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2 items extracted from WO 55/1562/1. Straits Settlements: Singapore. Two copies of...

Catalogue reference: MPH 1/1127/1-2

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This record is about the 2 items extracted from WO 55/1562/1. Straits Settlements: Singapore. Two copies of... dating from 1864 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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Reference
MPH 1/1127/1-2
Date
1864
Description

2 items extracted from WO 55/1562/1. Straits Settlements: Singapore. Two copies of an outline map showing military defences and the ranges of gun fire. Reference tables to batteries and forts; reference notes on pounder guns. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles. Both copies signed by Lieutenant Colonel J H Freeth, Royal Engineers, 28 January 1864. Originally accompanied: (1) a memorandum on the defences of Singapore by Colonel O Cavenagh, Governor; (2) a report on military defences by Lieutenant Colonel Freeth. Dimensions: (1) 39 cm x 54 cm; (2) 39 cm x 51 cm.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map scale
1:126720
Physical condition
MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9414852/

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