Item
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Catalogue reference: SP 35/71/62
Date: Undated [1719-1722]
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Item
Petition of Joseph Avery of London, mathematician and shipwright, to the Lords Justices....
Catalogue reference: SP 35/18/92
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This record is about the Petition of Joseph Avery of London, mathematician and shipwright, to the Lords Justices.... dating from 1719 Nov 6 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1719 Nov 6
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Petition of Joseph Avery of London, mathematician and shipwright, to the Lords Justices. Seeks letters patents for an invention of a 'machine in the body of a firm and tight vessel, for bringing fish alive, expressly different from the well boats, Sir Richard Steele's vessel, or any other ever invented'. Referred to the attorney and solicitor general by Charles Delafaye, dated at Whitehall, London; and sworn by Joseph Avery, dated 29 October 1719. Enclosure:
Attorney General, N [Nicholas] Lechmere recommending a grant of the petition. Dated 17 December 1719.
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