IMPROVEMENTS IN PRE- PARING COCOA AND CHOCOLATE
Year: 1845

page_text: MARSHALL'S SPECIFICATION.
PL. Me
of dirent, registres
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MARSHALL, of Southampton Street, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Sixteenth day of October, in the ninth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,. the said
John Marshall, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial license, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said John Marshall, my exors,
admors, and assigns,. or such others as I, the said John Marshall, my exors,
admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRE-
PARING COCOA AND CHOCOLATE;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso, that I, the said John Marshall, shall cause a particular description of
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in part

page_text: recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had,
will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Marshall, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say:
My Invention consists of manufacturing an aromatic cocoa and chocolate
by combining therewith sassafras nuts, by which the various preparations of
cocoa and chocolate are rendered more useful and beneficial as a drink. And
in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me.
The cocoa or chocolate prepared, as is well understood, is to be reduced to a
powder by grinding or otherwise, and I mix therewith the powder of sassafras
which I prepare as follows:-I roast the sassafras nuts in like manner to
roasting coffee, so that they will grind in a cocoa or chocolate mill, or other-
wise be reduced to powder; and before grinding the nuts they are to be well
scraped, so as to remove the external surface; and the mixture I prefer is, six
parts of cocoa or chocolate, one part of sassafras, and one part of raw sugar;
but these proportions may be varied, and after well mixing these powders, I
pass the whole through a chocolate or such like mill, and in this state the
manufacture is in a state to be sold for use. In preparing such material as
a drink, I boil a pint of milk and water to each two tablespoons full of the
aromatic chocolate; or in place of such preparation I mix the chocolate with
cold milk, till a smooth paste is obtained, and then pour on boiling water, and
I add sugar if desired. The preparation of aromatic chocolate should not be
dissolved until intended for use, as it injures the flavor. Other preparations
may be made from the aromatic chocolate, as have heretofore been made with
other chocolate.
What I claim is, the manufacture of an aromatic chocolate or cocoa, by
combining therewith sassafras nuts.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Marshall, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fifteenth day of April, in the
year of our Lord 1846, the aforesaid John Marshall came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein -contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.