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Folios 308-311. Folio 308. George Davy junior of Whitechapel, London to the King....

Catalogue reference: SP 37/1/127

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This record is about the Folios 308-311. Folio 308. George Davy junior of Whitechapel, London to the King.... dating from 1762 Sept 3 - 1762 Sept 16 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/1/127
Date
1762 Sept 3 - 1762 Sept 16
Description

Folios 308-311. Folio 308. George Davy junior of Whitechapel, London to the King. Petition for Letters Patent for his invention 'a new method of making orchell [a purplish dye also called cudbear] from rock or stone moss of the growth of Great Britain and Ireland which answers all the purposes of dying as orchell made from foreign orchell-wood or moss'. Referral to the Attorney or Solicitor-General signed by the Earl of Egremont. Folio 309. George Davy's affidavit in support of his petition. Folios 310-311. Attorney-General's report to the King recommending that George Davy's petition be granted subject to the usual proviso for enrolment in Chancery of a written description.

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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III

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