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2 sheets. (14) 'AGC [African Gold Coast] Co's Concession at Aboso [Abooso], Wassaw,...

Catalogue reference: MR 1/762/14-15

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This record is about the 2 sheets. (14) 'AGC [African Gold Coast] Co's Concession at Aboso [Abooso], Wassaw,... dating from 1879-1889 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MR 1/762/14-15

Date

1879-1889

Description

2 sheets. (14) 'AGC [African Gold Coast] Co's Concession at Aboso [Abooso], Wassaw, Gold Coast Colony [now Ghana]': sketch plan showing the limits of the concession, mining details and hachured contours. (15) 'Sketch of the mine shaft at Aboso explored by M J Bonnat'. Reference tables to both items. Compass indicator to item 14. Both items originally drawn by M J Bonnat, 23 April 1879; copied by G E F [George E Ferguson], 11 February 1889. Dimensions: (13) 24 cm x 33 cm; (14) 25 cm x 32 cm. Originally enclosures number 14A and number 14B in Gold Coast [despatch] number 184, 28 June 1889.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language

English

Physical condition

MS, pencil

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), entry 1009
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9147341/

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