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'United States Northern Boundary Commission. Index Map To accompany the maps showing...

Catalogue reference: MPK 1/55/1-3

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This record is about the 'United States Northern Boundary Commission. Index Map To accompany the maps showing... dating from 1872 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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MPK 1/55/1-3
Date
1872
Description

'United States Northern Boundary Commission. Index Map To accompany the maps showing the territory of the United States adjacent to the Boundary Line from the North West Point of the Lake of the Woods to the Summit of the Rocky Mountains Made by authority of Act of Congress approved March 19 th 1872. Archibald Campbell Esq. Commissioner'. Shows positions of astronomical stations; mounds marking the boundary line. Three copies: (1) as printed; (2) with pencilled additions; (3) with red ink additions, apparently charting the progress of the survey from September 1872 to August 1874.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
FO 302/27/23, 3 and 22
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map scale
1:633600
Physical condition
Lithographed
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2124
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8932383/

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