Record

RefNoMS/527/2/16
LevelItem
TitleHorse chestnuts
DateAugust 1917-1918
DescriptionCorrespondence, documents, and reports around a scheme to collect horse chestnuts for the production of acetone for explosives -- a plan to indirectly increase the country's food supply by freeing the tons of cereals that were being used for this purpose.
LanguageEnglish
Extent5 folders
FormatCarbon copies, photocopy, manuscript, typescript and printed documents
AccessStatusOpen
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