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1 item (enclosure to Lieutenant Governor Simcoe's despatch of 26 May 1792) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/91
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to Lieutenant Governor Simcoe's despatch of 26 May 1792) extracted... dating from 1792 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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- MPG 1/91
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1792
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to Lieutenant Governor Simcoe's despatch of 26 May 1792) extracted from CO 42/316 (8). Upper Canada. Map of part of northern shore of Lake Ontario between Rice Lake and Great West Bay [Bay of Quinté] showing carrying places, falls on River Trent and a salt spring. Remarks on road-building at carrying places and on salt spring. Compass indicator. [By John Collins, Deputy Surveyor General.] The map accompanied Collins's account of 'Proceedings on my route from Kingston to Lake Huron', 27-29 July, 1785, which remains in CO 42/316.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 50.3 cm x 37.8 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 1381
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980780/
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