| Creator | L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825 |
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| Date | [1791] |
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| Scale | Scale [ca. 1:7,500] |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | Library of Congress Geography and Map Division |
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| Collection (local) | Library of Congress Collection |
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| Subjects | - Washington (D.C.)--Surveys--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Washington (D.C.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - District of Columbia
- North and Central America
- United States
- Washington
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| Extent | 1 map : ms., col. ; 68 x 106 cm. |
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| Terms and License | - 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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| Notes | - Shows survey lines and proposed public squares parks.
- Relief shown by hachures.
- Title from LC G&M Div. preliminary map shelflist card.
- Ms. survey map drawn by P.C. L'Enfant.
- Oriented with north toward the upper left.
- Black and col. inks, watercolors.
- In black ink at lower left: Note. All the lines coloured red are finished and those coloured yellow are intended to be compleated this season.
- Watermark (crown over fleur-de-lis).
- Originally drawn on 2 sheets.
- Soiled, torn, missing small edge sections, and mounted on cloth backing.
- Accompanied by positive and negative photocopies of L'Enfant's letter to George Washington, Aug. 19, 1791, the original in the L'Enfant papers, no. 0215-977, L.C. Ms. Div.
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