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Source Description
Shows wards, built-up areas, and major buildings.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4m90fp736
label
City of Washington
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90fp736
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
City of Washington
description
Shows wards, built-up areas, and major buildings.
date
["[1854]"]
year
1854
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_013979
creators
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Washington (D.C.)--Maps
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
District of Columbia
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
District of Columbia
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Philadelphia
publisher
Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
38.8333
schema:longitude
-77
extent
1 map : hand color ; 31 x 38 cm
notes
Shows wards, built-up areas, and major buildings.
Also covers Georgetown.
Plate 16 from atlas by S.A. Mitchell: New universal atlas ... of the world. Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1854. G1019.M64 1854.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850, by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. in the Clerk's office of the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Includes note, index to points of interest, and Capitol floorplan.
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no
dcId
4m90fp736
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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e592c232959a2e4c