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Pennsylvania (now in United States of America). (1)-(2) Report on the present state...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/346
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This record is about the Pennsylvania (now in United States of America). (1)-(2) Report on the present state... dating from 1760-1761 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 1/346
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1760-1761
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pennsylvania (now in United States of America). (1)-(2) Report on the present state of Fort Pitt and the other dependent forts. Signed by Captain Harry Gordon, RE; Lieutenant Colonel W Eyre, RE, 1 December 1760. Annotation: Received 29 June 1761. (3) Location map of the forts and the surrounding country from Lake Erie south to the Cheat River (bordering West Virginia) and Fort Cumberland (in Maryland): showing forts, French Creek, the Allegheny, Monongahela and Youghiogany Rivers, mountains, roads and tracks, place names and encampments. Scale: 1 inch to 5 miles. Compass rose. By Lieutenant Elias Meyer, Engineer, 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot. Inset fort plans: (1) Fort Presque Isle (now in Erie City); (2) Fort Le Boeuf; (3) Fort Venango; (4) Fort Pitt (Pittsburg); scales: (1)-(3) 1 inch to 120 feet; (4) 1 inch to 200 feet. Endorsed: 'R d with L t Col o Eyre & Harry Gordons Letter of 1 Dec 1760'. (4) Similar version of (3); not identical.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- X/7/3
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/296
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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)
- 109.2 cm x 53.8 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:316800
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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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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 2798
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4561450/
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