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Ordnance Survey letters Meath : letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the County of Meath collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1836 / [John O'Donovan, Thomas O'Connor, and Patrick O'Keeffe] ; edited with an introduction by Michael Herity.

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Ordnance Survey letters Meath : letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the County of Meath collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1836 / [John O'Donovan, Thomas O'Connor, and Patrick O'Keeffe] ; edited with an introduction by Michael Herity.
Author
O'Donovan, John, 1809-1861
Publication
Dublin : Four Masters Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • O'Connor, Thomas, 1812-
  • O'Keeffe, P. (Patrick)
  • Herity, Michael
  • Ordnance Survey (Ireland)
Description
xxx, 146 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"John O'Donovan's Letters are reports written from the field to the Superintendent of the Ordnance Survey, Thomas Larcom, discussing the English orthography of the names to be printed on the first edition of the Survey's maps. O'Donovan began work in Meath in July, 1836." -- back inside flap of dust jacket.
Subject
  • Ordnance Survey of Ireland > History > 19th century
  • 1800-1899
  • Meath (Ireland) > Antiquities
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
of county Meath, -- probably that used by John O'Donovan during his fieldwork -- in the summer of 1836 46.
ISBN
  • 1903538033
  • 1903538041 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2001339550
OCLC
  • 46508822
  • SCSB-12255281
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library