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Walter Abbott, James M K M'Intosh, Josiah Tatnall, William Temple, George M Cauley, Hugh N Page, James A Perry, Ar- chibald M'Neal, Jolin A Cook, William Inmaa, Joel Abbot, Lewis E Simonds, John M Dale, Peleg K Dunhan, Harrison H Cocke, William H Mott, William J M Cluney, A'bert G Wall, Ephraim D Whitlock, James F Curtis, James Goddrum, John B Montgomery, Horace B Sawyer, Cornelius K Strialing, James E Legare, Joshua R Sands, Allen B W Griffin, Richard M Pot- ter, John I. Cummings, Samuel A Eakin, Frederic: S Gibbon, Samuel W Adams, A. L., Charles C Russell, A. L, Nicholas Marchand, .4. L., Nathaniel A Prentiss, A. L ..
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United States' Navy Agents.
Portland, John L Storer-Portsmouth, (N H) Henry SLang- don-Boston, Amos Binney-New London, Joseph Hull-New York, Robert Swartwout-Philadelphia, George Harrison -- Bal- timore, James Beatty-Annapolis, John Randall-Norfolk, Miles King-Charleston, John Robertson-Savannah, John P Henry- Kentucky, James Morrison-New Orleans, I K Smith-Ney- port, (RI) Constant Taber-Hartford, (Con.) John Morgan -- Wilmington, (N C) Joshua Potts-Newbern, Jeremiah Brown- New Castle, J S Riddle-London, Baring, Brothers & Co. Bank- ers of United States-Barcelona, Richard M'Call.
A commission is allowed to navy agents not exceeding one per cent. upon their disbursements. Their whole annual emoluments are limited by law to S2,000, without any allowance for clerk hire, porters, office rent, stationary, or any thing else. 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. břev.
Charles J. Nourse, Assistant Adjutant General, maj. brev. R M Kirby, Assistant Adjutant General, maj. brev. Perrin Willis, Assistant Adjutant General, maj. brev. James M Glassel, Assistant Adjutant General, maj. brev.
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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 Biddle, Assistant Inspector General, maj. brev. William Linnard, Deputy Quartermaster General, maj brev. Milo Mason, Deputy Quartermaster General, maj. brev.
Divisions and Departments of the Army.
The Northern Division comprises five Military Departments, to wit :- No. 1. New York, above the Highlands, and Vermont -No. 2. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut-No. 3. New York, below the Highlands, and New Jersey, excepting that part which furnishes the first division of militia-No. 4 Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and that part of New Jersey which furnishes the first division of militia- No. 5. Ohio, Indiana, and the territory of Michigan, and by a line drawn from the south end of lake Michigan to the mouth of Rock River, on the Mississippi, to include all posts that are, or may be, established north of such line, on both sides of the Mississippi, embracing all the waters of that river above Rock River.
The Southern Division comprises four Military Departments, to wit: No. 6. Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Co- lumbia -- No. 7. South Carolina and Georgia-No 8. Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Alabama territory-No. 9. Tennessee, Ken- tucky, Illinois, and Missouri.
INTERCOURSE WITH FOREIGN NATIONS.
DIPLOMATIC DEPARTMENT.
Ministers Plenipotentiary. .
Richard Rush, to Great Britain. Albert. Gallatin, to France. George W. Campbell, to Russia. John Forsyth, to Spain. John Graham, to Brazils.
Charge d'Affaires.
Alexander H. Everett, to the Netherlands. Christopher Hughes, jun. to Sweden.
Secretaries of Legation.
John Adams Smith, to Great Britain. Daniel Sheldon, to France. Charles Pinkney, to Russia. Thomas L. L. Brent, to Spain. John J. Appleton, to Brazil.
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CONSULS OF THE UNITED STATES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
In Great Britain and its dependencies.
