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(1) 'A Plan of Fort William in S t John's, Newfoundland and of the Batteries Erected...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/165
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This record is about the (1) 'A Plan of Fort William in S t John's, Newfoundland and of the Batteries Erected... dating from 1749 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPHH 1/165
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1749
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Description (What the record is about)
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(1) 'A Plan of Fort William in S t John's, Newfoundland and of the Batteries Erected on the South Side at the Entrance of the Harbour and of the projected Works, 1749, by A. G. Fournier'. Reference table. Scale: Plans 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]; Sections 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]. Inset: 2 plans of batteries and 4 sections. (2) Copy of (1). (3) may be the original from which (1) and subsequently (2) were derived.
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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 78/1882
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 99.8 cm x 104.1 cm
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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 945
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561269/
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