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Canada East (now Quebec, Canada). 'Sketch shewing the Relative Positions for the...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/848/9
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/848/9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845
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Description (What the record is about)
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Canada East (now Quebec, Canada). 'Sketch shewing the Relative Positions for the proposed defences of the City of Montreal. Drawn to accompany the Joint Report to His Excellency the Comr. of the Forces dated 31st May 1845': map showing the positions of planned fortifications along the shore and on Saint Helen's Island (Île-Sainte-Hélène) in the Saint Lawrence River; also showing soundings. Scale: 1 inch to 400 feet. Compass indicator; east at the top. Signed by Captain Boxer and Colonel Holloway.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 86.5 cm x 131 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:4800
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS
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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: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1862. Reference originally printed as WO 1/556/7; plan subsequently extracted as MR 1/848/9
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9442796/
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