CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR FRAMEWORK KEITHING
Year: 1838

page_text: BARTON'S SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LUKE
BARTON, of Arnold, in the County of Nottingham, Hosier, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twentieth day of January, in the first year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Luke
Barton, Her especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,
the said Luke Barton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others,
as I, the said Luke Barton, my executors, administrators, 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, and also in all Her said Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad,
my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR FRAMEWORK
KEITHING;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the
said Luke Barton, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 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 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
Luke Barton, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascertained in

page_text: and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is
to say :-
My Invention relates to a novel construction of sinkers, and apparatus con-
nected therewith, in combination with other suitable apparatus used in frame-
work knitting, whereby I am enabled to produce a machine for framework
knitting more safe in its action and quick in its production. According to the
ordinary construction of framework knitting machines or stocking frames, the
fabrics made thereby are produced by the aid of a system of needles; a thread
carrier, two descriptions of sinkers, called jack sinkers and lead siukers, and a
presser bar, and it is by suitable working of these parts that fabrics are made
consisting of loops drawn through each other, as is well understood by persons
engaged in this manufacture. I have called attention to these parts, because
according to my Invention a machine will contain parts of a like nature and
in some respects working in like manner to produce like results, but owing to
the differences of structure of some of the parts and the novel arrangements
of other parts, in combination with such novel construction of parts, a machine
when made according to my improvements may be worked at considerable
speed with safety. And in order to give the best information in my power, I
have annexed Drawings to this my Specification, by means of which, aided by
the description of the various parts hereafter given, and of the explanation of
the movements of the combined parts with which I shall conclude this
description, a workman desirous of making a machine according to my
Invention will not fail to do so, if he bear in mind that the looping and
working of the thread on the needles is similar to that of ordinary machines,
the only difference being in the use of somewhat different combination and
structure of instruments for performing the necessary sinking of the threads
between the needles, and forming the same into successive rows of loops, one
row drawn through the preceeding row, as is well understood. In ordinary
framework knitting machines or stocking frames there are, as I have before
stated, two descriptions of sinkers, one set called jack sinkers and the other set
called lead sinkers, and such is the case in respect to a machine constructed
according to my Invention, but such two sets of sinkers are different in their
construction, and one part of the duty heretofore performed by the sinkers is
in my machine effected by instruments superadded to the sinkers, whereby in
working a course of loops in a machine constructed according to my Invention
the sinkers simply perform the duty of sinking the thread between the needles,
and the thread is drawn or passed into the eyes of the needles by the needlo
bar receding from the sinkers, and in the coming forward of the needle bar the

page_text: work is forced on to the stenis of the needles by the sinkers preventing the
work coming forward with the needles, and in place of the sinkers throwing
the row of loops off the needles, there is a row of combs or pointed plates
between which the needles move, which combs or points perform the double
duty of throwing off the row of loops at the proper time and also aid to keep
the needles correct in their places, and the presser bar works or produces its
pressing action on the needles between the combs or points and the back of
the sinkers; and it will be seen that by this arrangement of the presser bar, by
the peculiar construction of the sinkers and the application of the pointed
plates, that much of the motion heretofore requisite in such machines will be
saved, and at the same time a good and efficient pressing action obtained; and
although it is not new to place a presser at the back of the nebs of the sinkers,
attempts having been before made, so to place it at the back of the nebs
and in the arch of the sinkers, which does not allow of the presser being a
substantial and stiff bar. The nature of each view of the Drawing being
