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Territory of Columbia
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Item Information

Title:
Territory of Columbia
Title (alt.):
Territory of Columbia
Creator:
Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820
Date:
[1793]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Washington (D.C.)--Maps, Topographic--To 1800
Washington (D.C.)--Maps, Manuscript--To 1800
Arlington County (Va.)--Maps, Topographic--To 1800
Arlington County (Va.)--Maps, Manuscript--To 1800
Manuscript maps--To 1800
Places:
Arlington (county)
Washington
Extent:
1 map : ms., col. ; 56 x 56 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:31,680]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/88694130
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
City boundary labelled: Out lines of the city of Washington with the grand avenues and principal streets leading through the public appropriations.
Title from later printed ed.
Pen-and-ink and watercolors.
Oriented with north toward the upper left.
Soiled and fold-lined.
Accompanied by positive and negative photocopies of 3 letters dated 1793 relating to the map, 1 of which signed by: And'w Ellicott.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
ct001435