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United States of America: Massachusetts. 'A Map of the Extremity of Cape Cod including...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/715
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This record is about the United States of America: Massachusetts. 'A Map of the Extremity of Cape Cod including... dating from 1836 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 1/715
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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United States of America: Massachusetts. 'A Map of the Extremity of Cape Cod including the Townships of Provincetown and Truro: With a Chart of their Sea Coast and of Cape Cod Harbour ...'. Reference table; register of tides in Cape Cod harbour, October 1833 - June 1835. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile. Produced under the direction of Major J D Graham, United States Topographical Engineers; reduced by Washington Hood, Bureau of United States Topographical Engineers, Washington [District of Columbia]; engraved by W J Stone. MS additional note: 'Presented to the Society of Royal Engineers by J. D. Graham'.
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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 78/1118
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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)
- 145 cm x 185.5 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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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 2518
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559742/
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