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: Establishment and Finance:...
Catalogue reference: MAF 39
What's it about?
MAF 39
Papers bearing on the history and organisation of the department and records of various departmental and other committees, including earlier records of the Copyhold, Enclosure and Tithe Commissions and of the County War Agricultural Executive...
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 39
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Establishment and Finance: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1839-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers bearing on the history and organisation of the department and records of various departmental and other committees, including earlier records of the Copyhold, Enclosure and Tithe Commissions and of the County War Agricultural Executive Committees and the County Agricultural Executive Committees.
There is also a file containing plans drawn up in 1936 for the operation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in wartime, plans which were very largely brought into operation in 1939. Contains some papers re-registered from the EE file series (MAF 183), EP file series (MAF 184) and REG files series: MAF 269
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records on Enclosure Awards see MAF 1
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some SE files re-registered into:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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SE file series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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424 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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
- Tithes
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10440/
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Establishment and Finance: Correspondence and Papers
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