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Pennsylvania (now part of the United States of America): Fort Pitt (now the Golden...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/518
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This record is about the Pennsylvania (now part of the United States of America): Fort Pitt (now the Golden... dating from 1761 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 1/518
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1761
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pennsylvania (now part of the United States of America): Fort Pitt (now the Golden Triangle, Pittsburgh). Two copies of a plan of the existing fort and surrounding area, showing limehouses and kilns, a stone quarrry and coal pit, the detailed layout of a neighbouring garden, the ruins of Fort Duquesne and the site of the English fort built in the winter of 1758-1759, the old and new roads to Fort Ligonier, and the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers to form the Ohio River. Reference table to defence works and buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet. Compass rose; east at the top. Surveyed by Lieutenant Elias Meyer, Engineer, 1st Battalion, Royal American Regiment; item (1) copied by William Twiss. Inset: a section on the line ABC; scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120].
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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)
- WO 78/297
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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)
- 139.5 cm x 105.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1200
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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 2814
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559545/
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