Thomas Aspinwall, London. James Maury, Liverpool Her- man Visger, Bristol. Nath. G. Ingraham, jr. Plymouth. Robert W. Fox, Falmouth. William Davy, Kingston-upon-Hull. Thos. Auldjo, Cowes. Joel Hart, Leith. Thomas English, Dublin. Jacob Mark, Cork. James Luke, Belfast. Bernard Henry, Gib- raltar. Martin Bickham, Isle of France. Thomas Wynns, Turks Island. *William R. Higinbotham, Bermuda.
In France and its dependencies ..
Isaac Cox Barnet, Paris. Daniel Strobel, Bordeaux. Joshua Dodge, Marseilles Henry Wilson, Nantes. Robert Sterry, La Rochelle. Edward Church, L'Orient. Reuben G. Beasley, Havre de Grace. Thomas Johnston, Calais. Philip De Peyster, Island of Guadaloupe. Silas Marean, Island of Martinique.
In Russia.
Abraham P. Gibson, St Petersburg. In Spain and its dependencies.
John M. Hall, Cadiz. Richard M.Call, Barcelona. Obadiah Rich, Valencia. George G. Barrell, Malaga. Robert Mont- gomery, Alicante. Richard S. Hackley, St. Lucar. Francisco Xavier de Ealo, Bilboa. John O'Sullivan, Island of Teneriffe. Andrew Stuart, Island of Manilla. William G. Miller, Monte Video. Robert K. Lowry,. La Guayra. * Michael Hogan, Ha- vanna. *John Mason, St. Jago de Cuba. *John M. Baker, Porto Rico.
In Portugal and Brazil.
Israel P. Hutchinson, Lisbon. Henry Hill, Rio de Janeiro. Jose dos Santos Monteiro, Maranhao. John H. March, Island of Madeira John B. Dabney, Fayal. Samuel Hodges, jun. Cape de Verde Islands.
In Sweden and Norway.
David Erskine, Stockholm. C. A. Murray, Gottenburg. Peter Isaacksen, Christiansand. Joseph Ficklin, St. Bartho- lomews.
Denmark.
John Rainals, Copenhagen. Robert Jaques, Island of St. Croix. *Nathan Levy, Island of St. Thomas.
In the Netherlands.
Alexander M·Rae, Amsterdam. George Joy, Rotterdam. David Parish, Antwerp. Emanuel Wambersie, Ostend. Wil- liam Gamble, Island of St. Eustatia. Cortland Parker, Island of Curracoa. * Abraham E. Soesman, Batavia.
In Germany.
John M. Forbes, consul-general, Stettin, &c. Edward Wyer, Hamburg. Frederick J. Wichelhausen, Bremen. William Clark, Embden. Philip Marck, Franconia.
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In Tuscany, Sardinia, and Austria.
Thomas Appleton, Leghorn. James Schee, Genoa. Victor A. Sasserno, Nice. Francis Adams, Trieste ..
In the Two Sicilies.
Alexander Hammett, Naples. Henry Preble, Palermo, John Broadbent, Messina.
In the Barbary States.
William Shaler, consul general, Algiers. Townsheud Stith, Tunis. Thos. D. Anderson, Tripoli. James Simpson, Tangier. In China. Benjamin C. Wilcocks, Canton.
NOTE .- Agents for Commerce and Seamen are distinguished by an asterisk-thus *
MINISTERS, CONSULS, AND COMMISSARIES OF FOREIGN POWERS, RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
From France.
His Excellency, M. Hyde de Neuville, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, from France to the United States of America.
Mr. Roth, Secretary of Legation.
Mr. Bourgueney, attached to the Legation.
Mons. Lesseps, consul to the United States, at Philadelphia. Mr. Berard, eleve Vice-Consul, Philadelphia.
Mr. De Valnais, Consul, Boston.
Mr. Le Comte D'Espinville, Consul, New York.
Mr. Angelucci, Consul, Baltimore.
Mr. Couteaux, Vice-Consul, Norfolk.
Mr. Le Marquis de Fougeres, Consul, Charleston.
