Specification of John Fitkin, William Fitkin, and Joseph Barton : truss.

  • Fitkin, John.
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of John Fitkin, William Fitkin, and Joseph Barton : truss. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A D. 1816 ....... N° 3997. TrusE*. J. & W. FITKIN AND BARTON’S SPECIFICATION. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, John Fitkin, of No. 60, Old Street Road, in the Parish of Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, Truss Maker, sendeth greeting. WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Third, in and by 5 His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the Fourteenth day of March last, for Himself, His heirs and successors, did give and grant unto the said John Fitkin, and also unto William Fitkin and Joseph Barton, His especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that they, the said John Fitkin, William Fitkin, and 10 Joseph Barton, their executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, by themselves, or by their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or such others as they, the said John Fitkin, William Fitkin, and Joseph Barton, their executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term of 15 years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, their Invention of “ A New Truss in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging them, the said John Fitkin, William Fitkin, and Joseph Barton, or one of them, by an instrument in writing under their hands and 20 seals, or the hand and seal of one of them, particularly to describe and ascertain the nature of their said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
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