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22 items, formerly part of WO 78/1038. Plans of defences in the Batavian Republic...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/946
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This record is about the 22 items, formerly part of WO 78/1038. Plans of defences in the Batavian Republic... dating from 1803-1809 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 1/946
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803-1809
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Description (What the record is about)
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22 items, formerly part of WO 78/1038. Plans of defences in the Batavian Republic (to 1806), subsequently the Kingdom of Holland (1806- 1810) (now the Netherlands). All but the first two items bear the stamp of the office of the Inspector General of Fortifications. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Items 1-12 are in MPH 1/946 part 1; items 13-22 are in MPH 1/946 part 2.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other items which were formerly part of WO 78/1038 see MR 1/194 MPHH 1/693
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 portfolio(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Flushing (Vlissingen) was captured by the British on 16 August 1809; it is possible that many of the maps in this piece were seized then.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562753/
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