Mr. Buchet de Martigny, Agent of the Consulate, Charleston. Mr. Le Loup, Vice-Consul, ad interim, Savannah. .
Mr. Guillemin, Consul, ad interim, New Orleans.
Mr. Thierry, Vice-Consul, District of Columbia.
From Great Britain.
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, Esq. Consul for the State and City of N. York. William Dawson, Esq. Consul for Maryland-Baltimore William Gray, Consul for Virginia-Norfolk.
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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, Boston.
John Barnard Gilpin, Esq. Acting Vice Consul, Newport (RI) Gilbert Robinson, Esq. do. do. Philadelphia.
James Patton, Esq. do. do. Alexandria (DC)
James Wallace, Esq. do.
do. Savannah.
Donald M'Intosh, Esq. Consul, New Hampshire and Maine
From Russia.
Pierre de Poletica, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary
George Ellisen, Counsellor of Legation.
S. Lomonosoff, Secretary of Legation.
Theodore Ivanoff, Consul General, Philadelphia.
Alexy Eustaphieve, Consul, Boston.
T. Swift. Vice Consul, Alexandria. T. G. Bogert, Vice Consul, New York.
Benjamin Chew, 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.
From Spain.
Minister Plenipotentiary, and Envoy
Extraordinary, Philadelphia.
Don Bartolome Ronquenet, 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, Vice Consul, Alexandria (D C)
Don Juan B Barnabau, Consul, Baltimore.
Don Antonio Argotte Vilalobos, Consul for Virginia & Kentucky.
Don Diego Morphy, Consul, New Orleans.
Don Felipe Fatio, Consul, Louisiana.
Don Carolus Mulvi, Vice Consul, Savannalı.
From Portugal.
His Excellency M. Correa de Serra, Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves, Phila- delphia. Joseph Amado Grehan, secretary of legation.
Joaquim Jose Vasques, consul-general, New-York.
Philip Marot, Vice Consul, Boston.
J. Duff, Vice Consul, New-York.
John Vaughan, Vice Consul, Philadelphia.
William R. Swift, Vice-Consul, Baltimore.
Jonathan Swift, Vice-Consul, Alexandria.
A. B. Nones, Vice Consul, Norfolk
Joao P. Calhorda, Vice Consul, Wilmington, (N C)
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C. P. L. Wessendorf, Vice Consul, Charleston, (SC) Francis Sorral, Vice Consul, Savannah. From Denmark.
His Excellency P. Pedersen, minister resident from the court of Denmark and consul-general, Philadelphia.
John Bohlen, vice-consul, Philadelphia.
George Hammeken, consul, New York. Charles W. Greene, vice-consul, Boston.
Lewis Brantz, 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 Baron Robert Stackelberg, charge d'affaires. Henry Gahn, consul-general, New-York.
Severin Lorich, consul, Philadelphia.
Samuel 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) Wm. Taylor, commercial agent, Savannah.
R. D. Shepherd, commercial agent, New Orleans. From Prussia.
His Excellency, Frederick Greuhm, minister resident. Jacob Sperry, consul, Philadelphia.
J. W. Schmidt, consul, New York.
Ralph B. Forbes, consul, Boston.
Louis Trapman, consul, Charleston, (S C) From Hamburgh.
C. N Buck, consul-general, Philadelphia.
J. W. Schmidt, vice-consul, New York. Frederick C. Graf, Baltimore. Anthony C. Cazenove, Alexandria.
Jacob Wulff, Charleston, (S C)
Vincent Nolte, New Orleans. 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 knowun.
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OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS In the Ports of Entry within the United States.
PORTS.
Portsmouth* White Mountains
Alburg
Mumphreymagog Newburyport Ipswich Gloucester Beverly and Salem* Marblehead* Boston*
Roger Enos Joseph Marquand
Asa Andrews John Kittredge
William R. Lee
Joseph Wilson H. A. S. Dearborn
Henry Warren Isaiah L Green
Nantucket
Martin T. Morton
Edgartown
Thomas Cooke, jr. John Hawes Nathaniel Williams
Jeremiah Bradbury
Daniel Granger Isaac Ilsly
{ J. Wingate, jr.
