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2 items extracted from WO 44/84. Nova Scotia (now a province of Canada). Plans and...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/930
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from WO 44/84. Nova Scotia (now a province of Canada). Plans and... dating from 1808-1810 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 1/930
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1808-1810
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2 items extracted from WO 44/84. Nova Scotia (now a province of Canada). Plans and sections of proposed sheds for military use at Halifax showing: (1) the position of new sheds at the artillery park with existing sheds, barracks, out-buildings, water wells, surrounding streets, walls and trees; and (2) a shed to contain the guns and lumber for two carriage brigades with its position in the artillery park. Reference key on (1). Scales: (1) plan 1 inch to 30 feet, section 1 inch to 4 feet; (2) no scale shown. (1) drawn by John George Toler, Draughtsman, Royal Engineers Depot, October 1810. (1) signed by Captain G Nicolls, Royal Engineers. Originally accompanying letters (1) dated 9 October 1810 from Lieutenant General George Provost to Captain Nicolls; (2) dated 20 April 1808 from Commander James Maclauchlan, Royal Engineers, to Lieutenant General G Morse, Inspector General of Fortifications. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 54.5 cm x 60.5 cm; (2) 29 cm x 38 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983951/
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