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1 item extracted from CO 267/11. West Africa. 'Plan of James Fort, Accra in Africa'....
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/228
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 267/11. West Africa. 'Plan of James Fort, Accra in Africa'.... dating from 1756 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 1/228
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Date (When the record was created)
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1756
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from CO 267/11. West Africa. 'Plan of James Fort, Accra in Africa'. Shows position of stores, slave holes, barracks, spur yard etc. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. Compass indicator. Title in rococo cartouche decorated with drawings of a monkey, a cat-like animal, plants and foliage, and surmounted by a tropical bird. Surveyed by Justly Watson, Director of Engineers, January 1756. A dotted line through the fort suggests that a section may have been drawn or intended.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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42 cm x 44 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: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 1013
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980917/
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Colonial Office
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