Record revealed
The first American invention to obtain an English patent
These intricate 1716 drawings were submitted by Sybilla Masters in the final stage of securing a patent for machinery for 'cleaning and curing Indian corn'.
Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Animal Health: Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: MAF 35
What's it about?
MAF 35
Records illustrating the legislation and the measures taken to control the importation and movement of animals and to contain and eliminate the various animal diseases. This series also includes records relating to the creation of the Central...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 35
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Animal Health: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1876-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records illustrating the legislation and the measures taken to control the importation and movement of animals and to contain and eliminate the various animal diseases. This series also includes records relating to the creation of the Central Veterinary Laboratory. Until 1889 they are records of the Cattle Plague Department of the Privy Council Office.
This series includes some files re-registered from the XA file series (MAF 254) and the TAY file series: MAF 287
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For previous records see PC 8
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Agriculture, 1889-1903
- Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1903-1919
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1919-1955
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
- Privy Council, Agricultural Department, 1883-1889
- Privy Council, Cattle Plague Department, 1866-1869
- Privy Council, Veterinary Department, 1869-1883
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1138 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1964-2004 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10436/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Animal Health: Correspondence and Papers
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