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Mill Seat, Philadelphia and Frogland: An 1885 Georgetown Map

B.D. Carpenter’s 1885 plat locates three old Georgetown land tracts: Mill Seat, Philadelphia and Frogland.

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Do you know any of these old Georgetown neighborhoods? Here is an old map of Georgetown from 1885.

Plat of the tracts of land called “Mill Seat,” “Philadelphia,” and “Frogland,” from the original patents as located in Georgetown D.C. / B.D. Carpenter, surveyor. (Library of Congress)

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