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Part 5 of 'The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent' by Washington Irving, was published by C S Van Winkle in New York in 1819.

It contained the following paragraph mentioning a smith wearing a 'brown paper cap'.

Although the work was published in the USA it was written in England where the author was living at the time.

A full copy of the work can be accessed online here.

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