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There are at Norfolk, large deposits of timber for the use of the Navy; a line of battle ship building, and the frames of another line of battle ship and frigate, are also collecting there. The Congress and Macedonian frigates are now repairing there.
The keel of a line of battle ship is laid at Philadelphia; the frame is collecting and will be put up early in the spring. The frames of another line of battle ship and frigate, are also collecting at this place; where there are considerable deposits of timber, copper, iron, and other naval stores.
At New-York, there is a line of battle ship on the stocks, in the building of which great progress has been made. There are two frames of frigates deposited there, with considerable quantities of other timber for ship building, iron, copper, and guns. The John Adams is undergoing repairs there.
At Boston, is the keel of a line of battle ship laid, the frame col- lected, and will be set up in the spring. The frames of another line of battle ship and frigate are also getting ready for that place, where there are large deposits of timber, iron, and copper, for ship building.
The keel of a line of battle ship is now laying at Portsmouth, (N. H.) where the frame is collected, and will be set up in the spring. The frames of another line of battle ship and frigate, are also collecting there; where deposits of ship timber, iron, and copper, are made.
An abundant supply of timber, canvas, cordage, copper, iron, and every other article, the produce and manufacture of the United States, are already provided for carrying into effect the law for building nine line of battle ships, and twelve frigates, in addition to the ships now afloat ; which will make the Navy of the United States, on the Ocean, twelve line of battle ships, twenty fri- gates, and a proportional number of small vessels. It is doubted.
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Charleston, John Robertson-Savannah, Archibald S. Bullock- Kentucky, James Morrison-New Orleans, I. K. Smith-Newpor (R. I.) Constant Taber-Hartford, (Conn.) John Morgan-Wi mington, (N C.) Joshua Potts-New bern, Jeremiah Brown-Ney Castle, J. S. Riddle-London, Baring, Brothers & Co. Bankers . the United States-Barcelona, Richard M.Call.
A 'commission is allowed to Navy Agents not exceeding ou per cent, upon their disbursements. Their whole annual emol ments are limited, by law, to 2000 dollars, without any allowan for clerk hire, porters, office rent, stationary, or any thing els Every charge must be paid out of their commissions.
GENERAL STAFF OF THE U. S. ARMY.
Jacob Brown, Major General.
Andrew Jackson, Major General.
Alexander Macomb, Brigadier General, maj. gen. brev.
Edmund P. Gaines, Brigadier General, maj. gen. brev.
Winfield Scott, Brigadier General, maj. gen. brev. Eleazer W. Ripley; Brigadier General, maj, gen. brev. Daniel Parker, Adjutant and Inspector General, brig. gen. brev. Thomas S. Jesup, Quarter Master General, brig. gen. brev. Robert Butler, Adjutant General, col. brev. Roger Jones, Adjutant General, col, brev.
Arthur P. Hayne, Inspector General, col. brev.
John E. Wool, Inspector General, col. brev.
Charles J. Nourse, Assistant Adjutant General, maj. brev. James M. Glassell, Assistant Adjutant General, maj. brev. R. M. Kirby, Assistant Adjutant General, maj. brev. Perrin Willis, Assistant Adjutant General, maj. brev.
John Biddle, Assistant Inspector General, maj. brev. John M. Davis, Assistant Inspector General, maj. brev. Francis S. Belton, Assistant Inspector General, maj. brev. William M'Donald, Assistant Inspector General, maj. brev. John Anderson, Topographical Engineer, Major. Isaac Roberdeau, Topographical Engineer, Major. John J. Abert, Topographical Engineer, Major. James Kearney, Topographical Engineer, Major. Stephen H. Long, Topographical Engineer, maj. brev. Paul H. Perault, Topographical Engineer, maj. brev: Hugh Young, Assistant Topographical Engineer. William T. Poussin, Assistant Topographical Engineer.
Milo Mason, Deputy Quarter Master General, maj. brev. William Linnard, Deputy Quarter Master General, maj. brev
Divisions and Departments of the Army.
