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2 items extracted from SP 44/191. Senegal. Two profiles through the plan MPF 1/142/1,...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/142
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from SP 44/191. Senegal. Two profiles through the plan MPF 1/142/1,... dating from 1758 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 1/142
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1758
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2 items extracted from SP 44/191. Senegal. Two profiles through the plan MPF 1/142/1, on one sheet. (1) 'Plan and Profil for erecting a small Fort proposed to defend the Entrance of the River Senegal in Africa (Plan No 2)'. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. Projected by J P Desmaretz, 26 August 1758. 'Approved by the King 14 Sept 1758. Ligonier'. (2) Senegal: Senegal River. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. Copied by A Durnford. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 36 cm x 23 cm; (2) 24 cm x 86 cm.
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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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- 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 2230
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982086/
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