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J. H. Colton: Colton's Georgetown and the City of Washington The Capital of the United States of America.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
Colton's Georgetown and the City of Washington The Capital of the United States of America.
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English: A very attractive example of Colton’s 1855 Map of Washington D.C. and Georgetown. Covers the city in incredible detain from Georgetown (Georgetown University, then college shown) in the upper left quadrant to Alexander’s Island in the south and as far east as Magazine Warf. Individual buildings such as the Smithsonian, the White House, the Capitol, the Arsenal, Penitentiary, Naval Yard, Poor House, Asylum, and Post office are all indicated. Features three inset engravings: The Smithsonian Institution, the Capitol, and a presumptive Washington Monument. Prepared by J. H. Colton and Company for issue as plate no. 24 in “Colton’s General Atlas”. Title bears the Johnson and Browning imprint, suggesting that this is an 1860 or 1861 issue of the map despite the 1855 copyright.
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions height: 13 in (33 cm); width: 16 in (40.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,16U218593
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Geographicus link: WashingtonDC-colton-1855
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