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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: Parliamentary Branch...
Catalogue reference: MAF 53
What's it about?
MAF 53
This series includes unregistered files and volumes relating to the parliamentary business of the Board of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. These include reports of deputations to...
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 53
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Parliamentary Business, Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series includes unregistered files and volumes relating to the parliamentary business of the Board of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. These include reports of deputations to the minister; reports (to the minister) of departmental proceedings; agricultural policy papers; bill papers; minister's speeches; sealed orders; etc.
The series also contains a large number of registered files of the PPB series and some files re-registered from the TLY file series (MAF 121), LOY file series (MAF 139) and WAC file series (MAF 143) .
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Records were accessioned in the following batches of pieces:
1-117 Mainly volumes, arranged chronologically (1890-1947)
118-263 Mainly folders, arranged chronologically (1921-1953)
264-302 PPB files, in file number order
303-305 Folders
306-393 PPB files, in file number order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records relating to press and publicity see MAF 216
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Later files in the PPB series are in
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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)
- PPB 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)
- 393 files and volumes
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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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- Topics
- Litigation
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1945
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10454/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Parliamentary Business, Correspondence and Papers
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