written on the Drawings themselves, it will not be necessary to repeat such
descriptions here, and it will only be necessary to state that the same letters
and figures of reference are used to indicate similar parts wherever they occur,
and as there are "jack sinkers" and "lead sinkers" of the old construction
shewn in the Drawing, and "jack sinkers" and "lead sinkers" of the improved
construction used in a machine made according to my Invention, a workman
will readily trace the difference, and will perceive that the improved sinkers
used by me have all the lower parts below the nebs, called the "bellies, (and
which heretofore throw the work off the needles,) dispensed with, and the
sinkers have no arches, and terminate their length downwards at their nebs,
as is clearly shewn in the Drawings at a, a; and the jacks of the "jack
sinkers are connected to their sinkers by pin joints at a point intermediate
of their length, and such is the case with the leads of the lead sinkers,
the sinkers respectively rising some length above their points of connection
with the jacks and the leads, in order by working between two bars to
give steadiness to the working of the sinkers, all which is clearly shewn
by the separate views of the "jack sinkers" a, a, and the "lead sinkers
b, b, as well as in the various other views shewn in the Druwings, where
the sinkers will be seen in their proper places in combination with the
other parts. c, c are the instruments which throw the work off the needles;
they consist of a series of narrow plates cast in leads like combs, each plate
being formed into a blunt point at its upper end. I will therefore call them the
"throwing-off combs, and it will be understood that there is one tooth or point
of such combs between each two needles, and each needle works, between two
"
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page_text: plates or teeth of the combs c, and is thereby materially prevented springing
sideways, and is consequently securely and correctly kept to its work, hence
when the thread has been laid across the needles tho jack sinkers sink the
requisito quantity of thread not only for making their parts of the loops, but
also sufficient for the lead sinkers as heretofore practised; and in the process
of sinking and dividing of the thread equally between the jack sinkers and the
lead sinkers, the receding of the needles places the thread in the eyes, and tho
loops thereby produced are drawn through the preceding row of loops, and the
preceding row of loops is driven off the needles by the combs c, c, as the needles
go back, and as the needles come again forward, to have a fresh supply of thread
laid thereon by the thread carrier, the loops on the needles are driven on to
the stems of the needles by coming against the backs of the sinkers; and it
will be seen that the presser bar & works between the backs of the sinkers a, b,
and the combs c, and requires but little motion to perform its part (the closing
of the beards of the needles) of the combined movements of the parts for
drawing one row of loops through the preceding row of loops, according to the
ordinary practice of framework knitting, as is well understood; and it will be
seen that the presser bar is a strong and stiff bar, though placed in the position
above mentioned, and I am enabled to introduce a strong stiff bar in such
position by the peculiar construction of the sinkers, and by the introduction of
the combs c. The machine or frame is suitably arranged for being worked by
a rotatory motion from winch handles turned by the workman, as will be here-
after explained, as also the manner of communicating suitable motion from
such winch handles to the various parts in order to obtain the requisite action
thereto. is the thread carrier, its carriage f moves in a groove cut in the
board g, there being two stops h, h, in the groove, which prevents the carriage
f moving too far; hence, on the position of these stops will depend the width of
the fabric at any time produced by the machine; consequently, if the fabric
desired to be made varies in its width at different parts, the stops must vary
accordingly, as will be understood when I come to describe the means of
narrowing the work as it proceeds in working. It should be stated, that in
order to make good selveges the thread carrier after it has passed over the
whole of the needles which at any time are in action, and it has laid its thread
thereon, the end of the thread carrier drops below the needles in order to
cause the thread to lay on the last needle in work, and such descending of the
thread carrier is caused by a cam on the axis E and levers, as is shewn in the
Drawing. On the carriage there are two catch levers i, i, moving on axis
affixed to the carriage f, as is shewn in the Drawing; and i, i, are springs, by
which the lever catches are constantly pressed downwards, there being studs

page_text: to prevent the catches being forced too low down; on the stops h are affixed
two studs h', h¹, against which the tails of the lever catches come, and are
thereby lifted upwards and thrown out of action, as will be described hereafter.
