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France: Seine département (now divided between Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/608
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This record is about the France: Seine département (now divided between Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis... dating from [?1870]-1872 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 78/608
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Date (When the record was created)
- [?1870]-1872
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Description (What the record is about)
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France: Seine département (now divided between Hauts-de-Seine, Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne départments). Five copies of a map. 'Carte du Département de la Seine executée au Dépôt de la Guerre ...': surveyed by officers of the Corps d'Etat-Major; [drawn and produced] by the [French] War Department; printed by Lemercier and Co, Paris. Coloured MS additions to items (1) and (5), show [?existing and proposed] forts and lines of communication; a note to item (1) states: 'The Forts & Communications in red pencil were pointed out to Colonel Jervois by a French General Officer on 16/5/72 as being the proposed new defences of Paris'. Different coloured MS additions to items (2-4), show the deployment of French and German armies [?during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871]; MS reference tables, in French.
From the War Office map docket book (which was the original means of reference to the War Office maps), it seems that item (1) formerly consisted of two separate sheets; the two parts were [re]joined at some point following their transfer to the Public Record Office.
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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 20
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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 and French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 78 cm x 105 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:40816
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, coloured
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1459
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3269544/
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WO 78
War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans
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