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1 item (enclosure to Woahoo [Sandwich Islands] despatch no 40 dated 13 November 1854...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/478
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to Woahoo [Sandwich Islands] despatch no 40 dated 13 November 1854... dating from 1854 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 1/478
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to Woahoo [Sandwich Islands] despatch no 40 dated 13 November 1854 from William Miller, consul general) extracted from ADM 1/5661. Russia: Kamchatka Oblast. View of the exterior fortifications of the town and port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski from the Bay of Aracha 'at the moment of disembarkation' 4 September 1854. The position of the ships Virago, La Forte, L'Obligado and President; and the Russian batteries and magazine are also shown. Drawn by A Prou. Lithographed by G H Burgess. 'M.M. Et de Massey & finance, editeurs'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 20 cm x 32.5 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983499/
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MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various departments held...
6,070 records
Within the series: MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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