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Title: Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States : projected agreeable to the direction of the President of the United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress passed the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac" : [Washington D.C.]

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 1887
  • Coverage: 1887
  • Coverage: 1887 to 1887

Publishers

  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (Washington)

Summary

At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C.; Lacks printer's statement.; Facsim. of ms. L'Enfant plan.; Printed in black only.; Includes texts containing letters dated "Washington ... 1887," notes, descriptive index of "References," and U.S.C. & G.S. insigne. Lacks text below "N.I."; At lower right: N.I.; In right upper margin: Number 3035a price 50 cents.

70 x 81 Centimeters, on sheet 81 x 121 Centimeters

Scale approximately 1:16,000.

General Map Collection

Subjects

  • District of Columbia--Washington
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-77.094,-76.957,38.931,38.851)

Provider

University of Minnesota

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
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Citation

L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825. Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States : projected agreeable to the direction of the President of the United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress passed the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac" : [Washington D.C.]. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (Washington). https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll230:4072

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng