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1 item (enclosure to letter of 9 March 1757 from the Victualling Commissioners to...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/103
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to letter of 9 March 1757 from the Victualling Commissioners to... dating from [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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- MPF 1/103
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1757]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to letter of 9 March 1757 from the Victualling Commissioners to William Pitt) extracted from SP 42/40 (f 37). 'Gibraltar A General Plan of the Victualing Yard with the Store-Houses &c a.': plan showing houses, shops, ramparts, and the esplanade. Reference table. Scale: 3 inches to 60 feet. In their letter, the Commissioners sought permission for a temporary shed to be built against the retaining wall of the rampart to protect water casks from the sun.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 45 cm x 67 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:240
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1782. Archival reference erroneously printed as SP 40/37.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982047/
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