U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts April 15, 1871 (Cahill v. Beckford)

SHEPLEY, Circuit Judge.

The complainant, on the first of September, 1868, applied for a patent for an “Improved Bronze Dressing for Leather,” for which letters-patent issued to him dated Nov. 10, 1868 [No. 83,925]. The object of the invention was to provide a fluid which would give a reasonably durable bronze finish to leather, resembling the French metallic bronze finish.