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1 item (enclosure to Lord Townshend's despatch of 15 October 1770) extracted from...
Catalogue reference: MPF 1/315
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- [c1759]
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1 item (enclosure to Lord Townshend's despatch of 15 October 1770) extracted from SP 63/432. Thomas Jeffery's map of Ireland, showing provinces, counties, baronies, cities, towns and principal villages. Title in decorative cartouche, a seated female figure with harp at one corner. Scale: 1 inch to about 13 miles. Published by Thomas Jefferys. MS additions show sites for cavalry and infantry barracks.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 64.8 cm x 58.9 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 3727
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