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1 item (originally accompanying a letter from Colonel Durnford to Colonel Mann, 17...
Catalogue reference: MPH 1/1094
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This record is about the 1 item (originally accompanying a letter from Colonel Durnford to Colonel Mann, 17... dating from 1829 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 1/1094
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally accompanying a letter from Colonel Durnford to Colonel Mann, 17 September 1829) extracted from WO 44/40 (folio 268). Upper Canada (now Ontario). 'Sketch of the military reserve at York [now Toronto] shewing the position of such of the government buildings & c as are situated several hundred yards from the fort'. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 220 yards. Compass indicator. Copied from an original map signed by Lieutenant Colonel J R Wight, Commanding Royal Engineer, Upper Canada. This copy signed by Colonel E W Durnford, Commanding Royal Engineer, 17 September 1829. See also MPH 1/1087 - MPH 1/1093.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also MR 1/1961
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 31 cm x 49cm
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4562901/
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