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1 item (enclosure to General Sir John Ligonier's despatch of 31 March 1744/45) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/276
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to General Sir John Ligonier's despatch of 31 March 1744/45) extracted... 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 1/276
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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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1 item (enclosure to General Sir John Ligonier's despatch of 31 March 1744/45) extracted from SP 87/16. Plan of the western fortifications at Ostend, Flanders (now in Belgium), showing a proposed canal and locks joining the sea to the 'Creque de S te Catherine' as a means of combatting the effect of shifting sand against the fortifications. Bastions named. Scale: 10.2 cm to 200 toises. The plan was accompanied by 'Reflexions sur l'inconvenient des Sables qui comblent les Fortifications de la Ville d'Ostende' (SP 87/16 folios 93-95). A draft letter of 26 March 1745 (old style) from the Earl of Harrington to Ligonier shows that he had 'laid the whole before the King'. The plan is annotated: 'Receiv'd with Lord Harrington's Lre to y e Mã Gen 1 dated 28 Mar. 1745'. The Master General of the day was the Duke of Montagu.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 42 cm x 25 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:3836
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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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 658.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982220/
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