Records of the British Surveyor of Ordnance 1642-1767

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Records of the British Surveyor of Ordnance 1642-1767

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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

.4 linear foot (4 volumes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Great Britain. Board of Ordnance

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