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North America. Map in three joined sheets of the city and liberties of Philadelphia,...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/408
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This record is about the North America. Map in three joined sheets 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPI 1/408
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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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North America. Map in three joined sheets of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (now in the United States of America). Inset are drawings of the State House, the Hospital, the House of Employment and the Alms House. Reference tables to purchasers and lessees, with acreages and extracts from William Penn's appointment of commissioners to survey the city. Scale: 1 inch to 100 perches. Compass roses. Surveyed by John Reed. Engraved by James Smither. Dedicated to 'the Honourable House of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania'. An MS note on the left hand sheet reads 'Part of Reed's Map 1774'; this sheet was presented by Mr and Mrs Martin P Snyder in 1969, to complete the map.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- PRO 30/26/143
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 83.5 cm x 53.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:19800
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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 2810
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047609/
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