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Newfoundland (now part of Canada): Saint John's. Two copies of each of two sheets....
Catalogue reference: WO 78/309
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This record is about the Newfoundland (now part of Canada): Saint John's. Two copies of each of two sheets.... dating from 1802 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 78/309
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1802
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Description (What the record is about)
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Newfoundland (now part of Canada): Saint John's. Two copies of each of two sheets. (1-2) '[Map]... Shewing the present Fortifications.. with those that are proposed to be erected ...'. Reference table to defences and defence works. Scale: 1 inch to 225 feet [1:2,700]. Compass indicators. (3-4) Plan, elevation and section of a blockhouse [erected at Signal Hill]. Scale: 1 inch to 5 feet [1:60]. Item (1) and (3) signed by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Skinner, Commanding Royal Engineer, [c1800]; item (2) copied by R H Jago, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman, 1802; item (4) copied by David Robinson, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman, 24 December 1801. Dimensions: (1-2) each 101.5 cm x 142.5 cm; (3) 63 cm x 46.5 cm; (4) 58.5 cm x 45 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- U 3/10
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 964-965
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269245/
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