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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: Horticulture Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: MAF 43
What's it about?
MAF 43
Files and papers dealing with the responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors in the field of horticulture.These include the A file series on diseases, destructive insects and pests, 1893-1915; the HB file...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 43
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Horticulture Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1896-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files and papers dealing with the responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors in the field of horticulture.
These include the A file series on diseases, destructive insects and pests, 1893-1915; the HB file series on Beekeeping, 1921-1939; the HC file series on cultivation, 1920-1939; the HD file series on diseases, 1920-39; the HG file series on home grown cereals, 1941-65; the SR file series on ships' stores including infestation, 1940-1944; and the TPY file series on technical publications, 1940-1946.
Contains some files re-registered from the FPD file series (MAF 42),CCB file series (MAF 119), CPR file series (MAF 120), the DFP file series (MAF 126), the HH file series (MAF 133), the HI file series (MAF 134), the MAS file series (MAF 195), the PDB file series (MAF 207), the SDB file series (MAF 273) and the SDS file series: MAF 370
For further A file series records on Horticulture: Diseases, destructive insects and pests see also MAF 44
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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)
- A, HB, HC, HD, HG, SR and TPY file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 208 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10444/
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Horticulture Correspondence and Papers
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