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 and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 108
What's it about?
MAF 108
Selected files from the South-Eastern Regional Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 108
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: South Eastern Regional Office: Registered Files (Various Series)
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1983
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Selected files from the South-Eastern Regional Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, South Eastern Regional Office, 1957-1957
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 137 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
-
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))
-
- Topics
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Files dealing with aspects of agricultural policy of particular significance in each region, together with a selection of representative files illustrating the work of the regional offices have been preserved.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10508/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
184,571 records
You are currently looking at the series: MAF 108
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: South Eastern Regional Office: Registered Files (Various Series)
You may be interested in
Read stories that share a catalogue subject with this record.
-
-
Record revealed
A recipe for six mince pies 'of an indifferent biggnesse'
This 17th-century mince pie recipe contains spices, eggs and raisins, but also something slightly stranger. -
Record revealed
An unusual royal gift to the poet Geoffrey Chaucer
How do you reward a medieval poet? This document granted the author of the Canterbury Tales an unusual royal gift: a daily allowance of wine.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.