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 on the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac" : [Washington D.C.]

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Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of t[he] United States
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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 on the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac" : [Washington D.C.]
Creator:
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825
Contributor:
United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings
Name on Item:
by Peter Charles L'Enfant
Date:
[1791]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Washington (D.C.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Washington
Extent:
1 map : ms., col. ; 70 x 81 cm., on sheet 73 x 104 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:15,840]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/88694205
Notes:
The earliest extant plan of Washington D.C., known as "The L'Enfant Plan."
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C.
Dark and light inks, watercolors, and lead pencil annotations (some erased).
Watermarks: GR, TB, [crown over fleur-de-lis in shield].
Originally drawn on 2 sheets.
Brittle, torn, faded, missing edge and interior sections, varnished, darkened, and housed between sheets of glass in wooden frame.
Includes text, notes, and index of "References."
At lower right: N.I.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Quarterly journal of the Library of Congress, v. 36, no. 3, summer 1979
Identifier:
ct002167b