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North America: Massachusetts (now in United States of America). Chart of Boston Harbour,...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/268
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This record is about the North America: Massachusetts (now in United States of America). Chart of Boston Harbour,... dating from [c1775] 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 1/268
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c1775]
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Description (What the record is about)
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North America: Massachusetts (now in United States of America). Chart of Boston Harbour, its approaches and the surrounding country and islands: showing, fortifications, place names, roads, sand banks and soundings. Reference table to batteries and entrenchments. Scale: 1 inch to 600 yards. Compass rose.
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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 78/1850
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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)
- 74.7 cm x 106.4 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:21600
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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 2514
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561372/
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