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Hydrographic Department. Astronomical Observations [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1831]

Reference:

R16120-0-7-E, MG40-I6

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105604

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Hydrographic Department. Astronomical Observations
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Date(s):

[ca. 1831]

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a report of the Astronomical Observations made (at St. Andrew's Town in Passamaquody Bay) in order to determine the Latitude and Longitude of the Mouths of the Rivers Scoodiac and Magaguada [vic] the two Rivers in question as the true St. Croix. By Mr. Thomas Wright, Astronomer on the part of His Britannic Majesty, and Mr. Samuel Webber Astronomer on the Part of the United States of America, [under the terms of Jay's Treaty, 19 November 1794]". Copy, watermarked 1831, of the original report dated 6 June 1799. Photocopies, 12 pages.

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Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept

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General note:

Copied from the holdings of the Admiralty Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, Taunton, Somerset, England, in 1982, through the Cartographic and Architectural Archives Division.
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Canada - Foreign relations - United States, ca. 1831 "Report of the Astronomical Observations made...to determine the Latitude and longitude of... Rivers Scoodiac and Magaguada....", ca. 1831

Great Britain - Foreign relations - United States, ca. 1831 St. Croix River (New Brunswick), ca. 1831

United States - Foreign relations - Canada, ca. 1831 Thomas Wright, ca. 1831

New Brunswick - Boundaries - Maine, ca. 1831 Samuel Webber, ca. 1831

Maine - Boundaries - New Brunswick, ca. 1831 St. Andrew's Town (N.B.), ca. 1831

Astronomy - Canada - Observations, ca. 1831 Passamaquody Bay (New Brunswick), ca. 1831

Canada - Boundaries - United States, ca. 1831 Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1794 Nov. 19, 1831

United States - Boundaries - Canada, ca. 1831 United States. Treaties, etc. Great Britain, 1794 Nov. 19, 1831

Astronomers - Great Britain, ca. 1831

Astronomers - United States, ca. 1831

Inland navigation - Canada, ca. 1831

Hydrography - Canada, ca. 1831

Rivers - New Brunswick, ca. 1831

Rivers - Maine, ca. 1831
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Private

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MG40-I6
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