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1 item extracted from AO 13/72 part 4. 'Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/2
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from AO 13/72 part 4. 'Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia... dating from 1774 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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- MPI 1/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1774
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from AO 13/72 part 4. 'Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia With a Catalogue of Purchasers' surveyed by John Reed and engraved by James Smither. Scale: 1 inch to 100 perches. Title in a rococo cartouche surmounted by the city arms: decorated with the figure of an Indian, trees, a globe, a draped male figure, ship with a Union flag and scrolls bearing the words 'Charter', 'Concessions', 'Concealed'. Tables of purchasers and lessees, with acreage, and extracts from William Penn's appointment of commissioners to survey the city. Compass roses. Dedicated to 'the Honourable House of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania'. Inset are drawings of the State House, the Hospital, the House of Employment and the Alms House. One of three sheets the others being, MPI 1/1 and MPI 1/408.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 83.8 cm x 53.3 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2810
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047203/
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MPI 1
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