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 1798
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About This Map
Old early map of District of Columbia, Georgetown, United States, Washington, Washington D.C..
Created by Andrew Ellicott, Thackara & Vallance, William Thornton, F. (Constantin-François) in 1798.
Created by Andrew Ellicott, Thackara & Vallance, William Thornton, F. (Constantin-François) in 1798.
- 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.
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