The NORTHERN DIVISION comprises five Military Der ments, to wit : No. 1. New-York, above the Highlands, and mont-No. 2. New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut-No. 3. New- York, below the Highlands, and New. sey, excepting that part which furnishes the first division of inilit
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. 4. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and that part of New- rsey which furnishes the first division of militia-No. '5. Ohio, d the territories of Michigan and Indiana.
The SOUTHERN DIVISION comprises four Military Depart- ents, to wit : No. 6. Virginia, North Carolina, and the district of lumbia-No. 7. South Carolina, and Georgia-No. 8. Louisiana, d the Mississippi territory-No. 9. Tennessee, Kentucky, and e territories of Missouri and Illinois.
NTERCOURSE WITH FOREIGN NATIONS.
DIPLOMATIC DEPARTMENT.
Ministers Plenipotentiary.
Richard Rush, to Great Britain. Albert Gallatin, to France. oige Washington Campbell, to St. Petersburg. William Eustis, the Netherlands. Thomas Sumter, to Rio Janeiro, Brazils, &c. nathan Russell, to Sweden. George W. Erving, to Spain. Salary, 00 dollars each, per annum.
CONSULS OF THE U. STATES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
In Great Britain and its dependencies.
Thomas Aspinwall, London. James Maury, Liverpool. Herman isger, Bristol. Robert W. Fox, Falmouth. Nath. G Ingraham, Plymouth. Thomas Auldjo, Cowes. Bernard Henry, Gibraltar. mes Luke, Belfast. Thomas English, Dublin. Jacob Mark. rk. Joel Hart, Leith. Thomas Wynn, Turks Island. William avy, Kingston upon Hull.
In France and its dependencies.
Isaac Cox Barnett, Paris. Daniel Strobel, Bordeaux. Henry ilson, Nantz. Edward Church, L'Orient. Stephen Cathalan, arseilles. Robert Sterry, La Rochelle. Thomas Johnson, Calais. uben G. Beasley, Havre de Grace. Philip de Peyster, Guadaloupe. hn Mitchell, Martinique. - Martin Bickham, Isle of France.
· In Russia.
John Levitt Harris, St. Petersburg. Moses M. Russell, Riga. -, Archangel.
In Spain and its dependencies.
James L. Cathcart, Cadiz. Robert Montgomery, Alicant. Richard . Call, Barcelona. John M. Baker, Tarragona and the Isles of inorca, Majorca and Yvica. Thomas L. Halsey, Buenos Ayres. illiam G. Miller, Monte Video. Obadiah Rich, Valencia. George Barrell, Malaga. Richard S. Hackley, St. Lucar. John Heath, and of Teneriffe. Andrew Stewart, Island of Manilla. John arner, Island of Porto Rico. Alexander Hamilton, Havanna.
In Portugal and its dependencies.
Israel P. Hutchinson, Lisbon. John Howard March, Island of adeira. John B. Dabney, Fayal. , Henry Hill, St. Salvador. Joseph
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Ray, Pernambuco. Jose dos Santos Mortiero, Island of Maranhas Samuel Hodges, jr. Cape de Verd Islands.
In Sweden.
Joseph Ficklin, St. Bartholomews. A. C. Murray, Gottenburg. In Denmark and its dependencies. -
John M. Forbes, Consul-general, Copenhagen. Robert M. Hat rison, Consul, Island of St. Thomas. Robert Jaques, Island c St. Cruz. .
In Holland and its dependencies.
Alexander M'Rae, Consul-general, Amsterdam. George Joy Consul, Rotterdam. Emanuel Wambersie, Ostend. Joshua Clit born, Antwerp. Jolin B. Frazier, Island of Curracoa. Williar Gamble, Island of St. Eustatia.
At the Hanse-Towns.
Edward Wyer, Hamburgh. Frederick J. Wichelhauson, Bre men. Philip Marck, Franconia. William Clark, Embden. .
