Records of the British Surveyor of Ordnance

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1075", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1075", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Records of the British Surveyor of Ordnance"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1642-1767", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1642/1767"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".4 linear foot (4 volumes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"Records of the British Surveyor of Ordnance, including some created by Sir Charles Frederick, who was Surveyor from 1750 through 1782. Consist of records and letters concerning the military establishment and its equipment in Europe and America, 1642-1767; precedents, etc. for firing guns on triumphal and other public occasions, 1683-1759; allowances and wages in the military and civil service of the ordnance of England, 1759-1764; and letters by and to Sir Charles Frederick, 1761-1767"}

date_inclusive_start

1642

date_inclusive_end

1767

origination

{"value"=>"Great Britain. Board of Ordnance", "type"=>"corpname"}

keydate

1642

prefercite

{"value"=>"Records of the British Surveyor of Ordnance, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.4 linear feet (4 volumes)

date_start

1642

date_end

1767

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