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4 items (originally enclosed in a letter from Arthur C Oliphant to Captain Howard...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/986
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This record is about the 4 items (originally enclosed in a letter from Arthur C Oliphant to Captain Howard... 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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- MFQ 1/986
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1865]
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Description (What the record is about)
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4 items (originally enclosed in a letter from Arthur C Oliphant to Captain Howard Vyse, British Consul, Hakodate, 3 July 1865) extracted from FO 262/95 (folio 24-27). Japan: Yezo (now Hokkaido): Hakodate. 4 plans of properties recommended as suitable for new consulate premises: (1) 'Plan of Dwelling House & Ground the Property of Messrs Lindsay & Co. Hakodadi Japan'; (2) 'First Floor Plan'; (3) 'Plan of the Property on the Harbour'; (4) 'Ground Plan of Houses ...'. Scale, to item 1 only: 1 inch to 40 feet. Compass indicator to item 1. Item 1 signed: Thomas Blakiston, 4 July 1865. Dimensions between 50 cm x 33 cm and 41 cm x 77 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:480
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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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