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Item details MPH 1/1082/6

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MPH  Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the War Office
| MPH 1  Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series of records of the War Office
| | MPH 1/1082  10 items extracted from WO 44/23. Maps of land in Upper Canada (now Ontario) affected by the construction of the Rideau Canal. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.

Record Summary

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Upper Canada (now Ontario). Plan showing lands in the townships of Montague and Wolford (now part of Merrickville-Wolford) affected by [the construction of] the Rideau Canal. Scale not shown. Copied from an original map signed by Thomas Ridout, Surveyor General, Upper Canada, 19 August 1828; by Colonel E W Durnford, Commanding Royal Engineer, 11 August 1829; and by Lieutenant Colonel John By, Commanding Royal Engineer, 20 January 1830. This copy made by T G W Eastaff. Originally accompanied a letter from Colonel G Nicolls, Commanding Royal Engineer, Lieutenant Colonel C H Godby, Commanding Royal Artillery, and Richard Penn and M Heathfield, Ordnance storekeepers, to Richard Airey, military secretary, 29 December 1834; the letter concerned a dispute over lands owned by William Morris required for the construction of the canal.

Covering dates | 1834
Availability | Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years

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