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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: South Western Regional...
Catalogue reference: MAF 109
What's it about?
MAF 109
Selected files from the South Western Regional Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
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 109
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: South Western Regional Office: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1892-1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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Selected files from the South Western Regional Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, South Western Regional Office, 1957-1957
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 387 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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- Topics
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10509/
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