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3 items (originally enclosed with report from George Pennell, Colonial Engineer,...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/774
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This record is about the 3 items (originally enclosed with report from George Pennell, Colonial Engineer,... dating from 1865 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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- 1865
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3 items (originally enclosed with report from George Pennell, Colonial Engineer, to Hugh Austin, Governor's Secretary, 23 February 1865) extracted from CO 137/383 (folios 386-388). Jamaica: Kingston. 3 plans showing the progress of the works at the lunatic asylum: (1) 'Ground plan of alterations and additions being carried out'; (2) 'Ground plan of alterations and additions originally proposed'; (3) 'Ground plan of existing buildings'. Scale (to all items): 1 inch to 40 feet. Stamped as having been received by C L, 22 April 1865. Dimensions: (1) 42.5 cm x 58 cm; (2) 42 cm x 55 cm; (3) 32.5 cm x 40 cm.
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