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'Chart of the Lights on the Lake Coast of the United States ...' and what is now...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/1661
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This record is about the 'Chart of the Lights on the Lake Coast of the United States ...' and what is now... dating from 1861 in the series Foreign Office: Library: 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)
- FO 925/1661
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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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'Chart of the Lights on the Lake Coast of the United States ...' and what is now Canada. 6 sheets of charts. Scale: 1 inch to 10 miles. Key to representation of types of lighthouse differentiated as red and white, fixed, flashing and revolving. Note that 'Prepared at the Office of the Survey of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes' under the supervision of Captain George G Meade, Topographical Engineers, 1861. Lithographed by J Bien, 180 Broadway, New York. Published by order and under the direction of the US Light House Board. (1) New York: chart of Lake Champlain. (2) Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Shows the lighthouses along the United States shores of Lake Superior. Manuscript corrections in red ink. (3) Shows lighthouses along the shores of the St Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake St Clair. (4) Ontario. Map of Lake Huron showing the lighthouses on its shores. (5) Map of Lake Michigan showing the lighthouses on its shores. Manuscript corrections in red ink.Dimensions: (1) 49 cm x 77.5 cm; (2) 66 cm x 114 cm; (3) 119 cm x 70 cm; (4) 60 cm x 96 cm; (5) 59 cm x 42 cm
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:600000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed, 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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), entries 2658, 2531, 2105, 1473, 2544
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3818225/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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