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Nova Scotia (now part of Canada): Halifax. Contoured map showing War Department property...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/420
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This record is about the Nova Scotia (now part of Canada): Halifax. Contoured map showing War Department property... dating from 1861 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 78/420
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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Nova Scotia (now part of Canada): Halifax. Contoured map showing War Department property at Fort Clarence. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet. Compass indicator. Copied from an original survey by Captain Dawson and Lieutenant Herbert Locock, Royal Engineers; copied by Lieutenant Locock; signed by Lieutenant Colonel S J Westmacott, Commanding Royal Engineer. Originally accompanying a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Westmacott to the Inspector General of Fortifications, 27 November 1861; the letter is not filed with this sheet.
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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)
- D 1
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 92 cm x 143.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:480
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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 1239
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269356/
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WO 78
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