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Patent History Materials Index

• List of all U.S. Patents and Patentees (1790-1829) LONG! 530 kb
  

• Short Account of the Origin of Steamboats, by William Thornton
  
• Brief History -- Beresford (1886)
  
• The Patent System of the United States ... A History by Levin Campbell (1891)
  
• Account of Destruction by Fire of the Patent Office (1877)
  
• Ten Years in Washington by Mary Clemmer Amems
  
• Blane's Travels in the U.S. (1822-1823)
  
• Buck's Directory of the Model Room (1890)
  
• Duncan's Travels in the U.S. (1818-1819)
  
• Ellis -- Sights and Secrets of the National Capital
  
• Guide for Visitors to the National Gallery (1857)
  
• Keim's Guide to the Patent Office Museum (1874)
  
• The Patent Franchise of the U.S. by George H. Knight
  
• Moore's Patent Office and Patent Laws (1855)
  
• Fessenden's Essay on the Law of Patents (1810) 312kB
  

• Vol 1 (old series) Sep 1845-Aug 1846
  
• Vol 2 (old series) Sep 1846-Aug 1847
  
• Vol 3 (old series) Sep 1847-Aug 1848
  
• Vol 4 (old series) Sep 1848-Aug 1849
  
• Vol 5 (old series) Sep 1849-Aug 1850
  
• Vol 6 (old series) Sep 1850-Aug 1851
  
• Vol 7 (old series) Sep 1851-Aug 1852
  
• Vol 8 (old series) Sep 1852-Aug 1853
  
• Vol 9 (old series) Sep 1853-Aug 1854
  
• Vol 10 (old series) Sep 1854-Aug 1855
  
• Vol 11 (old series) Sep 1855-Aug 1856
  
• Vol 12 (old series) Sep 1856-Aug 1857
  
• Vol 13 (old series) Sep 1857-Aug 1858
  
• Vol 14 (old series) Sep 1858-Jun 1859
  
• Vol 1 (new series) Jul-Dec 1859
  
• Vol 2 (new series) Jan-Jun 1860
  
• Vol 3 (new series) Jul-Dec 1860
  
• Vol 4 (new series) Jan-Jun 1861
  
• Vol 5 (new series) Jul-Dec 1861
  
• Vol 6 (new series) Jan-Jun 1862
  
• Vol 7 (new series) Jul-Dec 1862
  
• Vol 8 (new series) Jan-Jun 1863
  
• Vol 9 (new series) Jul-Dec 1863
  
• Vol 10 (new series) Jan-Jun 1864
  
• Vol 12 (new series) Jan-Jun 1865
  
• Vol 13 (new series) Jul-Dec 1865
  
• Vol 14 (new series) Jan-Jun 1866
  
• Vol 15 (new series) Jul-Dec 1866
  
• Vol 16 (new series) Jan-Jun 1867
  
• Vol 17 (new series) Jul-Dec 1867
  
• Vol 18 (new series) Jan-Jun 1868
  
• Vol 19 (new series) Jul-Dec 1868
  
• Vol 20 (new series) Jan-Jun 1869
  
• Vol 21 (new series) Jul-Dec 1869
  
• Vol 22 (new series) Jan-Jun 1870
  
• Vol 23 (new series) Jul-Dec 1870
  
• Vol 24 (new series) Jan-Jun 1871
  
• Vol 25 (new series) Jul-Dec 1871
  
• Vol 26 (new series) Jan-Jun 1872
  
• Vol 27 (new series) Jul-Dec 1872
  
• Vol 28 (new series) Jan-Jun 1873
  
• Vol 29 (new series) Jul-Dec 1873
  
• Vol 30 (new series) Jan-Jun 1874
  
• Vol 31 (new series) Jul-Dec 1874
  
• Vol 32 (new series) Jan-Jun 1875
  
• Vol 33 (new series) Jul-Dec 1875
  
• Vol 34 (new series) Jan-Jun 1876
  
• Vol 35 (new series) Jul-Dec 1876
  
• Vol 36 (new series) Jan-Jun 1877
  
• Vol 37 (new series) Jul-Dec 1877
  
• Vol 38 (new series) Jan-Jun 1878
  
• Vol 39 (new series) Jul-Dec 1878
  
• Vol 40 (new series) Jan-Jun 1879
  
• Vol 41 (new series) Jul-Dec 1879
  
• Vol 42 (new series) Jan-Jun 1880
  
• Vol 43 (new series) Jul-Dec 1880
  
• Vol 44 (new series) Jan-Jun 1881
  
• Vol 45 (new series) Jul-Dec 1881
  
• Vol 46 (new series) Jan-Jun 1882
  
• Vol 47 (new series) Jul-Dec 1882
  
• Vol 48 (new series) Jan-Jun 1883
  
• Vol 49 (new series) Jul-Dec 1883
  
• Vol 50 (new series) Jan-Jun 1884
  
• Vol 51 (new series) Jul-Dec 1884
  
• Vol 52 (new series) Jan-Jun 1885
  
• Vol 53 (new series) Jul-Dec 1885
  
• Vol 54 (new series) Jan-Jun 1886
  
• Vol 55 (new series) Jul-Dec 1886
  
• Vol 56 (new series) Jan-Jun 1887
  
• Vol 57 (new series) Jul-Dec 1887
  
• Vol 58 (new series) Jan-Jun 1888
  
• Vol 59 (new series) Jul-Dec 1888
  
• Vol 60 (new series) Jan-Jun 1889
  
• Vol 61 (new series) Jul-Dec 1889
  
• Vol 62 (new series) Jan-Jun 1890
  
• Vol 63 (new series) Jul-Dec 1890
  
• Vol 64 (new series) Jan-Jun 1891
  
• Vol 65 (new series) Jul-Dec 1891
  
