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Two plans of the entry to the channel at Dunkirk, showing banks, cuts, moles. Scale:...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/82/15

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MPH 1/82/15
Date
1766
Description

Two plans of the entry to the channel at Dunkirk, showing banks, cuts, moles. Scale: 10.3 cm to 110 toises. Compass indicators. Each plan 19.5 cm x 12.5 cm, on one sheet 39 cm x 12.5cm (itself cut from a larger sheet). (1) Illustrates procès verbal signed by J.P. Desmaretz and A. Frazer, British Commissioners, and de Ramsault et Poisson des Londes, French Commissioners, 10 April 1766 (see WO 124/13), and letter to Mr Conway, 11 April 1766 (see SP 78/269). (2) Illustrates procès verbal concerning the '3 e coupure', sent by the same commissioners to Lt Col Roy, 30 May 1766 (not found).

Related material

A résumé of the procès verbaux is in WO 124/14

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Map scale
1:2110
Physical condition
MS
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 1204.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8868669/

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