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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
RHP85408 |
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Title |
Chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook |
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Dates |
[c 1776] |
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Access status |
Open |
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Access conditions |
This record has been digitally imaged and will not be produced for readers. The digital images may be seen in the NRS Search Rooms on the 'Virtual Volumes' system. |
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Location |
On site (Sighthill) |
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Description |
'A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook'. By [Captain] William L[eslie], surveyor.
No scale. 139 x 301 mm on 153 x 315 mm. Ink. Compass rose. Relief in hachures. Linen backing. Watermark.
Plan of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, showing Sandy Hook lighthouse, False Hook, Rariton River, East Bank, West Bank and Middle Bank, narrows, Guana's Bay, Red Hook, Constable Point, Brown's Island, [Oyster Bank], Kennady or Corporation Island, Governors Island, East River and North River. Noted are New Jersey, part of Staaten Island, part of Long Island, Highlands of Navysink, Shrewsbury River, New Town and Old Town on Staaten Island, Coney Island, Utrecht, Gravesend, Dennisses, Yellow Hook, Barbadoes, Paulus Hook Ferry, Hoboken, Buswick, ferry house at Walton, Bedford, Brookland, town of New York and buildings at Guana's Bay. |
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Level |
Item |
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Extent |
1 plan, flat |
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Copies |
NRS Negative No 992. DIMCAT Image No. 253 Chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook |
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Related material |
GD26/9/513/25 |
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Archival history |
Papers of the Leslie family, Earls of Leven and Melville (GD26) |
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