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Benjamin Banneker - Photo 1

Benjamin Banneker - Photo 1

Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia: ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year 1800. Banneker worked as an assistant surveyor with Andrew Ellicott, mapping the lands and creating the boundaries for the new federal capital.

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Library of Congress