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1 item (enclosure to letter of 3 July 1850 from H Merivale, Colonial Office) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/126
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to letter of 3 July 1850 from H Merivale, Colonial Office) extracted... dating from 1850 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPK 1/126
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to letter of 3 July 1850 from H Merivale, Colonial Office) extracted from FO 5/523. Map of the Gulf of St Lawrence, showing the area permitted to the Americans for fishing by the 1818 Convention as interpreted by Law Officers' Opinion of 30 August 1841. The line is drawn from the coast of Labrador through East Cape (Anticosti Island), Cap d' Espoir (Gaspé Peninsula), Miscou Island (New Brunswick), and North and East Points (Prince Edward Island). Scale: 1 inch to about 21 miles.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 41.9 cm x 24.9 cm
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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 334
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980147/
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