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Kent: Dover. (1)-(2) Letter from Major General W Spry to the Master General of the...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/248
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This record is about the Kent: Dover. (1)-(2) Letter from Major General W Spry to the Master General of the... dating from 1786-1787 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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- MPHH 1/248
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786-1787
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Kent: Dover. (1)-(2) Letter from Major General W Spry to the Master General of the Ordnance, The Duke of Richmond, 29 August 1787, enclosing the following plans. (3) Plan and section of powder magazine at Archcliffe Fort. By Captain-Lieutenant Sir T H Page, Engineer, 1787. (4) Plan and section of Amherst battery, showing breach made by the late gale and proposed method of repair. By Captain A Durnford, 1 May 1786. (5) Survey of environs of town and works on heights to NW of town, showing range of gunfire. By Sir T H Page, 29 August 1787. (6) Survey showing situation of works carrying on during the war; with acreages. By Lieutenant Lewis Hay, 29 August 1787; also signed by the Colonel Commanding RE. Scales: (3) 1 inch to 5 feet [1:60]; (4) 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]; (5) 1 inch to 175 yards [1:6300]; (6) 1 inch to 200 feet [1:2400]. Dimensions: (3) 54.6 cm x 38.1 cm; (4) 81.3 cm x 46.2 cm; (5) 54.1 cm x 84.3 cm; (6) 66.8 cm x 97 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WO 78/1779
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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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: I. British Isles, c.1410-1860 (London, 1967), entry 1163
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