A, A, are the winch handles by which the workman communicates movement
to the various parts; B is a cog wheel, affixed on the axis of the winch
handles. The cog wheel B takes into and drives the intermediato cog wheel C,
and the cog wheel C takes into and drives the cog wheel D, and thus is
rotatory motion communicated to the main axis E of the machine; the cog
wheel D being affixed on the axis E, as is shown in the Drawing. On the
axis E are affixed two pinions F, F, these pinions take into and drive the cog
wheels G, G, which respectively move on axes affixed on the end framings of
the machine; and each wheel G has a cam G¹ affixed thereto, and turns there-
with, the cams G¹ giving motion to the levers H, such levers moving each on
a fulcrum affixed at their respective onds of the machine; each lever H having
a truck or roller which constantly rests on its cam G', as is shown in the
various Figures of the Drawings; the other ends of the levers H being formed
into toothed racks, which-taking into the pinions J, I, one at each end of the
machine, gives motion thereto, first in one direction, then in the other direction,
on their fixed axes; and each pinion has a pulley affixed thereto, and conse-
quently moves therewith; and to these pulleys I', 1', are affixed the cords 1',
which move the thread carrier to and fro across the front of the machine, in
order to lay the thread on the needles; the other end of the cords I*, being
guided over pulleys, are attached to the sliding frame J, as is shown in the
Drawings, there being projecting stops J affixed, as shown, to the frame J,
these stops coming against the lever catches of the carriage of the thread
carrier cause the thread carrier to move with the carriage till the tails of the
lever catches are lifted out of the way by the studs of the stops 'which were
formerly described; hence, altho' the frame J at all times is drawn across the
front of the machine a like length of movement, the thread carrier may be
stopped in any position depending on its stops without reference to the length
of movement performed by the frame J. On the pulleys I', I', are also
affixed the cords K, which cause the slur cock K' to move across the machine
a little behind the movement of the thread carrier, and releases the jacks of the
jack sinkers successively, as will readily be traced in the Drawing. The
3 needle bar has, as before stated, a movement to and from the front of the
machine; the needle bar -L being carried by the four wheels L', which move
on bars or trucks, one on each end of the machine, and parallel to each other,
the end of the needle bar itself moving between such parallel bars L', as is
shewn in the Drawing, and the forward and backward movements required to

page_text: the needle bar are communicated thereto by means of cams M, M, affixed on
the axis E, there being levers N at the back of the machine, one end of each
having a truck or roller which moves against the cams M, which cams are
placed in opposite directions; hence, one lever N is above the axis E, and the
other below that axis, and thus is a steady movement communicated to the
spindle bar O, there being a link or connecting rod O', which connects the
movement of the back end of the upper lever N with a projecting arm of
the spindle bar, and the movement of the back end of the upper lever N is
connected with that of the back end of the lower lever N by means of a con-
necting rod or link O³, such connections being made by pin joints, as is clearly
shown in the Drawing. 0, 0, are links or connecting rods, which communi-
cate the motion of the spindle bar O to the needle bar, the connecting rods O³
being attached by pin joints to the needle bar and to projecting arms affixed
on the spindle bar O, all which is clearly shown in the Drawing, and the cut
or figure of the cams is also shewn, together with their correct positions on
the main axis E. On the axis E are affixed the cams P, P, against the
surfaces of which the rollers or trucks of the levers P¹, P¹, rest, and these
levers are constantly borne up to their cams by springs, as is shown in the
Drawing, and the motion of the levers P' is communicated to the frame
(which carries the sinkers) by means of the connecting rods P², P, which are
connected by pin joints to the levers P¹ and to the locker bar levers Q; the
locker bar Q' being affixed on the locker bar levers Q, as is shewn; and the
levers have each an axis on the jack bar R, which moves on hollow axes or
necks, which are cranked, in order to throw the jack bar R below the line
