Record revealed
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: Food Policy Division and Successors:...
Catalogue reference: JF 4
What's it about?
JF 4
This series contains files relating to prices policy and subsidies on foods, including legislation on price controls and food subsidies in the Prices Act 1974 and the Food Subsidies Bill 1976.
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 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Prices and Consumer Protection: Food Policy Division and Successors: Registered Files (FS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to prices policy and subsidies on foods, including legislation on price controls and food subsidies in the Prices Act 1974 and the Food Subsidies Bill 1976.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files are in numerical order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For annual prices policy files see JF 2
For prices policy files see JF 3
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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)
- FS 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)
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- Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, 1974-1979
- Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, Consumer Services, Commodities and Consumer, 1978-1979
- Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, Food Prices and Distribution Division, 1977-1978
- Department of Prices and Consumer Protection, Prices Policy Division, 1974-1979
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 94 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2002 Department of Trade and Industry
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The files were held by the Department of Trade until 1983,then the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1974 to 1979
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- There will be no further accruals.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- About 8m reviewed, and 5m selected. This selection relates to 2.2.1.2 of the Acquisition Policy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15787/
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Department of Prices and Consumer Protection: Food Policy Division and Successors: Registered Files (FS Series)
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