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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'.
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Duchy of Lancaster: Lord Woolton; correspondence
Catalogue reference: MAF 255/83
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- 1953
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Duchy of Lancaster: Lord Woolton; correspondence
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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MAF 255
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Ministers' Papers
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