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1 item extracted from CO 5/52 (f 171). Nova Scotia. 'A Plan of the City and Fortifications...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/328
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from CO 5/52 (f 171). Nova Scotia. 'A Plan of the City and Fortifications... dating from [1745]-1757 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPG 1/328
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1745]-1757
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from CO 5/52 (f 171). Nova Scotia. 'A Plan of the City and Fortifications of Louisburg from a Survey made by Richard Gridley, Lieut. Coll. of the Train of Artillery in 1745 ...' and 'A Plan of the City and Harbour of Louisburg, with the French Batteries that defended it and those of the English, shewing that part of Gabarus Bay in which they Landed... 1745'. Two plans on one sheet with a small inset map of Gabarus Bay. Reference table to defences. Scales: 1 inch to 300 feet and 1 inch to 1/3 mile (plans); 1 inch to 2.3 miles (inset). Compass roses and lines. Titles in rococo cartouches. Published by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the prince of Wales at Charing Cross, 20 April 1757. These plans were produced to illustrate the forty-nine day siege of 1745, which ended in the capture of the town by forces mainly raised in New England on 17 June, under Sir William Pepperell.
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 52.1 cm x 69.1 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 1322
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981017/
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1 item extracted from CO 5/52 (f 171). Nova Scotia. 'A Plan of the City and Fortifications...
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