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1 item extracted from WO 39/121. Plan of the entrance to the River Senegal, showing...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/625
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from WO 39/121. Plan of the entrance to the River Senegal, showing... dating from 1779 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPH 1/625
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from WO 39/121. Plan of the entrance to the River Senegal, showing the situation of Fort St Louis and the state of Senegal Island in May 1779 when in the possession of the French, according to intelligence received at Gorée by Captain Wall. Reference table to forts and batteries. Scale: 1 inch to 0.75 mile. Compass indicator. Drawn by R Beatson, Lt RE.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The document from which this extract was taken was destroyed in 1961 under s.6 of the Public Records Act 1958.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 55 cm x 37 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:47520
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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: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entry 2231. Archival reference erroneously printed as WO 34/121.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562432/
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MPH 1
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