Sentence:  The large silver medal and twenty guineas, were this Session given to Miss Sophia Woodhouse, (Mrs. Wells,) of Weathersfield, in Connecticut, United States, for a new Material for Straw <WSD>Plat</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Material produced by braiding or interweaving, especially a material of interwoven straw from which straw hats are made.