Map Topographical map of the original District of Columbia and environs showing the fortifications around the city of Washington Copy 1

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Topographical map of the original District of Columbia and environs showing the fortifications around the city of Washington

Names

  • Arnold, E. G.
  • Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901.

Created / Published

  • New York : G. Woolworth Colton, 1862.

Headings

  • -  Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Washington Metropolitan Area--Maps
  • -  School districts--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Washington Metropolitan Area--Maps
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington Metropolitan Area

Notes

  • -  Also shows school districts and householders' names in rural areas.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1862 by E.G. Arnold ..."
  • -  Includes text and population tables.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 674, 674.1
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  LC copy annotated in ink on verso, mounted on cloth backing, and edged with cloth.
  • -  Vault
  • -  DCP
  • -  Phillips. Washington 387

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 74 x 81 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3851.S5 1862 .A7
  • G3851.S5 1862 .A7 Copy 3 Vault Oversize Fold-lined on cloth, minor staining, left margin has loss.
  • G3851.S5 1862 .A7 Copy 4 Vault Oversize Annotated in ink to show hospitals and lacks accompanying hospital list. Fold-lined, laminated, minor staining, left margin has loss, annotated in pencil on verso.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 88690604

Online Format

  • image

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

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Chicago citation style:

Arnold, E. G, and G. Woolworth Colton. Topographical map of the original District of Columbia and environs showing the fortifications around the city of Washington. New York: G. Woolworth Colton, 1862. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/88690604/.

APA citation style:

Arnold, E. G. & Colton, G. W. (1862) Topographical map of the original District of Columbia and environs showing the fortifications around the city of Washington. New York: G. Woolworth Colton. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/88690604/.

MLA citation style:

Arnold, E. G, and G. Woolworth Colton. Topographical map of the original District of Columbia and environs showing the fortifications around the city of Washington. New York: G. Woolworth Colton, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/88690604/>.