Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

is one or the Iamlllar pOilSneo OAK nat
rack signs inscribed in gold letters MAPS
and Charts You will pass through the
doors and into a wide and lofty room
that is set with large oak-framed and
glazed cases holding maps that are dis
played vertically.
In a case facing the entrance is a map.
the descriptive card Of which says: 1.-THE
George Washington Map-Manuscript map
made by George Washington in 1775.
showing lands on the great Kanawha
river. West Virginia, granted by the
British government in 1863 for his serv-
ices in the Braddock expedition. 1865.
In George Washington's handwriting. in
the northwest corner of the map, Is this:
Copy of a survey made by Mr.. Saml
Lewis 6 Nov. IVA for George washington
for $3.50 acres-Plat n .. surveyed for
George Washington $3.50 acres of land
(by virtue of a warrant to said Washing
ton for 5000 acres granted by His Ex-
cellency the governor to said Washington.
agreeably to his majesty's proclamation
issued in the year 1863, lying in the
county of BOtetourt on the northeast side
OF the Great Kanawha, about mile and
half above the mouth of Cole river.
joining the upper end of the Popeteli1ca
survey. and bounded as followeth. to-
witt Then follows long statement OF
metes and bounds.
BY the side of this map is another, the
descriptive card of which says:
Original plan of Gen. Washington's
farm on Clifford Neck. part Of Mount
Vernon estate. executed by the general
himself 1866" A yellow letter from Bush
rod Washington is attached to the map
and this says: Presented, etc, to Col.
George W. Schutt with kind regards of
his friend Bush'd Washington Under
this letter is a card which says: Pre-
scented to the Library by Mrs. John W..
POWELL. In this case is still another
Washington manuscript map. being 1.-The
survey of tract of land in Frederick
county, Va. Supposed to be the third
survey made by Washington. The first
known is dated April 2. 100: the second.
April n. 1850 and the above November
q. 1850
Beneath the kanawha map is an old
colored print giving a view Of George
town. 1t seems to have been sketched
from Observatory Hill on the east side
Of Rock creek 1t is old enough to be
very interesting. but its modernity is in
dictated by the fact that the Aqueduct
bridge appears in an older form and a
small steamboat is shown In the river. In
the foreground on the Washington side of
the Rock creek is a group of red brick
buildings with high hip roofs. probably
warehouses, and house, looking like a
village cottage or farmhouse powered
in trees and surrounded by a wooden
fence. standing by the side Of a rutted,
rambling billy road 1t gives strong i'm
preston of how Washington appeared be-
fore it entered on its metropolitan career.
In a big glazed frame on the left Of the
entrance to this chamber are displayed
several maps which Westinghouse
should know. One of these is The first
plan of Washington city. 1871. The de-
scriptive card attached to it relates that
1t is "L'Enfant's plan. reproduced by the
coast and geodetic survey from the or1gi-
nal manuscript i'm the Office of the COM
missioner of public buildings. War De-
partment.' BY the side or TINS Is
another which is described as ALSO
Il'Enfant's plan with E,llicott's additions.
I792-the first engraved plan of the city
of Washington.
One OF the charts in this case is A
View of the City of Washington IN
1872" The outline of the city is shown,
but not the general plan. The interesting
feature of it is that 1t shows the farms,
with the names of the owners on wnlch
the city was laid out and If city map
and this could be reduced to a common
scale and the latter superimposed on the
earlier many interesting data would be
shown relative to the original ownership
of the various sections Of the city. The
tracts or land SHOWN on tIiS pan OIL
Mount Pleasant. owned by Rooert feteI'
Iamaica by Samuel Blodget: Port Royal.
by Samuel Davidson, John Davidson and
Lynch and Sands: Beale's Levels, by
Iavid Burns James Burns and Benjamin
Oden: Abbey Manor. Daniel Carroii;
Duddington Pasture: Motley Young: Hop
yard Abraham Young and George
Walker: Widows Mite. j. NJ Lingan'
Mexico Robert Peter; Mill Tract, Motley
Young, and James, His Park, Anthony
Holnead.
Beale's Levels extended from near the