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Source Description
Facsimile of the L'Enfant plan showing part of the street system of the original.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4m90f3782
label
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of the United States
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90f3782
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of the United States
description
Facsimile of the L'Enfant plan showing part of the street system of the original.
date
["1882"]
year
1882
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010830
creators
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Washington (D.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
1791
subjectsGeographic
District of Columbia
North and Central America
United States
Washington
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
District of Columbia
city
Washington
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington]
publisher
Published and copyrighted by Wm. F. Boogher
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38.8833
schema:longitude
-77.0333
extent
1 map : col. ; 81 x 104 cm.
notes
Facsimile of the L'Enfant plan showing part of the street system of the original.
Includes text, notes, and descriptive index of "References."
At lower right: N.I.
"I certify that this is a true copy of the original in this office, John Stewart, civil engineer in charge of records, 10th Oct'r 1882."
Includes seal of the Office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, Washington D.C.
Original version: [1791].
hasTranscription
no
dcId
4m90f3782
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
4edc00618111917b