A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.’s 1864 map of Washington D.C.  Depicts the District of Columbia along with parts of Georgetown and Alexandria County.  Offers wonderful detail at the street level including references to parks, individual streets, trains, piers, ferries, and important buildings.  Some buildings of note include the Smithsonian Institute, the Capital, the White House, the Odd Fellows Hall, and the Washington Monument, among many others. Colored coded with pastels according to city wards.  Surrounded by the attractive floral border common to Mitchell atlases between 1860 and 1865.  One of the more attractive atlas maps of Washington D.C. to appear in the mid 19th century.  Prepared by W. H. Gamble for inclusion as plate 26 in the 1864 issue of  Mitchell’s New General Atlas .  Dated and copyrighted, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1861 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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1861 (dated)
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