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Six sheets of drawings of defences at Halifax, Nova Scotia. (1) 'Plan and Section...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/490
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This record is about the Six sheets of drawings of defences at Halifax, Nova Scotia. (1) 'Plan and Section... dating from 1803 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPH 1/490
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803
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Six sheets of drawings of defences at Halifax, Nova Scotia. (1) 'Plan and Section of Fort Clarence Formerly called the Eastern battery; situated on the East side of the Harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia'. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet. (2) 'Plan of the Grand Battery ...'. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet. (3) 'Plan and Section of York Redoub[t]'. Scale 1 inch to 20 feet. (4) 'Plans of the several Batteries, Situated on Point Pleasant... showing their relative situations with respect to the Prince of Wales's Tower with a section of the latter: - Halifax, Nova Scotia'. Reference table to buildings. Scale 1 inch to 100 feet. (5) 'Plan of Fort George, Citadel Hill, &c'. Also shows part of the town. Scale 1 inch to 65 feet. Compass indicator. (6) 'Plan and Section of Fort Charlotte Situated on Georges Island; Harbour of Halifax, 1803'. Scale 1 inch to 30 feet. All drawn by William B Hulme, RMSD. Signed by W Fenwick, Capt CRE, 1803.
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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 78/1671
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1193
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