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1 item (enclosure to despatch from Captain Hutchins, 24 January 1779) extracted from...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/107
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- MR 1/107
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to despatch from Captain Hutchins, 24 January 1779) extracted from CO 5/595 (folio 641A). North America. 'A Plan of the Lakes Ponchartrain and Maurepas and the River Ibberville [sic, Iberville] and also of the River Mississippi from its Mouth to the River Yazou [Yazoo]. A Distance of 450 Miles. By Tho. Hutchins Captain 60th Regiment': map (of territory now in Louisiana, United States of America) showing place names and the nature of the country. Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles. Compass indicator.
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- 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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- MS, coloured. Irregular
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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 2427
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