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... 17 14 ), Mr. Pitt granted a pateĀ»t to John Reeves, Robert George Eyre, and Andrew Strachan, appointing them the Kin g% Printers for the pe. riod of thirty years. The chief object of the patent was to secure to John Reeves a sinecure of 1,50 v/. a year ...