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Lower Canada. 'City of Montreal with the roads leading from it, shewing... the Proposed...
Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/688/27
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This record is about the Lower Canada. 'City of Montreal with the roads leading from it, shewing... the Proposed... dating from 1840 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPHH 1/688/27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lower Canada. 'City of Montreal with the roads leading from it, shewing... the Proposed Barrack': plan. Scale: 1 inch to 400 yards. Compass indicator. Signed by P J Bainbrigge, Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 7 August 1840; and by Lieutenant Colonel J Oldfield, Commanding Royal Engineer in Canada, 12 August 1840, to accompany estimate for the defensible barrack in Montreal.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 37 cm x 48 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:14400
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9415774/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various...
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,003 records
Within the department: MPHH
Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from records of the War Office
2,003 records
Within the series: MPHH 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to extra large flat storage from various...
16 records
Within the piece: MPHH 1/688
64 items (numbered 1-6, 8-65) extracted from WO 44/36. Plans of defences, barracks...
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