• Vol 66 (new series) Jan-Jun 1892
  
• Vol 69 (new series) Jul-Dec 1893
  
• Vol 71 (new series) Jul-Dec 1894
  
• Vol 74 (new series) Jan-Jun 1896
  
• Vol 77 (new series) Jul-Dec 1897
  
• Vol 78 (new series) Jan-Jun 1898
  
• Vol 80 (new series) Jan-Jun 1899
  
• Vol 112 (new series) Jun 1915
  

• A Patently False Patent Myth by Samuel Sass, from the Skeptical Inquirer, vol 13 (spring 1989) pp 310-313
  
• 1833-1837 Journal of Franklin Institute articles on patents [167 kb]
  
• William Thornton's 1814 letter to National Intelligencer describing British raid on Washington
  
• George Escol Sellers' Reminiscences from Ameerican Machinist Magazine
  
• Patent articles from American Polytechnic Journal (1853-54)
  
• The Patent Office and its Mission by Aza Arnold (1859)
  
• Early History of the Telegraph by Edward L. Morse (1900)
  
• Royston Betts' complaint concerning Commissioner Holloway
  
• Hulme's Articles on Early English patent system
  
• Patent papers from Journal of the Franklin Institute (1828-1837)
  
• Patent material from Mechanic's Magaziine (1835-1837)
  
• Patent Office Jewel Robbery from National Police Gazette (1848-49)
  
• Extracts from address by George H. Knight
  

• Annual Report for 1823
  
• Annual Report for 1830
  
• Annual Report for 1837
  
• Annual Report for 1838
  
• Annual Report for 1839
  
• Annual Report for 1840
  
• Annual Report for 1841
  
• Annual Report for 1842
  
• Annual Report for 1843
  
• Annual Report for 1844
  
• Annual Report for 1845
  
• Annual Report for 1846
  
• Annual Report for 1847
  
• Annual Report for 1848
  
• Annual Report for 1849 LONG -- 285Kb
  
• Annual Report for 1850 LONG -- 273kb
  
• Annual Report for 1851
  
• Annual Report for 1852
  
• Annual Report for 1853
  
• Annual Report for 1854
  
• Annual Report for 1855
  
• Annual Report for 1856
  
• Annual Report for 1857
  
• Annual Report for 1858
  
• Annual Report for 1859
  
• Annual Report for 1860
  
• Annual Report for 1861
  
• Annual Report for 1862
  
• Annual Report for 1863
  
• Annual Report for 1864
  
• Annual Report for 1865
  
• Annual Report for 1866
  
• Annual Report for 1867
  
• Annual Report for 1868
  
• Annual Report for 1869
  
• Annual Report for 1870
  
• Annual Report for 1871
  
• Annual Report for 1872
  
• Annual Report for 1873
  
• Annual Report for 1874
  
• Annual Report for 1875
  
• Annual Report for 1876
  
• Annual Report for 1877
  
• Annual Report for 1878
  
• Annual Report for 1879
  
• Annual Report for 1880
  
• Annual Report for 1881
  
• Annual Report for 1882
  
• Annual Report for 1883
  
• Annual Report for 1884
  
• Annual Report for 1885
  
• Annual Report for 1886
  
• Annual Report for 1887
  
• Annual Report for 1888
  
• Annual Report for 1889
  
• Annual Report for 1890
  
• Annual Report for 1891
  
• Annual Report for 1892
  

• Annual Reports for 1861-64
  

• Patent Office Research and Development Reports 1956 - 1962
  
• Women Inventors to Whom Patents Have Been Granted by The United States Government: October 1, 1982 to March 1, 1895
  
• Sen Ruggles 1837 report to Senate on burning of Patent Office
  
• HR 1837 report on burning of Patent Office
  
• HR 1837 report on burning of Patent Office
  
• Opinions of the Attorney General concerning patents (1797-1836
  
• Testimony in Congressional Investigation of Commissioner Holloway (1865)
  

• Patent Office Letter Book 1814-1836 313kB
  
• 29 Jan 1836 letter from Henry L. Ellsworth regarding defects in patent system"
  
• Patents of the Republic of Texas
  
• Accounts of the Auditor of the Treasury (1797-1821)
  
• Mayor Blake's 1814 letter concerning the burning of Washington
  
• Letters of Commissioner Edmund Burke
  
• Papers of Secretary Thomas Ewing
  
• National Archives records of trial of Tom Hand (1849)
  
• Papers of Rep. Thomas A. Jenckes
  
• Extracts from Diaries of Commissioner Charles Mason LONG 190 kb
  
• Papers of Examiner William Chauncy Langdon