In Tuscany, Austria, and China.
'Thomas Appleton, Leghorn. James Schee, Genoa. William U Barney, Triest. Benjamin C. Wilcox, Canton. Victor Adolphu Sasserno, Nice.
In the Kingdom of Naples.
Alexander Hammet, Consul, Naples. John Broadbent, Messin: William Porter, Palermo.
In Barbary.
William Shaler, Consul-general, Algiers. Thomas D. Anderson Consul, Tunis. William B. Jones, Tripoli. James Simpson, Tar giers. John O. Sullivan, Mogadore.
Ministers, Consuls, and Commissaries OF FOREIGN POWERS, RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
From France.
His Excellency M. Hyde de Neuville, Envoy Extraordinary an Minister Plenipotentiary, from France to the United States ( America.
Mr. Roth, Secretary of Legation.
Mr. Bourgueney, attached to the Legation.
Mr. Petry, Consul-general, ad interim, to the United States, Philadelphia.
Mr. Berard, eleve, Vice-Consul, Philadelphia.
Mr. De Valnais, Consul, Boston.
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Mr. Le Comte D'Espinville, Consul, New-York.
Mr. Angelucci, Consul, Baltimore.
Mr. Conteaux, Vice Consul, Norfolk.
Mr. Buchet de Martigny, Vice Consul, ad interim, Norfolk.
Mr. Le Marquis de Fougeres, Consul, Charleston, (S. C.)
Mr. -, Consul, ad interim, ditto.
Mr. Le Loup, Vice Consul, ad interim, Savannah.
Mr. Thonosson, Agent, Savannah.
Mr. Guillemin, Consul, ad interim, New-Orleans.
From Great Britain.
The Right Honourable Charles Bagot, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
Gibbs Crawford Antrobus, Esq. Secretary of Legation. .
William Henry Hughes, Esq. Private Secretary.
Anthony St. John Baker, Esq. Consul General.
James Baker, Esq. Secretary.
James Buchanan, Consul for the State and City of New-York.
William Dawson, Esq. Consul for Maryland-Baltimore.
James Dykes, Esq. Consul for Virginia-Norfolk.
Benjamin Moodie, Esq. Consul for North and South Carolina, and Georgia-Charleston.
John Davidson, Esq. Consul for Louisiana-New Orleans.
William S. Skinner, Esq. acting Vice Consul for Boston.
John Barnard Gilpin, Esq. Consul for Newport, (R. I.)
Gilbert Robertson, Esq. Consul for Philadelphia, Delaware, and West Jersey.
James Patton, Esq. Vice Consul, Alexandria.
James Wallace, Esq. Vice Consul, Savannah.
James Stewart, Esq. Consul, New-London. - Burgoin, Vice Consul, Wilmington, (N. C.)
From Russia.
His Excellency Politika, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Theodore Ivanoff, Counsellor of Legation.
George Ellisen, Secretary of Legation.
Nicholas Kosloff, Consul-general, Philadelphia.
Alexy Eustaphieve, Consul, Boston.
T Swift, Vice Consul, Alexandria.
G. G. Bogert, Vice Consul, New-York.
Edward Hollander, Vice Consul, New Orleans.
Edward J. Coale, Agent, Baltimore. Fortescue Whittle, Agent, Norfolk.
John Prince, Agent, Salem.
Ebenezer Mayo, Agent, Portland. Samuel Snow, Agent, Providence. Letit Villere, Agent, Savannalı.
From Spain. His Excellency Don Lewis de Onis, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary, Washington. Don Lewis Noele, Secretary of Legation, Washington.
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Don Francis Stoughton, attached to the Legation, Washington.
Don Francis Cavellero Sarmiento, attached to the Legation, Phi- ladelphia.
Don Bartolome Renguenet, Consul, Philadelphia.
Don Thomas Stoughton, Consul, New-York.
Don Juan Stoughton, Consul for New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode-Island-Boston.