of the centre of the axes or necks, and the axes or necks are hollow in order to
allow of the passage of the wire which forms the axis of the jacks and of the
levers Q, the combs in which the jacks move being affixed to the jack bar, as
is shown. From the front of the jack bar proceed two arms, or rather the
arms have the axes of the jack bar formed thereon, and the jack bar is screwed
thereto; but when the arms and jack bar are screwed together they form one
instrument. To the cuds of tho arms of the jack bar are affixed the plates S,
through which plates the screws S' pass, and form the adjusting screws of the
axes on which the sinker frame T moves, as is clearly shewn in the Drawing;
and in order to cause the sinker frame T to move vertically, there is applied a
parallel rod T, which being connected to the top framing by a pin joint, and to
the sinker frame T by a pin joint; the movement communicated to the
frame T by the arms of the jack bar is governed by the parallel rod T¹, and the
frame T is constrained to move in a vertical direction. The Drawings clearly
show the nature and construction of the sinker frame, and it will be seen that

page_text: the jacks have each a prominence on their upper sides, which rests under a
bar affixed to the arms, which carry the sinker frame and is at the back of the
sinker frame; and by means of the locker bar Q1 pressing on the back ends
or tails of the jacks the sinker frame is raised; and the sinking of the frame T
is performed by means of the cam V, which is affixed on the axis E, which has
the truck or roller of the lever W borne against its surface, and the motion so
communicated to the lever W is transmitted to the sinker frame by means of
the connecting rod X, which at one end is attached to the lever W by a pin
joint and to a projection Y, which is affixed to the bar which combines the
two arms Z, which are affixed to and at the back of the jack bar, as is clearly
shown in the Drawings; and on examining the cams which work the locker
bar Q', and the cam which works the sinker frame T, it will be found that
those cams work together when the thread has been equally divided on the
needles, (by the lead sinkers falling and the jack sinkers rising), in such
manner as to cause the whole of the sinkers to keep together till the time
arrives for the jack sinkers successively to be depressed by the slur cock
passing across the machine. On the cog wheel D is affixed the projecting
axis with a roller k, which coming against the tail of the lever or arm 7, which
moves on a fulcrum at m, causes the presser bar to perform its pressing action
in the following manner :-The lever or arm / is at all times drawn upon by a
spring, as shown in the Drawings, and the arm / being affixed to the spindle
bar m, that spindle bar will be moved once every revolution of the main
axis E. On the spindle bar m are affixed two arms n, n, which carry the
presser bar d, all which is clearly shewn in the Drawing, and will readily be
traced in the various Figures; and it will be seen that on the presser bar are
screwed a series of combs, between the teeth or plates of which the sinkers
move and are held correctly to their work, and produces correctness and
security of action to the jack and lead sinkers. The pointed plates or combs c
are cast in leads, and affixed in front of the machine on the bar c', which is
cranked downwards at its ends, and is carried by the axis c, and there are
projections, from the front of the bar c', which are turned or cranked
upwards, as is shown in the Drawing, through such cranked ends are set or
aljusting screws, which coming against stops affixed on the end framing of the
machine, enables the workmen to adjust the parts c correctly, one plate.c
between each pair of needles, all which will readily be traced in the various
Figures of the Drawings; and it will be seen that there is a stop c' affixed to
the bar c', to prevent the presser bar rising too high, and-the-bar c is borne
up to its work by a spring. I have not thought it necessary thus far in my
description to call attention to the means for allowing of adjustment to the

page_text: various parts, they are, however, shown in the Drawing, and will readily be
understood by a workman engaged in the construction of framework knitting
machines, for ho will find that they are the usual means of slots and screws.
And further, I have not thought it necessary to describe the framing of the
machine, as its nature and form will readily be traced in the Drawings,
together with the various bearings, and fixings of the axis and spindle bars.
