Catalogue description 1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Governor General Nicholson, 1 July 1699)...

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Details of MR 1/2067
Reference: MR 1/2067
Description:

1 item (originally enclosed with a letter from Governor General Nicholson, 1 July 1699) extracted from CO 5/1310. Virginia (now part of the United States of America): Williamsburg. Outline map of the town, showing the College [of William and Mary] and the roads to the landing places at Queen's Creek and Archer's Hope Creek. Reference tables to boundary courses and distances; descriptive reference note on boundaries. Decorated with the royal coat of arms and a pair of entwined snakes. Scale: 1 inch to about 2 chains. Endorsed with the title: 'Draught of the City of Williamsburgh, of Queen Mary's Port and Princess Ann's Port'. The positions of the ports mentioned on the dorse are not identified explicitly on the face; they are presumably the two creeks marked on the map.
Date: 1699
Related material:

For another item extracted from CO 5/1310, see MPG 1/1221
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: MPG 1/1
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Dimensions: 59.5 cm x 148.5 cm
Physical condition: MS. Irregular
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 2914. Extract reference originally printed as MPG 1; it was subsequently altered to MR 1/2067

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