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1 item (originally enclosed in a despatch from Major J Stokes, Royal Engineers, British...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/400
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This record is about the 1 item (originally enclosed in a despatch from Major J Stokes, Royal Engineers, British... dating from 1863 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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- MFQ 1/400
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally enclosed in a despatch from Major J Stokes, Royal Engineers, British Commissioner on the Danube, 17 August 1863) extracted from FO 78/3219. Ottoman Empire: Romania: Constanta. 'Plan of Kustendjeh Harbour': showing jetties, finished and in progress, and piers above water and those not commenced. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 1 cable. Compass indicator. Signed by Stokes. Endorsed: 'Inclosure in No 9 despatch of 17th August 1862 [sic] to Earl Russell'. The despatch was erroneously bound with papers from 1862, presumably because of the inaccurate endorsement.
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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)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 30 cm x 35 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:7200
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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 3955.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983421/
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