[MAP] Johnson's Georgetown and the City of Washington, the Capitol of the United States of America

[MAP] Johnson's Georgetown and the City of Washington, the Capitol of the United States of America. New York: Johnson and Browning, c. 1861. [10401] Large hand-colored map, 45.7 x 36 cm (18 x 14 inches), clean, suitable for framing. There is a short marginal repair on the backside of the map, which will be matted out when framed. Removed from a bound volume, Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Very good.  This map shows the roads, public buildings, monuments, with all of the blocks numbered. There are inset illustrations of the Smithsonian Institution, the Capitol, and of the Washington Monument. The Johnson and Browning imprint dates this map between 1860 and 1862. This is an historic map of Washington, D.C. made at the beginning of the American Civil War. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), b. Wallingford, Vermont; school teacher, for some years a book and map seller for J. H. Colton and Co. After some efforts at publishing his own maps, Johnson found success with his Family Atlas,