Catalogue description (1) 'Sketch of the Peninsula of Castine in the Bay of Penobscot and District of Maine In...

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Details of MPH 1/499
Reference: MPH 1/499
Description:

(1) 'Sketch of the Peninsula of Castine in the Bay of Penobscot and District of Maine In New England': map illustrating the landing of British troops in the United States of America on 1 September 1814. Reference table to defence works, buildings, landing place of troops. Scale: 1 inch to 500 feet. Compass indicator. Drawn by R H Bonnycastle, 2nd Capt RE. Signed by G Nicolls, Lt Col RE, to accompany letter of 10 September 1814 to General Mann. (2) Copy of (1). Dimensions of sheets: (1) 54.5 cm x 78 cm; (2) 58.5 cm x 87 cm.
Date: 1814
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: WO 78/1685
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Map scale: 1:6000
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2466

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