
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:20,750]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-ef95-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Notes:
Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings.
Also covers Georgetown.
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
"L. Wayland and C. Smith 1795" deleted from publisher's statement.
Includes "Remarks" and coat-of-arms.
LCCN:
88694116