Map View of the city of Washington in 1792.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • View of the city of Washington in 1792.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.? : s.n., 186-?]

Headings

  • -  Real property--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Land grants--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Notes

  • -  Cadastral map showing named land tracts with owners' names.
  • -  Selected buildings and trees shown pictorially.
  • -  Planimetric map--not bird's-eye view.
  • -  Also shows townsites of Georgetown, Hamburgh, and Carrollsburg.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  LC copy accompanied by D.C. Sesquicentennial exhibition caption, Apr. 1950-Apr. 1951: 9. Pre-District plantations.
  • -  LC copy darkened, fold-lined, lacking small sections along edges, and mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Phillips. Washington 1285
  • -  Vault
  • -  DCP

Medium

  • 1 map ; 55 x 71 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3851.G46 1792 .V5

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 87694269

Online Format

  • image

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

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View of the city of Washington in. [Washington, D.C.?: s.n., 186-?, 1792] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/87694269/.

APA citation style:

(1792) View of the city of Washington in. [Washington, D.C.?: s.n., 186-?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/87694269/.

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View of the city of Washington in. [Washington, D.C.?: s.n., 186-?, 1792] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/87694269/>.