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1 item extracted from T 77/21. 'An Exact Plan of the River St Johns in East Florida...
Catalogue reference: MR 2/6
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from T 77/21. 'An Exact Plan of the River St Johns in East Florida... dating from [?1786] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage of up to 1 metre.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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MR 2/6
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Date (When the record was created)
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[?1786]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from T 77/21. 'An Exact Plan of the River St Johns in East Florida - with part of the Sea Coast': from the Florida-Georgia boundary, via St Augustine and New Smyrna, to the South Hillsborough and Indian Rivers. Shows waterways, towns, names of grantees with extent of holdings. Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles. Compass indicator. Oriented to the west. Title in decorated cartouche. The map is undated but is likely to have been made in or about 1786. Originally filed with miscellaneous papers of the East Florida Claims Commission appointed under the East Florida Losses Act 1786 (26 Geo III c 75); many of these papers are water-damaged and difficult to read.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
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41 cm x 142 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
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1:263440
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10855333/
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MR 2
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage of up to 1 metre...
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage of up to 1 metre...
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