And I have thus far described the machine without reference to the parts for
changing the position of the stops of the thread carrier, but I will now proceed
to describe the working of a course, together with such information as will bo
requisite for the apparatus, shewn in the Drawing, for narrowing the work as
it proceeds in the working of the machine. The Drawings show the parts in
the positions they would be in at the time that the thread carrier has proceeded
partly across the machine, in direction from the right-hand to the left-hand end
of the machine, and has laid thread across about one-third of the needles, the
continued rotatory motion of the winch handles will cause the thread carrier
to lay the thread completely across the needles, and the slur cock, in succeeding
the thread carrier, will actuate the jacks of the jacks sinkers, by which means
the jack sinkers will sink a quantity of the thread between the needles between
which they work, in sufficient quantities to allow for the lead sinkers, in
like manner to the working ordinary framework knitting machines or stocking
frames; and by means of the cams and locking bar on the tails of the jacks,
as herein described and shown by the cuts of the cam, the lead sinkers will
each take part of the thread previously taken in excess by the jack sinkers,
and the thread will be equally divided amongst the jack and lead sinkers, and
thus forms a series of loops on the needles of equal lengths. The thread
being divided on the needles, as above mentioned, the needle bar moves
towards the back of the machine, by which means the thread last laid on by
the thread carrier is forced into the beards or heads of the needles, the sinkers
not moving out of the way till that is the case, but do so, when the thread is
fairly in the beards, and the presser bar closes the beards of the needles,
and the needles thus carry the fresh loops through the previous loops, such
previous loops having been retained on the stems of the needles, consequently,
on the passing back of the needle bar, those provious loops would come
against the combs or pointed plates c, which, resisting the row of loops by the
front edges of such plates, would allow of the needles in passing back to
draw the new loops through the previously formed loops, and as the needle;
procced back forces the work or previously formed row of loops off the bends
of the needles; the needle bar will again come forward, and the loops last
formed thereon will be forced out of the beards of the needles by coming

page_text: against the backs of the sinkers, which, by the working of the machine, have
again descended in readiness for the working of the next course; and the
thread carrier will cross the machine from the left-hand end to the right-hand
end thereof, and lay fresh thread on the needles, which will progressively be
sunk between the needles by the jack sinkers, as has been already described.
And such will be the continued motions of the machine'; and a workman, by
reading the above description and a careful examination of the Drawings, will
readily adjust the machine to perform such movements correctly, and if the
machine were only required to make a fabric of an uniform width during all
the time of working, the above description would be sufficient; but the machine
being capable of varying the width in the progress of working, the Drawings
shew suitable apparatus for that purpose, and I have kept the description
thereof till the present time, in order to prevent complexity of description.
I now proceed to explain how such variations of width is to be produced:
The needles are fixed in brasses, which are shewn in the Drawing separately
and in their places, and are so arranged that there are two needles in each
brass, and each brass is capable of a sliding movement, in order to their being
removed out of action at the time it is desired to narrow the work. a, a, are
the brasses into which the needles are fixed, they slide in guides or combs y;y,
affixed on the needle bar, consequently part of the needles may from time to
time be slided out of action in the following manner :-(1), (1), are two bars;
the one capable of sliding from right to left, and the other from left to right;
on these bars are affixed fingers (2), (2), which, at the times it is desired to
remove some of the needles out of action, turn with their bars a distance
sufficient to drive a brass containing two needles back, and in such manner
that in place of the holding bar bearing against the end of the brass of such
needles, the holding bar will fall into the notches cut on the upper surface of
the brasses, each of the fingers (2) being a width equal to select one brass at
t time; (3) is a spindle bar, having suitable bearings, to which bar is affixed
the handle (4), by which the workman moves the parts connected with and
actuated by the bar (8); on the bar (8) are two arms (5), which have studs
projecting through 'slots or holes formed in the connecting rods or links (6),
and the connecting rods connect the movement of the bar (8) with the bars
(1), (1); hence, when the workman draws the handle up towards him, and
so soon as the projecting studs on the arms (5) arrive to the ends of the slotted
holes of the connecting rods, and actuate those rods, the fingers (2) will each
force back the two outside brasses, the needles of which, up to that moment,
have been-in work, but from which needles the loops which have been last
produced have been removed from such outside needles by tickling, as is well'

page_text: understood, and thus there will be two needles taken out of work on the right-
hand side of the fabric and two needles taken out of work from the left-hand side
of the fabric, thus reducing the width of the fabric four needles; and it will be
seen that in moving the handle (4) by the workman, the arm (7), affixed to
