Map [Sketch plan for landscaping the grounds of the President's House, ca. 1802-05].

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Title

[Sketch plan for landscaping the grounds of the President's House, ca. 1802-05].

Names

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
Mills, Robert, 1781-1855.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Created / Published

[1802?]

Headings

- White House (Washington, D.C.)--Maps
- Landscape architecture--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
- Gardens--Washington (D.C.)--Design--Maps
- Washington (D.C.)--Maps
- United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Genre

Manuscript maps

Notes

- Title from accompanying photocopied pages.
- Drawn by different hands. Attributed variously to Benjamin Latrobe, Robert Mills, and Thomas Jefferson.
- Pen-and-ink with lead pencil additions.
- Soiled, wrinkled, fold-lined, and torn.
- Accompanied by handwritten letter in ink, headed "The Library of Congress," that erroneously identifies plan as "Capitol Grounds." [1] sheet ; 26 x 21 cm.
- Also accompanied by photocopied pages from book : The President's House, a history / by William Seale. Washington, D.C. : White House Historical Association, 1986. [3] leaves : ill., map ; 22 x 28 cm.
- Phillips. Washington 81
- DCP

Medium

1 map : ms., cloth backing ; 23 x 31 cm., on sheet 25 x 41 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

G3852.W46 1802 .L3

Repository

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

Digital Id

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3852w.ct002310

Library of Congress Control Number

88693237

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

https://lccn.loc.gov/88693237

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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, Robert Mills, and Thomas Jefferson. Sketch plan for landscaping the grounds of the President's House, -05. [?, 1802] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88693237/.

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Latrobe, B. H., Mills, R. & Jefferson, T. (1802) Sketch plan for landscaping the grounds of the President's House, -05. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88693237/.

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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, Robert Mills, and Thomas Jefferson. Sketch plan for landscaping the grounds of the President's House, -05. [?, 1802] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/88693237/>.

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