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Andrew Ellicott

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American surveyor (1754-1820)

United StatesScientistsLived 1754 to 1820 · aged 66
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Andrew Ellicott was an American land surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether...

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Northeast No. 4 boundary marker stone of the original District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. and Prince George's County, Maryland (2005)Northeast No. 4 boundary marker stone of the original District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. and Prince George's County, Maryland (2005)[[Boston Public Library]]"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwjA">Boston Public LibraryFacsimile of manuscript of Peter Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the federal capital city (United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1887).[[Boston Public Library]]"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwjA">Boston Public LibraryFacsimile of manuscript of Peter Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the federal capital city (United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1887).A contemporary reprint of Samuel Hill's 1792 print of Ellicott's Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, showing street names, lot numbers, coordinates and legends.A contemporary reprint of Samuel Hill's 1792 print of Ellicott's Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, showing street names, lot numbers, coordinates and legends.[[Boston Public Library]]"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwnQ">Boston Public LibraryThackara & Vallance's 1792 print of Ellicott's Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, showing street names, lot numbers, depths of the Potomak River, coordinates and legends.[[Boston Public Library]]"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwnQ">Boston Public LibraryThackara & Vallance's 1792 print of Ellicott's Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, showing street names, lot numbers, depths of the Potomak River, coordinates and legends.The south side of the Ellicott Stone, south of Bucks, Alabama. It reads: Dominio De S.M. Carlos IV, Lat. 31, 1799. (2009)The south side of the Ellicott Stone, south of Bucks, Alabama. It reads: Dominio De S.M. Carlos IV, Lat. 31, 1799. (2009)Ellicott's house at 123 North Prince Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania is listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesEllicott's house at 123 North Prince Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania is listed on the National Register of Historic PlacesHistorical marker for Ellicott's observatory in Chattahoochee, FloridaHistorical marker for Ellicott's observatory in Chattahoochee, Florida

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Andrew Ellicott was an American land surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.

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Lived 1754 to 1820 · aged 66
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