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1 item (enclosure to Bouchette's report in Lord Dalhousie's letter of 21 January...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/489
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to Bouchette's report in Lord Dalhousie's letter of 21 January... dating from 1821 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 1/489
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to Bouchette's report in Lord Dalhousie's letter of 21 January 1822) extracted from CO 42/191. Quebec, New Brunswick, Maine. 'Plan... on which is exhibited the general direction of Mars Hill Range of Highlands and a Branch thereof directing its course to NE., between which Ranges and the Intersection thereof by the Meridional line from the source of the St. Croix, comprehends a portion of Territory exceeding six million of acres'. The map shows boundaries in dispute between the British and United States boundary commissioners, township areas in Maine and Quebec, and some proprietors. Scale: 1 inch to about 9 miles. Compass indicator. [By] Joseph Bouchette, Surveyor General of Lower Canada, 24 December 1821.
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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)
- 83.8 cm x 63 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1711
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981178/
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