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Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia
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Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia

Credit: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

At the request of President Washington, Ellicott in 1791 surveyed the boundaries of the new District of Columbia and completed L'Enfant's plan for the nation's new capital. The final version of the plan was first published in Philadelphia in 1792.

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