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Newfoundland: Saint John's (now in Canada). Ten plans on one sheet showing: Signal...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/926/9
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This record is about the Newfoundland: Saint John's (now in Canada). Ten plans on one sheet showing: Signal... dating from 1809 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/926/9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809
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Description (What the record is about)
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Newfoundland: Saint John's (now in Canada). Ten plans on one sheet showing: Signal Hill; Fort Townshend and Fort William; and Quiddy Viddy, Amherst, Wallace's, Queen's, Frederick's, Waldegrave's and Chain Rock batteries. Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1,200] (Signal Hill and forts); 1 inch to 50 feet [1:600] (Frederick's battery); 1 inch to 20 feet [1:240] (remainder). Compass indicator to each plan. By T G W Wagstaff, Royal Military Surveyor and Draughtsman; signed by Captain E W Durnford, Royal Engineers, 20 December 1809.
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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)
- 61.5 cm x 88.5 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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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 968
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9442835/
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