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Source Description
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4m90f3803
label
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90f3803
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States
description
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C.
date
["[1887]"]
year
1887
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010840
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
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38.8833
schema:longitude
-77.0333
extent
1 map : col. ; 70 x 82 cm., on sheet 82 x 121 cm.
notes
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C.
Lacks printer's statement.
Facsim. of ms. L'Enfant plan.
Includes texts containing letters dated "Washington ... 1887," text printed below "N.I.," notes, descriptive index of "References," and U.S.C. & G.S. insigne.
At lower right: N.I.
In right upper margin: No. 3035a price 50 cents.
Original version: [1791].
hasTranscription
no
dcId
4m90f3803
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
c08f399f12376859