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1 item, numbered 24, (originally accompanying a despatch dated 7 July 1854) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1984
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This record is about the 1 item, numbered 24, (originally accompanying a despatch dated 7 July 1854) extracted... dating from 1854 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 1/1984
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item, numbered 24, (originally accompanying a despatch dated 7 July 1854) extracted from WO 55/917. Malta: Cotonera. 'Section from the salient of St. Clement to the traverse opposite to the left face of St. Elena Bastion ...': showing the height of proposed alterations. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. Signed by Lieutenant J Murray, Royal Engineers, 30 June 1854, and by Lieutenant Colonel Francis Ringler Thomson, Commanding Royal Engineer, 7 July 1854.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For items numbered 1-23 and 25-45, see MFQ 1/220
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- 25 cm x 261 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:240
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing paper
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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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 3020
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561011/
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