Original Proprietors of the National Mall's Land In 1791, 15 landowners negotiated with <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/152">President George Washington</a> to give the government land for the <a>creation of a new federal capital, Washingto</a>n. Land from <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/464">Daniel Carroll</a> of Duddington, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/285">David Burnes</a>, and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/252">Notley Young</a> became the National Mall. <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/247">Property boundaries were vague</a>, making it possible that Samuel Davidson, Benjamin Oden, James Williams, or Uriah Forrest also contributed small portions of their lands to <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/250">that which became the National Mall</a>. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Original+Proprietors+of+the+National+Mall%27s+Land">Original Proprietors of the National Mall's Land</a> Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3851g.ct003599">View original image.</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Pre-1800s">Pre-1800s</a>