British Electric Telegraph Company's Act 1850
WHEREAS by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing Date at Westminster on or about the Twenty-fifth Day of January in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, and in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, Her said Majesty did grant unto Henry Highton and Edward Highton, their Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, the sole Privilege of making, using, exercising, and vending their Invention of "Imp...