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1 item (enclosure to Governor Chester's despatch of 7 June 1774) extracted from CO...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/530
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to Governor Chester's despatch of 7 June 1774) extracted from CO... dating from 1769; 1774 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 1/530
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1769; 1774
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1 item (enclosure to Governor Chester's despatch of 7 June 1774) extracted from CO 5/591 (folio 255). Louisiana. 'A Plan of the Mouths of the Mississippi By George Gauld M.A. For the Right Honourable the Earl of Dartmouth.' The map shows place names and soundings. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles. Compass indicator. The map has a paragraph of remarks on the mouths or 'passes' to the river, which includes a description of the Spanish fort established in 1766 on the New Balife, commanding the North East Pass.
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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)
- 29.7 cm x 37.6 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 2421
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3981219/
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