Don Pablo Chacon, Consul, Norfolk.
Don Juan B. Barnabau, Consul, Baltimore.
Don Antonio Argotte Vilalobus, Consul, Charleston.
Don Felipe Fatio, Consul, New·Orleans.
Don Carolus Mulvi, Vice Consul, Savannah.
Don Torquin Zamorano, Consul, Alexandria, (D. C.)
From Portugal.
His Excellency M. Correa de Serra, Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves, Plii- ładelphia.
Joaquim Jose Vasques, jun. Consul general, New-York.
Simon S. Goodwyn, Vice Consul, Boston.
John Vaughan, Vice Consul, Philadelphia.
William R. Swift, Vice Consul, Baltimore.
Lewis Deblois, Vice Consul, Washington.
Joao P. Calhorda, Vice Consul, Wilmington, (N. C.)
Carlos Mulvey, Vice Consul, Charleston, (S. C.)
From Denmark,
His Excellency P. Pedersen, Resident from the Court of Denmark, and Consul-general, Philadelphia.
John Bohlen, Vice Consul, Philadelphia.
George Hammeken, Consul, New-York. Charies W. Green, Vice Consul, Boston.
Frederick William Brune, Vice Consul, Baltimore.
Jonathan Swift, Vice Consul, Alexandria.
Moses Myers, Vice Consul, Norfolk.
Joseph Winthrop, Vice Consul, Charleston, (S. C.) Richard Relf, Vice Consul, New Orleans.
From Sweden and Norway.
His Excellency M. de Kantzow, Minister resident.
Henry Gahn, acting Consul-general, New-York.
Bernard Dahlgren, Consul, Philadelphia.
S. Blagge, Commercial Agent, Boston.
R. Rogers, jun. Commercial Agent, Providence, (R. I.) J. Swift, Commercial Agent, Alexandria.
J. B. Cunningham, Commercial Agent, Washington, (N. C.)
Edmund Bridge, jun. Commercial Agent, Wilmington, (N. C.) Joseph Winthrop, Commercial Agent, Charleston, (S. C.) William Taylor, Commercial Agent, Savannalı.
R. D. Shepherd, Commercial Agent, New-Orleans.
From Prussia.
His Excellency Frederick Greuhin, Minister Resident and Consul- general,
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Sass, Secretary.
Jacob Sperry, Consul, Philadelphia.
From the United Netherlands.
His Excellency Viscount de Quabeck, Charge d'Affaires, Wash- ington.
P. G. Lechleitner, Consul, Philadelphia,
F. L. Wentrop, Esq. Consul, Boston.
J. C. Zimmerman, Consul, New- York.
C. S. Konig, Consul, Baltimore.
Jonathan Swift, Consul, Alexandria.
Moses Meyer, Consul, Norfolk.
James Holmes, Consul, Charleston.
Thomas Wright, Consul, Savannah.
William Nott, Consul, New Orleans.
Austria-the name not known.
EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES,
From a statement of the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress, it appears that the value of the exports of the U. States, for the year ending the 30th of September, 1816, was eighty-one millions, nine hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred and fifty-twe dollars, (81,920,452)-of which, 64,781,896 were of domestic materials, and 17,138,556 of foreign.
Of the domestic products exported, 7,293,000 were the pro- duce of the Forest-of Agriculture, 53,354,000-of Manufactures, 1,755,000-of uncertain origin, 1,049,000.
The total amount exported to the possessions of foreign powers : the largest amount (39,184,558) was to those of Great Britain -- the next largest amount (12,138,135) to those of France-the next (8,589,718) to those of Spain-to Holland and its Colonies, 5,609,524-to the Hanse Towns, and ports of Germany, 3,534,500 -to Portugal, Brazil, &c. 2,270,389 dollars.
