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2 items (enclosures F and G to Governor Sir James Walker's letter, 24 July 1869)...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/641
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This record is about the 2 items (enclosures F and G to Governor Sir James Walker's letter, 24 July 1869)... dating from 1869 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 1/641
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Date (When the record was created)
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1869
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items (enclosures F and G to Governor Sir James Walker's letter, 24 July 1869) extracted from CO 23/196. Bahamas. 'Harbour of Nassau Island of New Providence. (Tracing from Admiralty chart No 1489) ...'. 2 maps showing the positions of HMS 'Favorite', HMS 'Royalist', gunboat 'Cherub' and steamer 'Salvador': (1) on the evening of 10 May 1869; (2) on 11 May 1869, 'when informations were being taken with reference to embarkation of Cubans'. Scale: 1 inch to about 1053 yards.
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Public Record(s)
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English
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34 cm x 38 cm
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Open Document, Open Description
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MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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