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Summary
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C.
Facsim. of ms. L'Enfant plan.
Original version: [1791].
Includes texts containing letters dated "Washington ... 1887," notes, descriptive index of "References," and U.S.C. & G.S. insigne. Lacks text below "N.I."
At lower right: N.I.
In right upper margin: No. 3035a price 50 cents.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LC copies fold-lined and mounted on cloth backing. Copy 2 also laminated and trimmed.
2 copies
DCP
Tags
Date
01/01/1791
Contributors
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825.
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
United States. Commissioner of Public Buildings.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
