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Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States projected agreeable to the direction of the President of the United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress passed the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac"; by Peter Charles L'Enfant.

L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey · 1887 Full Details

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Title
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States projected agreeable to the direction of the President of the United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress passed the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac"; by Peter Charles L'Enfant.
Description
Includes text, statistical data, and index to points of interest. 1 map: col.; on sheet 75 x 120 cm
Creator
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Temporal Coverage
1887
Rights
This map is in the public domain.
Rights Holder
Please attribute access and use of this digitized map to the Stephen S. Clark Library, University of Michigan Library. https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy
Access Rights
Public
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Date Added
April 16, 2021

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    L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (n.d.). Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States projected agreeable to the direction of the President of the United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress passed the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac"; by Peter Charles L'Enfant.. . https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-000081883/39015091897853_01 (map)
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