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Maps of the District of Columbia

Guide to maps of Washington D.C. in the Library of Virginia's collection

Maps in Government Records

Map of the Town of Alexandria
John West, October 27, 1748, copied by William Payne, George Gilpin, and Thomasin Ellroy, November 30, 1796
In Alexandria Deed Book H, 1796–1797
p. 332–333
City of Alexandria microfilm reel #3


Town of Alexandria, Bounded by Gibbon Street, West Street and Great Hunting Creek
Charles Murray
December 7, 1739
Manuscript in pen and ink
House of Delegates (RG 79), Legislative Petitions, Fairfax County
Accession 36121


Map of Washington and Vicinity
U.S. Geological Survey
In Guide to the Flora of Washington and Vicinity
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1881
Call number: SI 3.3:22


Map of the Public Lands under Federal Jurisdiction in the District of Columbia
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916
Call number: Y 1. 1/2:Serial 1055