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Map of Scotland, with MS additions showing the route and disposition of the King's...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/247
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This record is about the Map of Scotland, with MS additions showing the route and disposition of the King's... dating from 1745 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 1/247
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1745
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Description (What the record is about)
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Map of Scotland, with MS additions showing the route and disposition of the King's forces. 'A New and Correct Mercator's Map... by Jno. Elphinstone, Esq., 1745'. Title in cartouche with Neptune, Britannia and other figures, gunsmoke and ships. Dedication to the Duke of Cumberland by Andrew Millar in a rococo cartouche surmounted by Royal Arms. With MS reference table. Scale: 1 inch to about 14 miles. Compass star. Engraved by T [Thomas] Kitchin. 'Printed for A. Millar opposite Katherine Street in the Strand London, according to Act of Parliam t. Mar. 6th 1745'. Endorsed: 'in the Earl of Albemarle's [letter] of September 1st 1746'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- SP 54/33/18B
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 68.3 cm x 61.5 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860, (London, 1967), entry 3995
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982191/
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