Plan of the City of Washington and Territory of Columbia.

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• ARTIST: Andrew Ellicott

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: 1819

• EDITION SIZE: 13 3/8 x 13 1/2" (340 x 345 mm) plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: An unusual plan of Washington D.C. This map is largely based on Andrew Ellicott’s extremely rare ten mile square map showing the full original boundaries. On January 24, 1791, President George Washington announced the Congressionally designated permanent location of the national capital, a diamond-shaped ten-mile tract at the confluence of the Potomac and Eastern Branch Rivers. The original survey of the 100 square mile diamond shaped "district" was undertaken by Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker (a free slave). In March of 1791, Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant was appointed by George Washington to prepare the plan for the city itself with Ellicott as his assistant. Unfortunately, L'Enfant turned out to be very difficult to work with. Eventually both Washington and Jefferson became disgusted with L'Enfant's obstinacy which led to his being suspended in 1792 and outright termination in 1793. Ellicott took over the project using L'Enfant's plan as a base. There are tow vignette illustrations on the map, the Capitol at Richmond and Capitol at Washington. The latter showing the capitol before enlargement. This map appeared in Appeared in D. B. Warden's “A Statistical, Political and Historical Account of the United States.” Engraved by W. & D. Lizars, Edinburgh.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition. B/W.

• REFERENCE: Phillips, Washington, #78.

• CATEGORIES: Maps