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for the seat of the Department of It is of the Doric the Interior of which the Patent Office is a bureau. style of Greek architecture and stands on the ground set aside by L'Enfant,. a national church."' the French engineer who planned Washington, for Me construction has been piecemeal, following the growth of patent In 1867 it was finished at a cost of $2,347.011.65. business.

THE PATENT OFFICE is the popular name

A COMPILATION

OF THE

MESSAGES AND PAPERS

OF THE

PRESIDENTS

1789-1907

BY

JAMES D. RICHARDSON

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEB

VOLUME V

PUBLISHED BY

BUREAU OF NATIONAL LITERATURE AND ART

1908

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