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Malta: Cotonera. (1, 2) Letter of 29 April 1862. from R M Laffan, Lt Col CRE Malta,...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/530
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- MPH 1/530
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1862
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Malta: Cotonera. (1, 2) Letter of 29 April 1862. from R M Laffan, Lt Col CRE Malta, to the Inspector General of Fortifications. (3) 'Notre Dame & S t. Clements Bastions. Sections of Proposed Glacis'. Scale: 1:300. Reference table. (4) 'Malta. Cottonera Lines. As proposed to be completed'. Scale: 7.2 inches to 600 feet [1:1,000]. (5) 'Malta. Cottonera Lines. General Harding's Project'. Scale: 7.2 inches to 600 feet [1:1,000]. (6) 'Malta. Cottonera Lines. Plan showing the present state of the works'. Scale: 9.1 inches to 800 feet [1:1,055]. Compass indicator. Part of (4) and (5) has been cut away to reveal part of (6) through the aperture thus created. All coloured by R Mitchell Campbell, Lt RE, 22 April 1862. Signed by A B Fyers, Capt RE. Dimensions of sheets: (3) 61 cm x 48 cm; (4) 76 cm x 56 cm; (5) 75 cm x 55 cm; (6) 75 cm x 55 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- WO 78/1752
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 3021.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562337/
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