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1 item (map A originally appended to: 'Report of the British Commissioners appointed...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/96
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This record is about the 1 item (map A originally appended to: 'Report of the British Commissioners appointed... dating from 1839-1840 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 1/96
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1839-1840
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (map A originally appended to: 'Report of the British Commissioners appointed to survey the disputed territory in dispute ...', copy printed in July 1840) extracted from CO 6/14 (folio 809). North America. 'Map of that portion of Her Majesty's Colonies of New Brunswick and Lower Canada [now Quebec] the title to which is disputed by the Government of the U. States with parts of the Adjacent Country [i.e. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont] ... directed to be made 1839'. Scale: 1 inch to about 15.5 miles. Engraved by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing Cross East; approved by the Land Commissioners, Colonel Mudge and Mr Featherstonhaugh. 2 insets: sections across the country, showing the height of the land above sea level. MS addition, coloured, highlighting the boundary between British and United States territory. New Brunswick and Quebec are both now in Canada.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another item extracted from CO 6/14 see MPG 1/275
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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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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Engraved
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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 663
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559123/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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