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Title
Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America and by them established as the Seat of Government, after the Year 1800
Creator
Rollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver
Contributor
Reid, John, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued
1796
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Maps
Rights Information
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Description
Apparently extracted from RB Atlas Anal. 228210, AE28620(a). Note that the names of several other publishers after I. Reid have been erased. Old folder had loose backing paper with a sticker marked "229". "Rollinson sculp. N. Y." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Poles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Sticker: 229. 181810.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 map ; 40 x 52 cm., sheet 41 x 56 cm.
Identifier
181810
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1958
Language
English
Subject
Washington (D.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Washington (D.C.)--Maps
Time Period
1796
Place
Washington (D.C.)
District of Columbia
W 77.00°/N 38.55°
Source
Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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