Item
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
Catalogue reference: WO 78/2420/1
See WO 78/2420/1-6 and WO 78/2420/7-8
Item
(9) 'Sketch Map shewing the Boundaries of France according to the Treaties of 30th...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/1037/1-9
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This record is about the (9) 'Sketch Map shewing the Boundaries of France according to the Treaties of 30th... dating from 1866 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. 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)
- WO 78/1037/1-9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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(9) 'Sketch Map shewing the Boundaries of France according to the Treaties of 30th May 1814 & 20th Novr. 1815': map of north-western France and neighbouring countries (territories now in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany) between Dunkirk (Dunkerque) in the north-west and Strasbourg in the south-east, also showing the frontier as it existed in 1790 and 1792. Reference table to boundaries; note on sources used in compiling the map. Signed by Lieutenant Colonel A C Cooke, Royal Engineers, 27 August 1866. Relevant extracts from printed copies of both the 1814 and 1815 Treaties of Paris are affixed to the face of the map.
(1-8) Eight outline tracings, showing various parts of the French frontier: (1) between Dunkirk and Nice; (3) between Nantua and Nice; (4) between Dunkirk and Landau in der Pfalz; (8) between the River Rhine and Nice. Items (2, 5-7) are smaller scraps and sketches. Item (1) traced from an original map in a private letter from Lord Castlereagh [to Lord Liverpool], 23 May 1814.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the map from which item (1) was traced, see MPK 1/300
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- France/General/23
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MPH 123A
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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)
- 50 cm x 64 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured, on tracing paper
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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: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 984
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9448421/
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