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1 item (accompanying papers of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham), numbered (25),...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1111
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This record is about the 1 item (accompanying papers of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham), numbered (25),... dating from 1771 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 1/1111
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1771
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (accompanying papers of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham), numbered (25), extracted from PRO 30/8/86. France: Brittany. 'Carte Géométrique de la Province de Bretagne dédiée et présentée A Mosseigneurs les Etats, par leur très Humble et très Obéissant Serviteur Ogée, Ingénieur des Ponts et Chaußées et Ingénieur Géographe de la Province'. Reference table of conventional signs. Compass star. Engraved by Nion, 1771. Calligraphy by C D Beauvais and J Dezauche. Printed by J B Dutertre.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For items numbered (1)-(24) see MF 1/54
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 112 cm x 158 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:213000
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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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1126. Extract reference originally printed without item number.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560138/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from records of various departments
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Within the series: MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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