THE MANUFACTURE OF BONNETS FROM PAPERED CLOTH
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Mossman, of No. 1, Cleveland Terrace,
Downham Road, in the Parish of St. Mary's, Islington, London, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Stationer, for the Invention of "THE
MANUFACTURE OF BONNETS FROM PAPERED CLOTH"
Sealed the 18th June 1861, and dated the 20th December 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Mossman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th December 1860.
I, WILLIAM MOSSMAN, of No. 1, Cleveland Terrace, Downham Road, in
the Parish of St. Mary's, Islington, London, in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturing Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "THE MANUFACTURE OF BONNETS PROM PAPERED CLOTH," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the application of sheets of pasted together (or
otherwise made to adhere) paper and cloth to the manufacture of bonnets,
which papered cloth may be embossed or plain, and cut into strips to be
plaited and sewn together, or may be used in pieces to imitate all kinds of
chip, Leghorn, Tuscan, straw, crinoline, and braid, of whatever colour, texture,
or quality, used in the manufacture of bonnets. The cloth adhering to the
paper above described may be of cotton, linen, silk, wool, hair, or any other
fibre that can be woven into a texture.

page_text: What I claim by my Invention is the using of the above explained paper
cloths as a material in the manufacture of bonnets, which may be produced in
embossed or plain strips of various lengths or in pieces, any size and shape, to
imitate the different kinds of chip, Leghorn, Tuscan, straw, crinoline, and
braid, of whatever colour, texture, or quality used in the manufacture of
bonnets, on forming a material of itself for the manufacture of bonnets.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Mossman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th June 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
MOSSMAN, of No. 1, Cleveland. Terrace,. Downham Road, in the Parish of
St. Mary's, Islington, London, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,-the-said.
William Mossman, Her special licence that I, the said William Mossman, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Mossman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,.
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "THE MANUFACTURE OF
BONNETS FROM PAPERED CLOTH," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Mossman, my executors or administrators,. by an instrument, in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what. manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Mossman, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in the application of sheets pasted together (or other-
wise made to adhere) paper and cloth to the manufacture of bonnets, which

page_text: papered cloth may be embossed or plain, and cut into strips to be plaited or
sewn together, or may be used in pieces to imitate all kinds of chip, Leghorn,
Tuscan, straw, crinoline, and braid, of whatever colour, texture, or quality used
in the manufacture of bonnets. The cloth adhering to the paper above
described may be of cotton, linen, silk, wool, hair, or any fibre that can be
woven into a texture.
What I claim by my Invention is the using of the above-explained paper
cloths as a material in the manufacture of bonnets, which may be produced in
embossed or plain strips of various lengths or in pieces any size and shape, to
imitate the different kinds of chip, Leghorn, Tuscan, straw, crinoline, and
braid, of whatever colour, texture, or quality, used in the manufacture of
bonnets, or forming a material of itself for the manufacture of bonnets.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Mossman, bave hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 17th day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
WILLIAM MOSSMAN. (L.s.)