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Bermuda: Spanish Point. Three sheets of plans, elevations and sections of a proposed...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/526
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- MR 1/526
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bermuda: Spanish Point. Three sheets of plans, elevations and sections of a proposed barracks: (1) plan and three sections, showing proposed works; (2) plans, elevations and sections of officers' and men's barracks, the guard house, the cookhouse and the hospital; (3) site plan, on tracing paper, showing the proposed layout of buildings and the names of existing proprietors. Reference tables to items (1) and (3). Scale: (1) 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]; (2) 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; (3) 1 inch to 40 yards [1:1,440]. By (1) Second Lieutenant R Nelson, Royal Engineers; (2) Second Lieutenant H D Harness, Royal Engineers; (3) [no author name given]; all items signed: Major Thomas Blanshard, Royal Engineers. Dimensions: (1) 84.5 cm x 50.5 cm; (2) 52 cm x 81.5 cm; (3) 73.5 cm x 132.5 cm. Produced to accompany Major Blanshard's estimates dated 18 March 1829; these estimates are not filed on this roll.
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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 78/1223
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- 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)
- 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 3346
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559553/
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