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North America. 'Lay's Map of the United States compiled from the Latest and best...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/714
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This record is about the North America. 'Lay's Map of the United States compiled from the Latest and best... dating from 1834 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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- MR 1/714
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834
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Description (What the record is about)
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North America. 'Lay's Map of the United States compiled from the Latest and best Authorities and Actual Surveys by Amos Lay, Geographer and Map Publisher, New York 1832': map, on six joined sheets, of the area from Lake Superior in the north and the Atlantic coast in the east, as far south west as Matagorda Bay in the Republic of Texas, showing state and county boundaries, river and lakes, and roads and railways; also shows the Wisconsin territory and parts of the Missouri territory, the Hudson's Bay Company's territory, Upper and Lower Canada (now Ontario and Quebec) and New Brunswick. Explanatory reference table; statistical tables to the populations of states, districts, territories, capitals and other major cities in the United States of America and Lower and Upper Canada. Scale 1 inch to 24 miles. Engraved by O and D A Throop, and William Chapin; title decoration for this edition by Thomas Starling, Wilmington Square, London; published in London, 1834. Insets: (i) map of southern Florida; scale: 1 inch to 12 miles [1:760,320]. (ii) profiles of the Erie, Union, Ohio and Norris canals.
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For an earlier edition of this map, see FO 925/1553
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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 78/1115
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 134.5 cm x 154 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:1520640
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed
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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 RecordOffice: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry2075
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559741/
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