Listing of full text references provided on this website
concerning Patent Office History
List of Patents
List of all U.S. Patents and Patentees (1790-1829) LONG! 530 kb
Books and Extracts from Books
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
Scientific American articles concerning patents
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
Miscellaneous articles
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 Reports of the U.S. Commissioner of Patents
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 of the Confederate Commissioner of Patents
Annual Reports for 1861-64
Other Government publications
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)
Letters and Manuscripts
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
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