Two SPRINGS OR CATCHES TO BE USED IN ATTACHING A QUE OR TAIL OF HAIR OF ANY LENGTH TO GENTLEMEN'S PERUKES OR WIGS, OR TO THEIR OWN SHORT HAIR
Year: 1802

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDER
Ross, of Bishopsgate Within, in the City of London, Perfumer, send greeting..
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of November instant,
did grant unto me, the said Alexander Ross, His special licence that I,
the said Alexander Ross, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend my Invention of "Two
SPRINGS OR CATCHES TO BE USED IN ATTACHING A QUE OR TAIL OF HAIR OF ANY
LENGTH TO GENTLEMEN'S PERUKES OR WIGS, OR TO THEIR OWN SHORT HAIR;"
within that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called
England, our Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such
manner as to me, the said Alexander Ross, my exors, adññors, or assigns, or
any of them, should in my or their discretion seem meet; and that I, the said
Alexander Ross, my exors, adñiors, 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 of years therein mentioned; in which said Letters
Patent there is a proviso, obliging me, the said Alexander Ross, under
my hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my
said Invention, and how the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the date:

page_text: of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the said recited Letters Patent,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Alexander Ross, do hereby describe and declare the nature of and operation of
my said Invention and improvement, as follows:-
The hair springs or catches which attach the braid, que, tail, or piece of
hair to gentlemen or ladies' own short hair or perukes are separately delineated
and described (below); first, the spring or catch for the peruke, with the
letters A, B, and C; secondly, the spring or catch for the short hair of either
lady or gentleman, with the letters D, E, F, and G.
The facility of this Invention is beyond comparison, for in less time than
one minute you may attach and detach the braid, que, or tail from your own
hair or peruke, which will not fall off, and will be found particularly useful
and convenient to those who have very short hair, and for gentlemen who
take the diversion of hunting or shooting, as the spring or catch with the hair
attached to it may be carried in the pocket, and if engaged to a ball, assembly,
or any place where dress is required, can, without assistance, attach the same
to his own hair or peruke, which will make a full dress peruke or head of
hair; and will be found useful to naval and military gentlemen and others
who at times were a crop wig, or their own hair as a crop, as they can with
so little difficulty make themselves a full dress.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Ross, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and two.

page_text: First, A.; this is attached to the peruke by joining B and C, which makes
the peruke compleat; B is the spring or catch that the braid, que, or tail is
sewed to; C is sewed to the peruke.
Secondly, D is the braid, que, or tail as attached to the gentleman or
ladies' own hair, making the operation of the hair spring or catch compleat;
E, the braid, que, or tail is sewed to; F secures the first part of the gentlemen
or ladies' hair; G secures the whole on the head when both are shut close,
as at D.