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Ellicott's “Plan of the City of Washington”

David Sibray visits the monument that establishes the base of the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

Ellicott's "Plan of the City of Washington" revised from Pierre Charles L'Enfant; 1792 - Library of Congress

Mason-Dixon Monument at Eastern Terminus

David Sibray at Northern Panhandle Monument

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