A NEW METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ALL SORTS OF FEATHERS INTO MEN AND WOMEN'S HATS, HEAD DRESSES, MUFFS, TIPPETS, AND SHOES
Year: 1792

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ANDREW
PRIMEROSE, of the Parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, Gardener.
send greeting.
WHEREAS I, the said Andrew Primerose, did, by my Petition, humbly
represent unto His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Third,
that I had, after much labour, trouble and expence, found out and invented
"A NEW METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ALL SORTS OF FEATHERS INTO MEN AND WOMEN'S
HATS, HEAD DRESSES, MUFFS, TIPPETS, AND SHOES;" which I apprehend would be
of public utility, and that I was the first and true Inventor thereof, and that.
the same had never been made or used by any other person or persons, to my
knowledge or belief, and I most humbly prayed His said Majesty that he would
be graciously pleased to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, His Majestie's Royal, Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great
Britain, for the sole use, benefit, and advantage of my said Invention, within
that part of His Kingdom of Great Britain called England, His Dominion of
Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of fourteen years,
according to the Statute in that case made and provided; and His said Majesty.
being willing to give encouragement to all arts and inventions which might be
for the public good, was graciously pleased to condescend to my request, and:
therefore, by His Royal Letters Patent, bearing date at Westminster, the. Third
day of May, in the thirty-second year of His reign, of His especial grace,-
certain knowledge, and mere motion, for Himself, His heirs and successors, did:

page_text: give and grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and every
of them, by myself and themselves, or by my, or their deputy or deputies,
servants or agents, or such others as I, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no o others, from time to time and at all times here-
after during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend my said Invention, within that part of His said
Majestie's Kingdom of Great Britain called England, His Dominion of Wales,
and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as to me, the said Andrew
Primerose, my executors, admors, and assigns, or any of them, should in my
or their direction seem meet; and that I, the said Andrew Primerose, my exors,
admors, and assigns, should and lawfully might have and enjoy the whole
profit, benefit, commodity and advantage, from time to time coming, growing,
accruing, and arising by reason of the said Invention, for and during the term
years therein mentioned, to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said licence, powers,
privileges and advantages therein-before granted or mentioned to be granted
unto me, the said Andrew Primerose, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, for and
during and unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date of the
said Letters Patent next and immédiately ensuing, and fully: to be compleat
and ended according to the Statute in that case made and provided. In which
said Letters Patent was contained a proviso, that if I, the said Andrew Primrose,
should not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His said Majestie's
High Court of Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately after
the 'date of the said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all
libérties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cease,
determine, and become void, anything' therein-before contained to the contrary
thereof in any wise notwithstanding, as in and by the said Letters Patent,
referrence being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW: YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said.
Andrew. Primrose, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention of Manufacturing all Sorts of Feathers into Men and Women's Hats,
Head Dresses, Muffs; Tippets, and Shoes, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, as follows, that is to say:
..First, I prepare the feathers for that. purpose by blanching them in sower
milk mixt with allum and pearl ash; for extracting the oil from them..
Secondly, I wash them with hot, water, common soap, and Prussian blue, after
which I clap them between my hands before a strong fire, which restores them
to their original form. Thirdly, I. make a skeleton of.. a hat upon a common.

page_text: hat block of the following materials and after this manner:-I take white
paper, and cover it with a small network, then join the rim to the bottom
part by needle and thread, and the extremity of the rim I form into shape by
the assistance of cap wire. Fourthly, the feathers being prepared as before
mentioned, interweave them into the network, lapt over each other, and fix
them with the following composition: I take half a pound of gum arabic, and
pound of gum dragon, and dissolve them in a quart of cold water mixt
with four ounces of Spanish whitening finely pounded, after which I put it on a
slow fire and keep stirring it gently untill such time as it comes to boil, then
let it stand to be cold, when it is immediately fit for present use, and will
continue so for any length of time. When the hat is so manufactured it is
finished by lining the inside with silk or linen. Head dresses, muffs, tippetts,
and shoes are manufactured in the same manner, varying the shape according
to fancy.
In witness whereof, I, the said Andrew Primrose, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of May, in the thirty-second year of
the reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Third, and in the
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-two.