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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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Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors: Miscellaneous Letter...
Catalogue reference: CRES 24
What's it about?
CRES 24
These miscellaneous letter books of the Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors include out-letters relating to fee-farm rents, 1789 to 1891; Marylebone Park, 1813 to 1821; the Extra-parochial Tithe Commission, 1849 to 1852....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CRES 24
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors: Miscellaneous Letter Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1789-1891
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Description (What the record is about)
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These miscellaneous letter books of the Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors include out-letters relating to fee-farm rents, 1789 to 1891; Marylebone Park, 1813 to 1821; the Extra-parochial Tithe Commission, 1849 to 1852. Also included are seven entry books of letters signed by two senior officers of the Office of Woods' Land Revenue Department, 1810 to 1823; and a letter book, 1825 to 1847, relating to Crown rents in Wales and to fines and forfeitures.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Each entry book, with the exception of CRES 24/14, has the texts of the letters entered in each volume in chronological order. Most contain indexes, some in draft form.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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LRRO 56
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1810-1832
- Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1851-1924
- Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, 1832-1851
- Surveyor General of Woods and Forests, 1715-1810
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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14 volume(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5474/
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Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors: Miscellaneous Letter Books
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