Map A map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States of America Copy 1 - Recto

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • A map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States of America

Names

  • King, Rt. (Robert), 1774 or 1775-1831.
  • Schwarz, C., 1785?-1863.
  • Cooper, W.

Created / Published

  • [Washington : W. Cooper, 1818]

Headings

  • -  Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Shows block numbers.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress by R't King, District of Columbia."
  • -  Includes ill. of White House and Capitol.
  • -  LC copy soiled, torn, halved, mounted on cloth backing, and annotated in ink on verso: A map of the city of Washington deposited by Robert King in a chancery suit: Robert King aga. Peter Force.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  DCP

Medium

  • 1 map ; 61 x 79 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3850 1818 .K5
  • G3850 1818 .K5 Copy 2. Edged with cloth stripping, mounted on cloth backing, and annotated in red ink to match "References" on L'Enfant's ms. map of Washington.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • map65001120

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

King, Rt. , 1774 Or, C Schwarz, and W Cooper. A map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia: established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States of America. [Washington: W. Cooper, 1818] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/map65001120/.

APA citation style:

King, R., Schwarz, C. & Cooper, W. (1818) A map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia: established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States of America. [Washington: W. Cooper] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/map65001120/.

MLA citation style:

King, Rt. , 1774 Or, C Schwarz, and W Cooper. A map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia: established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States of America. [Washington: W. Cooper, 1818] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/map65001120/>.