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3 items (originally relating to a report by Acting Vice-Consul W J Archer, Chiang...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/688
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This record is about the 3 items (originally relating to a report by Acting Vice-Consul W J Archer, Chiang... dating from 1888 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 1/688
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1888
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Description (What the record is about)
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3 items (originally relating to a report by Acting Vice-Consul W J Archer, Chiang Mai, to the Chief Commissioner, Burma, 18 July 1888) extracted from FO 69/123. South-east Asia. 3 copies of a sketch map of the area between Chiang Mai (now in Thailand) and Kengtung (now in Myanmar [Burma]), showing rivers, elevations, and the route taken by Archer on a visit to Kengtung, May-June 1888. Compass indicator. (1) MS, coloured, on tracing paper. (2) Printed proof, lithographed by Harrison and Sons; MS corrections. (3) Final print, incorporating the corrections made on item 2. Archer's report and item 1 were originally enclosed in a letter from Consul E B Gould, Bangkok, to the Marquis of Salisbury, 18 August 1888.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 42 cm x 33.5 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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