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1 item extracted from TS 12/54. 'A Map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New York, And...
Catalogue reference: MPD 1/167
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from TS 12/54. 'A Map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New York, And... dating from 1749 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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- MPD 1/167
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1749
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1 item extracted from TS 12/54. 'A Map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New York, And the Three Delaware Counties: By Lewis Evans. MDCCXLIX. Published by Lewis Evans March 25 1749 according to Act of Parliament. L. Hebert Sculpt'. Includes adjacent parts of Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut. The map contains several paragraphs of remarks on the country and a paragraph of acknowledgments for the use of other surveys, and is decorated with pictures of two sailing vessels. Title at the head of map decorated with scroll-work. Distance table. Scale: 1 inch to 15 miles. Compass roses.
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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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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2007
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982486/
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