The total exports from the several states and territories, during the year before-mentioned, was in the following proportion :
New-Hampshire
140,293 North Carolina
1,328,735
Vermont
892,594
South Carolina 10,849,409
Massachusetts
10,136,439
Georgia 7.511.939
Rhode Island ·
612,794
Ohio 1,305
Connecticut
593,806
Louisiana 5,602,948
New-York
19,690,031
District of Columbia 1,680,811
New Jersey
9,746
Territory of the United States 65,522
Pennsylvania
7,196,246
Delaware
56,217
Maryland
7,338,767
Virginia
8,212,860 Total
$81,920,452
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OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS In the Ports of Entry within the United States.
PORTS.
Portsmouth* White Mountains
Alburg
James Fisk
Mumphreymagog Newburyport
Ipswich
Roger Enos Joseph Marquand Asa Andrews John Kittredge
Gloucester Beverly and Salem*
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William R. Lee
Marblehead*
Boston*
Plymouth
Barnstable
Nantucket
Martin T. Morton
Edgartown
New-Bedford*
Dighton York
Thomas Cooke, jr. John Hawes Nathaniel Williams Jeremiah Bradbury Daniel Granger Isaac Ilsly
James C. Jewett
Portland* Bath
& J. Wingate, jr.
Isaac Carter
Augusta Wiscasset Penobscot
Bangor
Thomastown
Hezekiah Prince Meletiah Jordan Jeremiah O'Brien Stephen Thacker Denny M'Cobb Joseph Storer William Eilery
Frenchman's Bay Machias Passamaquoddy Waldoborough Kennebunk Newport* North Kingston East Greenwich Warren Bristol* Pawcatuck river Providence Patuxet Tiverton New-London Stonington New-Haven
Chas. Collins, jr.
Thomas Coles
Thos. H. Cushing
Abraham Bishop Alex. Wolcott Walter Bradley
Middletown Fairfield Hartford Saybrook Sagg Harbour
Henry P. Dering
John Slocum Wm. Hammond Thomas Arnold Nathaniel Philips Samuel Bosworth Sylvester Gavet John B. Barton Joseph Ahorne Thomas Durfee Oliver Champlain Elijah Palmer William Munson W. Van Deursen
Solomon Porter George Wolcott
COLLECTORS. Timothy Upham Eph. H. Mahurin
SURVEYORS. James Ladd
William Cross
Ebenezer Dale S Jonathan Smith John Sanders Joshua Prentis Elbridge Gerry
Joseph Wilson H. A. S. Dearborn Henry Warren Isaiah L. Green
Saco*
Francis Cook
Josiah Hook
Joseph Carr
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PORTS. New- York" and Albany Hudson
Oswegatchie Champlain Oswego Niagara Buffaloe Creek Genesee Sackett's Harbour Cape St. Vincent Perth Amboy Burlington Bridgetown Great Egg Harbour Little Egg Harbour New Brunswick Jersey Philadelphia* Presque Isle Wilmington, (Del.)* Baltimore'
COLLECTORS.
David Gelston
Reuben Moores Alex. Richards Peter Sailly Nathan Sage Robert Fleming
Oliver Forward Jesse Hawley
Perley Keys
John Brewster Lemuel Howell Jas. D. Wescott Gideon Leeds Silas Crane
Jolın Steele Thomas Forster Allen M'Lane Jas. H. M'Culloch
Town Creek Chester Oxford and Easton
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John Willis
John Ennalls Lemuel P Spence John Randall Henry Boswell
Athan. Fenwick
H. Goldsborough John Barnes Charles Simms David Brodie Chas. K. Mallorey
Joseph Jones James Gibbon
T. Nelson, je. J. B. Roberts
¿John Haile
SURVEYORS. S Jobn Haff John Vernor, jr. Isaac Dayton
S Henry Coffin
Bernard Smith Philip Williams Jas. Glentworth
William Lowry Charles Chilton
Jas. N. Gordon
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Benjamin Wilmot
Lewis Ford Wm. D. Harrison Robert Chelsey
Bath. Dangerfield
Copeland Parker Joseph Prentiss Robert Butler John H. Peterson Ryland Randolph Andrew Torborn
Eugene Sullivan
William White
Henry Muse William Gray Adam Cooke Ez. G. Shearman Jacob Decamps
Vienna Snowhill Annapolis Nottingham Llewellenburg Nanjemoy St. Mary's, (Md.) Havre de Grace, Georgetown, (D. C.) Alexandria Hampton
Norfolk* Suffolk Smithfield Petersburg Richmond City Point Yorktown, West Point and Cumberland East River
Tappahanock Urbanna Port Royal Fredericksburg Carter's Creek Charlestown, (V.)
