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L'Enfant's 1791 plan for Washington, D.C.

L'Enfant's 1791 plan for Washington, D.C.

Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s 1791 “Plan of the City Intended for the Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States,” reproduced in 1887 as a facsimile by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Office. The President’s Park is labeled “I.” rising north from the Mall.

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Library of Congress