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English: In lower margin at left: Computer-assisted reproduction of Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 manuscript plan for the city of Washington, produced by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Library of Congress. Facsimile. Original version: [1791]. "Published by the Library of Congress in 1991 with support from the National Geographic Society, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Park Service." Margins printed in beige tint. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, notes, and index of "References."
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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 on the sixteenth day of July, MDCCXC, "establishing the permanent seat on the bank of the Potowmac"
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G3850 1791 .L41 1991
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/97683585/
Author L'Enfant, Pierre Charles; Library Of Congress; Geological Survey (U.S.); National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's Geography & Map Division
under the digital ID g3850.ct000091.
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United States · Washington D.C. · District Of Columbia · Washington
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American Memory · Cities And Towns · Catalog · Geography And Map Division
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Washington (D.C.) · Washington · Facsimiles · United States · Maps · Early Works To 1800 · District Of Columbia

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