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PORTS.
COLLECTORS. SURVEYORS.
Yeocomico Dumfries Folly Landing Cherry Stone South Quay
John S. Tapscott W. A Linton
Parker Barnes Nathaniel Holland
Willis W. Parker Wilmington, (N. C.) Robert Cochrane Swansborough Winton Windsor Shewarkey Hertford
Nixonton Indiantown
Currituck Inlet
Pasquetank
Newbiggin Creek
Tombstone $
Murfreesborough
Newbern
Beaufort, (N.C.) Washington* Edenton* Plymouth Camden*
Francis Hawks Bridges Arundel Thos. H. Blount Samuel Tredwell Levi Fagan Enoch Sawyer Thos. S. Singleton Simeon Theus Thomas H. Jervey
Ocracoke
Charleston*
Georgetown, (S. C.)* Thos. Chapman William Joyner Arch. S. Bullock James Holmes
Beaufort, (S. C.)* Savannah*
Thomas Bourke
Sunbury* Brunswick and Darien
- W. J. M'Intosh
M'Queen M'Intosh
St. Mary's, (G.) Hardwick Louisville
Archibald Clark Jolın J. Jenkins
Richard Ferguson Charles Pelham
Limestone Erie Miami Sandusky Marietta Cincinnati Massac Natchez New-Orleans Bayou St. John Charlestown, (L.) Teche Mobile Detroit
A. W. Walworth Almon Gibbs Peter P. Ferry
Henry P. Wilcox John Andrews Gideon D. Cobb W. H. Beaumont William Emerson Louis Blanc.
Michilimackinac
Beverly Chew
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James Miller Adden Lewis, Wm. Woodbridge Adam D. Stewart
Thomas Callender Demsey Jones Peterson Gurley Wm. H. Ruffin Henry Hunter Josialı Townsend Samuel Matthews Thomas C. Fere'bee Malachi Jones David Richardson T. L. Shannonhouse Jehu Nichols James Morgan
NOTE .- The Ports which have stars affixed, thus *, are those at which vessels from the Cape of Good Hope, or any place be- yond, are admitted to make entry.
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NAVAL OFFICERS.
Portsmouth, Elijah Hall-Newburyport, Daniel Sweet-Salem, Henry Elkins-Boston, Thomas Melville-Newport, Walter Ni- chols-Providence, Samuel Brown-New-York, John Ferguson- Philadelphia, Samuel Clarke-Baltimore, Joshua Barney-Norfolk, Philemon Gatewood-Wilmington, John D. Jones-Charleston, Thomas Waring-Savannah, Alexander Irvine-New-Orleans, Ed- win Lorrain.
PUBLIC APPRAISERS,
Appointed under the Act supplementary to the Collection Law, passed during the late session.
Boston, William Little, Isaac Waters-New-York, Ichabod Prall, Abraham R. Lawrence-Philadelphia, Samuel Ross, Thomas Stew- art-Baltimore, William Dickinson, William Haslett. .
UNITED STATES PATENTS.
The general law concerning the issuing of Patents will be found in the second volume of the Laws of the United States, page 200. This law provides for citizens only ; but a subsequent law (vol. 5, page 88) provides also for applicants who have resided two years - or upwards in the United States, and who are not citizens.
In applying for a patent, it is necessary to attend to every legal form, for in consequence of inattention to forms only, some of the patents issued formerly, have in the courts of law been declared to be null and void.
