Transcript Historic Prints and Maps of the Mall and the Washington Monument from The Albert H.

Historic Prints and Maps of the Mall
and the Washington Monument
from
The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
Letter from George Washington to Congress:
United States. December the 13th, 1791
Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives.
I place before you the plan of a City that has been laid out within the District of
ten miles square, which was fixed upon for the permanent seat of the
Government of the United States.
G. Washington
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
1792 Plan of the City of Washington by Andrew Ellicott
based on the 1791 L’Enfant Plan
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection, 064.MP.ED.E.F.
Washington Monument, design by Robert Mills, view from
the west looking toward the Mall, c. 1850
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
Unfinished Washington Monument, Illustrated News, 1853
(This view from the northwest shows the west door that was
closed and then sealed with a stone veneer around 1900.)
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
The Boschke Map (Map of Washington City), 1857,
by A. Boschke
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection, 295.MP.N.E.F.
View of Washington, by E. Sachse, 1861, lithograph
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
Panoramic View [toward Virginia] of the U.S. Camps
Around Washington City in 1861
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
General View of the Position of the Union Army
on the Shores of the Potomac
Harper’s Weekly, 1863
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
Panoramic View of Washington City, c. 1873
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
Washington Monument, c. 1885, JH Bufford’s Sons (This
lithograph shows an idealized view of the completed Monument surrounded by a
broad earthen mound. Visitors ascend to enter the Monument’s east door. Visible
beyond is the Washington Canal and the hills and growing city to the north.)
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
Bird’s Eye view of Washington, 1892
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
Altograph of Washington, Stranger’s Guide, 1892
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
Proposal for the 1892 World’s Exposition (lost to Chicago)
from The Albert H. Small Washington Collection
The National Ideas Competition for the Washington
Monument Grounds wishes to thank Albert H. Small
for allowing us to highlight these historical maps and
views from his collection.