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Map Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States, extended to embrace its suburban towns, villages, &c. and the city of Georgetown and showing original and other valuable data not to be found on any maps heretofore published : also a diagram of the avenues showing their true courses and distances and a plan of Alexandria

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Title

  • Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States, extended to embrace its suburban towns, villages, &c. and the city of Georgetown and showing original and other valuable data not to be found on any maps heretofore published : also a diagram of the avenues showing their true courses and distances and a plan of Alexandria

Names

  • Forsyth, William (Surveyor)
  • District of Columbia. Office of the Surveyor.
  • District of Columbia. Board of Public Works.

Created / Published

  • [Washington : s.n.], 1871.

Headings

  • -  Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Sewerage--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Water-pipes--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Street lighting--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Alexandria (Va.)--Maps
  • -  Rosslyn (Arlington, Va.)--Maps
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington--Georgetown
  • -  United States--Virginia--Alexandria
  • -  United States--Virginia--Arlington--Rosslyn

Notes

  • -  Depths shown by contours.
  • -  Also covers Rosslyn (Va.).
  • -  Also shows block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the year 1870."
  • -  Includes notes, insets of D.C. avenues and Alexandria, and population table.
  • -  LC copy darkened, fold-lined, soiled, missing small edge sections, and annotated in red ink to show unidentified numbered districts.
  • -  DCP

Medium

  • 1 map on 8 sheets : cloth backing ; 152 x 168 cm., sheets 81 x 47 cm. and 81 x 43 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3850 1871 .F6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 88693475

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Forsyth, William, District Of Columbia. Office Of The Surveyor, and District Of Columbia. Board Of Public Works. Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia: established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States, extended to embrace its suburban towns, villages, &c. and the city of Georgetown and showing original and other valuable data not to be found on any maps heretofore published: also a diagram of the avenues showing their true courses and distances and a plan of Alexandria. [Washington: s.n, 1870] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88693475/.

APA citation style:

Forsyth, W., District Of Columbia. Office Of The Surveyor & District Of Columbia. Board Of Public Works. (1870) Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia: established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States, extended to embrace its suburban towns, villages, &c. and the city of Georgetown and showing original and other valuable data not to be found on any maps heretofore published: also a diagram of the avenues showing their true courses and distances and a plan of Alexandria. [Washington: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88693475/.

MLA citation style:

Forsyth, William, District Of Columbia. Office Of The Surveyor, and District Of Columbia. Board Of Public Works. Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia: established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States, extended to embrace its suburban towns, villages, &c. and the city of Georgetown and showing original and other valuable data not to be found on any maps heretofore published: also a diagram of the avenues showing their true courses and distances and a plan of Alexandria. [Washington: s.n, 1870] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/88693475/>.