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Russian Empire: Crimea (now part of Ukraine): Sebastopol (Sevastopol). 25 maps of...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/189/1-11and13-23and25and27
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/189/1-11and13-23and25and27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855
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Description (What the record is about)
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Russian Empire: Crimea (now part of Ukraine): Sebastopol (Sevastopol). 25 maps of the progress of Allied forces during the siege of March to September 1855: showing the situation as reported on the following dates: (1) 12 May; (2, 20, 25) 16 June; (3) undated [probably 7 April]; (4) 13 April; (5) 28 April; (6) 21 April; (7) 22 March; (8) 31 March; (9) 21 July; (10) 11 August; (11) 18 August; (13) 1 September; (14) 25 August; (15) 28 July; (16) 4 August; (17) 14 July; (18, 23) 23 June; (19) 7 July; (20) 16 June; (21) 19 May; (22) 26 May, (27) undated. Some sheets are less thoroughly completed and detailed than others: in particular, item (27) is clearly unfinished and (20) is annotated 'not well done'. Reference notes to items (4), (8), (10), (13-14), (18). Compass indicators to items (1), (3-6), (8), (11), (13), (18-19), (21-23), (27). Traced from maps enclosed in reports from Major General Harry D Jones; dates of tracing: (9) 1 August 1855; (10) 23 August 1855; (15) 8 August 1855; (16) 16 August 18545; (17) 26 July 1855; (23) 11 July 1855; the remainder made on unknown dates.
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For the maps from which items (1-11) and (13-22) were traced and the accompanying reports, see WO 28/299
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MR 1/189/1-11 and 13-23 and 25 and 27
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:10560
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured. Items (23) and (25 on tracing cloth; the remainder on tracing paper
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 4886
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9413129/
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