Talk:Samuel Hopkins (inventor)

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[edit] Canadian Patent

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According to the present-day Canadian Office of Intellectual Property, Hopkins also received the first Canadian patent, in 1791, from "the Governor General in Council to Angus MacDonnel, a Scottish soldier garrisoned at Quebec City, and to Samuel Hopkins, a Vermonter, for processes to make potash and soap from wood ash."

Notwithstanding what the government is saying this makes no sense at all. The position of Governor General was established by the Constitution Act of 1791, and that became effective Dec. 26 of that year. The first occupant was Guy Carlton, who had previously been military governor, but he was in England at the time, and did not return until 1793. The Canadian patent office was not established until 1842. Eclecticology (talk) 09:46, 31 December 2007 (UTC)