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Folios 96-97. Petition of Diederick Wessel Linden, a doctor who has discovered a...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/82/1/96

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This record is about the Folios 96-97. Petition of Diederick Wessel Linden, a doctor who has discovered a... dating from 1746 Mar 13 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/82/1/96
Date
1746 Mar 13
Description

Folios 96-97. Petition of Diederick Wessel Linden, a doctor who has discovered a means to make salt petre using only English ingredients. Requests sole use and advantage of his invention for 14 years. With note from [the Earl of] Harrington, referring petition to Attorney General or Solicitor General. Filed with:

1. Folio 98. Affidavit of Linden, sworn before W Spicer. Dated at the Public Office.

2. Folios 99-100. Attorney General Dudley Ryder's report on Linden's petition. Recommends that the petitioner is granted Letters Patent for his invention. Linden must submit a description of the invention to be enrolled in the Court of Chancery. Dated 17 March 1746.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 114-119
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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