King, N. (Nicholas), 1771-1812
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King, N. (Nicholas), 1771-1812
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King, Nicholas, 1771-1812
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City surveyor of Washington, D.C.
Family of Nicholas King, English-born engineer and surveyor of the city of Washington, D.C., including his son-in-law, Maj. William Wade, U.S. Army ordnance officer and, later, part owner of a series of steam engine and cannon foundries in Pittsburgh, Pa., and his grandson, Nicholas King Wade, engineer and foundry owner.
Nicholas King (1771-1812), an English born surveyor and architect, the first surveyor of Washington, D.C. He was born in Yorkshire, the oldest son of Robert and Mary Clark King. His father was a prominent land surveyor. In October 1793, King and his friend Joshua John Moore, an astronomer, left for America on the Hunter, under the command of Captain John Hacker of New York. He arrived to New York in January 1794, and a month later left for Philadelphia. There he was employed by Robert Morris as a surveyor and draftsman. In 1796, he moved to Washington.
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https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85149625
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10568149
https://viaf.org/viaf/59509344
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85149625
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Washington (D.C.)
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Berlin (Germany)
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England
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Washington (D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
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Washington (D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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Northwestern States
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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New York (N.Y.)
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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United States
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Washington (D.C.)
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Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
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Pennsylvania
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Washington (D.C.)
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England
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Lincoln Park (Washington, D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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Saint Petersburg (Russia)
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Pennsylvania
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Washington (D.C.)
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Russia
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Pennsylvania
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Washington (D.C.)
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Washington (D.C.)
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Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)
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Berlin (Germany)
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