MODE OF APPLICATION.
" Every inventor, before he presents his petition to the secretary of state, signifying his desire of obtaining a patent, shall pay into the treasury of the United States, thirty dollars, for which he will be furnished with duplicate receipts, one of which he shall deliver to the secretary of state, when he presents his petition; and the money thus paid shall be in full for the sundry services to be per- formed in the office of the secretary of state, consequent to such petition. This petition must be addressed to the secretary of state, and may be in the following or in a similar style :
To the Hon. Secretary of State of the United States.
The petition of A. B. of -, in the county of -- , and state of -, respectfully represents :
That your petitioner has invented a new and useful improvement [" or art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement in any art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter"] in -, not known'or used before his application, the advantages of which he is desirous of securing to himself and his legal representatives ; he therefore prays, that
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letters patent of the United States may be issued, granting unto your petitioner, his heirs, administrators, or assigns, the full and exclusive right of making, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used, his said improvement, (art, invention, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, &c.) agreeably to the acts · of Congress in such case made and provided ; your petitioner having paid thirty dollars into the treasury of the United States, and com- plied with the other provisions of the said acts. A. B.
The specification or description of the machine, art, discovery, or invention, must be given in clear and specific terms, designating it from all other inventions, and describing the whole in such a manner as to comprehend not only the form and construction, if a machine, but also the mode of using the same ; and if it be only an improvement on a certain machine already invented by the appli- cant or any other, it ought to be so mentioned or described; and as this specification, description, or schedule, enters into and forms part of the patent, it must be without any references to a model or drawing, and must be signed by the applicant or applicants, before two witnesses. It is material that this be in good language, and correctly written, as it is transcribed into the patent, and the original papers will be deposited in an office, that will hand them down to posterity ; by which the honour of the country is concern- ed in this attention. The modest inventor will, no doubt, exclude those panegyrics on the excellence of his invention or discovery, which abounds sometimes in the productions of the inferior genius, but which ought not to enter into the patent.
The following, or a similar oath or affirmation, taken [before a judge of any of the courts, or a justice of the peace, or any per- son qualified to administer an oath] by the applicant or applicants, must be subjoined to the specification, if citizens of the United States :
FORM.
County of - State of -
On this - of - 181 , before the subscriber, a justice of the peace, in and for the said county, personally appeared the aforenamed A. B. and made solemn oath [or affirmation ] according to law, that he verily believes himself to be the true and original in. ventor or discoverer of the art, [machine, invention, or improvement, composition of matter, &c.] above specified and described, for
(mention here the object or intention) -, and that he is a citizen of the United States.
-, Just. Peace.
If not a citizen (or citizens) the following addition must be made to the declaration, " that he verily believes himself to be the true and original inventor or discoverer of the art, &c. And that the same hath not, to the best of his or her knowledge, or belief, beer known or used, either in this or any foreign country
" Also, that he (or she) hath resided in the United States twc years and upwards."
It is not necessary that the time of residence should immediately precede the application.
If an inventor or discoverer should die intestate, before an ap
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plication be made for a patent, his legal representatives may apply for the patent, in trust for the heirs at law ; otherwise in trust for the devisees.
The specification must be accompanied by a good drawing, in perspective, of the whole machine or apparatus, "where the na- ture of the case admits of drawings, or with specimens of the ingredients, and of the composition of matter, sufficient in quan- tity for the purpose of experiment, where the invention is of a composition of matter." " And such inventor shall, moreover, deliver a model of his machine, provided the secretary shall deem such model to be necessary." It is requisite, in giving a drawing of the machine, to give also sectional drawings of the interior when the machine be complex; and every drawing should be accompa- nied with explanatory references. If the machine is complex, a model will likewise be necessary, not only to explain and render it comprehensible to a common capacity, but also to prevent infringe- ments of rights; for many will plead ignorance of drawings, who Cannot avoid conviction by wheels and pinions.
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