THE PATENT OFFICE 18 the popular name for the seat of the Department of the Interior of which the Patent Office 19 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 Washington, for a national church,'

Its construction

has been piecemeal, following the growth of patent business. In 1867 t was finished at a cost of $2,347,011.65.

A COMPILATION

OF THE

MESSAGES AND PAPERS

OF THE

PRESIDENTS

1789-1897

BY

JAMES D. RICHARDSON

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE

VOLUME V

PUBLISHED BY

AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS

1899