the spindle bar (3), will by its truck or roller come against the inclined surface
of the lever (8), which moves on a fulcrum at the front of the machine, and
depress such lever, together with its connecting rod (9), which is attached to it
by a pin joint, and the connecting rod (9) is at the other end attached to tho
arm (10) of the spindle bar (11), such spindle bar (11) (which is carried by
the needle bar) has what I call the holding bar (12) attached thereto, by
means of arms, as is shewn by this arrangement; it will be seen that the
holding bar (12) will be relieved just before the acting of the fingers (2) to
push back the needles, which is caused by the slotted holes of the connecting
rods, as above explained; and it should be stated that the holding bars (12) aro
of such lengths as to act on as many of the needles as will require to be
removed out of action. And, further, the needles which are between those
which are acted on by the holding bars (12), that is, those which will bo
constantly in action, may be either cast in leads and permanently fixed to the
needle bar, as heretofore, or they may be wholly independent needles; and in
such latter case, then there should be a third holding bar on the same axis as
the others; but in place of being removed when the others are the middlo
holding bar (which is to be not wider than the narrowest part of the work to
be produced) is to allow of the axis moving independently of such middle
bolding bar, and by having a tail piece descending below the holding bar, and
a set screw passing through such tail piece, the set screw being screwed up to
the needle bar will retain the middle portion of the needle secure. Now, it
will be evident that in working a machine thus arranged for narrowing the
work as it proceeds, it will require that the thread carrier should be stopped by
its stops, in order not to lay thread a greater length than is required for the
decreasing number of needles in work; and in order to effect this object,
in conjunction with the removing the needles out of the way, there are
snails or cans (13), (13), applied on the axis (14), which has suitable
bearings at the front and back of the machine, as is clearly shewn; and the
axis (14) has also a ratchet wheel affixed thereon, which is actuated by a
driver in connection with the handle (4), which causes the ratchet wheel to
move one tooth at each forcing down of that handle, and it will be seen that the
bars which carry the fingers are governed by the cams (18), the outer ends of
such bars resting against adjusting screws through the levers (15), the bars
being acted on by springs; and at the upper ends of the levers (15) there are

page_text: connecting rods (16), which being connected by pin joints to the stops of the
thread; the stops are moved towards each other, as will readily be traced,
and lessen the length of movement of the thread carrier, for it will be seen that
the connecting rod, which is attached to the lever (15) at the right-hand end
of the machine, moves the stop at the left-hand end of the machine, and the
connecting rod of the lever at the left-hand end of the machine moves the stop.
at the right-hand end of the machine, all which will be most readily under-
stood on examining the various parts of the Drawings; and it only remains for
me to state that in order to perform the operation of narrowing, the workman,
by means of the handle (17), which is attached to a lever (18), moving on a
fulcrum, the lever having a fork at the other end, which embraces the truck
which works on the frame cam V; hence, when the workman wishes to narrow
the work he will move the handle (17) just before commencing a course, by
which he will throw the truck out of work, and the sinkers will go up and
leave the work ready to be got at to allow of the workman tickling off the
loops of those needles which are to be thrown or moved out of work; and
having tickled off the loops and restored the truck on to its cam by the
handle (17), he moves the handle (4) upwards, as above described, which
causes those needles to be moved back out of the way; by means of the fingers,
as above described, he returns the handle (4) to its place, and continues his
work as before.
'
Having thus described the nature of the machine, and the mode of
combining and of working the same, I would remark, that I lay no claim to
the parts themselves, nor to their combinations, other than as hereafter more
particularly explained; nor do I confine myself to such parts, or their combina-
tions, as shewn, provided suitable parts be arranged for bringing into action
those particular parts, and combination of parts, which constitute my Invention.
And I would remark, that although I have described the needles as being
made to slide out of the way, they may have independent movement given to
them in other ways, in order to remove them out of action.
But what I claim as my Invention is, first, the node of constructing the
inkers and combining them with the parts c, and the peculiar adaptation of
be presser bar, as above described; and, secondly, I claim the mode of
arrowing the work by means of independent needles, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Luke Barton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
LUKE (L.B.) BARTON.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twentieth day of July, in the
second year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the said Luke Barton
came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged
the instrument aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and
specified, in form above written. And also the instrument aforesaid was 5
stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made in the fifty-fifth year of
the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third.
the Terentieth day of July. One thousand eight hundred and