This archive was prepared in conjunction with the following book that can be read full text in lage part at http://www.myoutbox.net/popstart.htm A History of the Early Patent Offices: The Patent Office Pony A History of the Early Patent Offices: The Patent Office Pony by Kenneth W. Dobyns (Sergeant Kirkland, 1997ed., ISBN: 1887901132)

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

Other Government publications

• 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)

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

• 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

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