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Catalogue reference: MPI 1/95
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosed in a letter dated 4 January 1785 from Sir Richard Hughes) extracted... dating from 1784 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPI 1/95
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1784
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosed in a letter dated 4 January 1785 from Sir Richard Hughes) extracted from ADM 1/312. Pacific Ocean: Virgin Islands. Survey of St John's harbour taken by HMS Boreas in November 1784. Signed by Horatio Nelson. Scale: 1 inch to 0.6 mile. Compass stars and lines.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another item extracted from ADM 1/312 see MPI 1/707
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 47 cm x 56 cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 3845
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047296/
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