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Five sheets of drawings of the Citadel, Quebec. (13) Plan of part of the Citadel,...

Catalogue reference: MPHH 1/698/13-16and19

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MPHH 1/698/13-16and19
Date
1829
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Five sheets of drawings of the Citadel, Quebec. (13) Plan of part of the Citadel, showing Dalhousie Bastion and Richmond Bastion and the curtain between them; guard-rooms, 'Cooking Casemates' and stores. Scale: 1 inch to 25 feet [1:300]. Copied by H P Wulff, Lieutenant, Royal Engineers. (14) Plans of the upper, second and lower floors of the curtain between Mann's Bastion and Diamond Bastion. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]. (15) Plans and section of storage area. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]. (16) Outline plan of Quebec city, showing defences and positions of guns; roads; the Plains of Abraham; heights (some hachures); high and low water (River St Lawrence). Scale: 1 inch to 400 feet [1:4,800]. Compass indicator. (19) Plans, elevations and sections of storehouses at Cape Diamond, Quebec Citadel. Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240]. (13, 14, 16, 19) Each signed by Colonel E W Durnford, Commanding Royal Engineer Canada, to accompany his letter of 10 December 1829. Dimensions of sheets: (13) 44 cm x 104 cm; (14) 80 cm x 124 cm; (15) 83 cm x 54 cm; (16) 85 cm x 106 cm; (19) 43 cm x 27 cm.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
MPHH 1/698/13-16 and 19
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
MS, coloured, on tracing paper
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9415952/

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