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United States of America: New Jersey: map: 'The Province of New Jersey, Divided into...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/5751
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This record is about the United States of America: New Jersey: map: 'The Province of New Jersey, Divided into... dating from 1778 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 78/5751
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778
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Description (What the record is about)
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United States of America: New Jersey: map: 'The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys'. Title between trees, in a rural setting. Table of astronomical observations for notable places. Scale: 1 inch to 7 miles. Longitude is measured from Philadelphia. Engraved and published by William Faden, Charing Cross, 1 December 1777. Second edition by William Faden, 2 December 1778, with 'considerable improvements from the use of several military surveys'. Drawn from the surveys of Lieutenant Bernard Ratzer, 60th Regiment, and Gerard Bancker. Folded in a case with the label of the Quartermaster General's Department.
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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)
- M.92
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- M.92
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- Public Record(s)
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- Engraved
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2598. Reference originally printed as PRO Library M.92: subsequently altered to WO 78/5751.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274692/
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