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1 item (enclosure to letter from John Stuart, 13 June 1772) extracted from CO 5/73...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/18
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to letter from John Stuart, 13 June 1772) extracted from CO 5/73... dating from [1772] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled 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)
- MR 1/18
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1772]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to letter from John Stuart, 13 June 1772) extracted from CO 5/73 (folio 321). North America: Georgia (now part of the United States of America). Map of an area to the south of the Savannah River, showing the Ogeechee and Oconee Rivers, Briar Creek, Creek and Cherokee lands, lands assigned by the Cherokee for the payment of debts, the Creek Road to Augusta, and place names. Scale: 1 inch to about 3.25 miles. Compass indicator. Made under Stuart's direction.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another item extracted from CO 5/73 see MPG 1/6
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- 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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- 105.5 cm x 96 cm
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- MS, coloured
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- 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 2375. Described in William P Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Third Edition, revised and enlarged by Louis De Vorsey, Jr (Chapel Hill and London, 1998), entry 437
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559045/
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