THE PATENT OFFICE is the popular name for the seat of the Department of
the Interior of which the Patent Office is a bureau. It is of the Doric
style of Greek architecture and stands on the ground set aside by L'Enfant,
the French engineer who planned Washingtor, for a national church."
its construction has been piecemeal, following the growth of patent
business. In 1867 it was finished at a cost of $2.347.011.65.

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A COMPILATION

OF THE

MESSAGES AND PAPERS

OF THE

PRESIDENTS
STANFORD LIBRARY

1789-1908

BY

JAMES D. RICHARDSON

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE

VOLUME V

PUBLISHED BY

BUREAU OF NATIONAL LITERATURE AND ART

1908

762715

Copyright 1897.

RY

JAMES D. RICHARDSON

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C5

1911