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Sierra Leone: Freetown. (27) 'Plan of Fort Thornton'. Reference table to buildings....

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/896/27-28

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This record is about the Sierra Leone: Freetown. (27) 'Plan of Fort Thornton'. Reference table to buildings.... dating from 1827 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 1/896/27-28
Date
1827
Description

Sierra Leone: Freetown. (27) 'Plan of Fort Thornton'. Reference table to buildings. Scale: 1 inch to 30 feet. (28) 'Situation of new barracks on Tower Hill Sierra Leone'. Scale: 1 inch to about 31 feet. Both signed by M. Haffner, Colonial Engineer, to accompany his letter of 23 April 1827 to General Mann. Dimensions of sheets: (27) 51 cm x 35 cm; (28) 52 cm x 97 cm.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Physical condition
MS; (28) is coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 3. Africa, ed P A Penfold (London, 1982), entries 2323 and 2324
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9093386/

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