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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'.
Series
Department of Prices and Consumer Protection: Prices Policy Division 2 and successors:...
Catalogue reference: JF 3
What's it about?
JF 3
Records in this series of Prices Policy Division files relate to food subsidy schemes, legislation (particularly the Prices Act 1974 and the Price Commission Bill 1977), price restraint proposals, price marking in retail food outlets, and local...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JF 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Prices and Consumer Protection: Prices Policy Division 2 and successors: Registered Files (FP Annual Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records in this series of Prices Policy Division files relate to food subsidy schemes, legislation (particularly the Prices Act 1974 and the Price Commission Bill 1977), price restraint proposals, price marking in retail food outlets, and local price surveys.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files relating to food policy see JF 4
For annual prices policy files see JF 2
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- FP Annual file series
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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)
- Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, Prices Policy Division, 1974-1979
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 61 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2002 Department of Prices and Consumer Protection
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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
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15733/
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