<P> Ellicott, with the aid of his brother, Benjamin Ellicott, then revised the plan, despite L'Enfant's protests . Some of Ellicott's revisions, such as the straightening of the longer avenues, created minor changes to the city's layout, including the removal of Square No. 15 from L'Enfant's original plan . </P> <P> Ellicott stated in his letters that, although he was refused the original plan, he was familiar with L'Enfant's system and had many notes of the surveys that he had made himself . It is therefore possible that Ellicott recreated the plan . </P> <P> Shortly thereafter, Washington dismissed L'Enfant . Ellicott gave the first version of his own plan to James Thakara and John Vallance of Philadelphia, who engraved, printed and published it . This version, printed in March 1792, was the first Washington city plan that received wide circulation . </P> <P> After L'Enfant departed, Ellicott continued the city survey in accordance with his revised plan, several larger and more detailed versions of which were also engraved, published and distributed . As a result, Ellicott's revisions became the basis for the capital city's future development . </P>

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