Francis Cook
Josiah Hook
Hezekiah Prince Meletiah Jordan Jeremiah ()‘Brien
Stephen Thacker Denny M.Cobb Josephi Storer William Ellery
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Chas. Collins, jr.
Thomas Coles
Pawcatuck river Providence Patuxet Tiverton New-London
Thos. H. Cushing
Stonington New-Haven
Middletown Fairfield
Abraham Bishop Alex. Wolcott Walter Bradley
Hartford Saybrook
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Henry P. Dering
SURVEYORS. James Ladd
Ebenezer Dale S Jonathan Smith John Sanders Joshua Prentis Eldridge Gerry
James C. Jewett
Isaac Carter
Joseph Carr
John Slocum Wm. Hammond Thomas Arnold Nathaniel Philips Samuel Bosworth Sylvester Gavet John B. Barton Joseph Aborne Thomas Durfee Oliver Champlain Elijah Palmer William Munson W. Van Deursen-
Solomon Porter George Wolcott
Sagg Harbour
COLLECTORS. Timothy Upham Eph. H. Mahurin James Fisk
William Cross
Plymouth Barnstable
New Bedford* Dighton York Saco* Portland* Bath
Augusta Wiscasset Penobscot Bangor Thomastown Frenchman's Bay Michias Passsamaquoddy Waldoborough Kennebunk New port* North Kingston East Greenwich Warren Bristol*
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PORTS. New York * and Albany Hudson
Oswegatchie Champlain
Oswego Niagara
Peter Sailly Nathan Sage Robert Fleming Oliver Forward Jesse Hawley
Peter Keys
Henry Coffin
John Brewster Lemuel Howell
James D Wescott
Gideon Leeds
Silas Crane
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John Steele Thomas Forster Allen M'Lane Jas. H M'Culloch
Wilmington (Del)* Baltimore*
Town Creek Chester Oxford and Easton
John Willis
$ John Ennalls Lemuel P Spence John Randall Henry Boswell
Benjamin Wilmot
SLewis Ford Wm. D Harrison Robert Chelsey
Bath. Dangerfield
Joseph Prentiss Robert Butler John H Peterson Ryland Randolph Andrew Torborn
Eugene Sullivan
William White
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Bernard Smith Philip Williams James Glentworth
William Lowry Charles Chilton
Vienna Snowhill Annapolis Nottingham
Lle wellenburg Nanjemoy St Mary's (Md.) Havre de Grace Georgetown (D C) Alexandria Hampton Norfolk* Suffolk -
H Goldsborough John Barnes Charles Simms David Brodie
Charles K Mallorey Copeland Parker -
- Joseph Jones, James Gibbon
Smith field Petersburg Richmond City Point Yorktown, West Point, and Cumberland East River
Tappahanock Urbanna Port Royal Fredericksburg Carter's Creek Charlestown, (V.).
COLLECTORS. David Gelston Reuben Moores Alexander Richards
SURVEYORS. S Gen. Swift John Vernor,jr. Isaac Dayton
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
James N Gordon
Athan. Fenwick
¿T. Nelson, jr. J. B. Roberts
John Haile
Henry Muse William Gray Adam Cooke Ez G. Shearman Jacob Decamps
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PORTS. Yeocomico Dumfries Folly Landing Cherry Stone South Quay Wilmington, (N C) Swansborough Winton Windsor Shewarkey Hertford .
COLLECTORS. John S Tapscott W. A Linton Parker Barnes Nathaniel Holland
Willis W Parker Robert Cochrane
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SURVEYORS.
Thomas Callender Demsey Jones Peterson Gurley William H Ruffin Henry Hunter Josiah Townsend Samuel Matthews Thomas C. Ferebee Malachi Jones David Richardson T. L. Shannonhouse Jehu Nichols James Morgan
Thomas H Jervey
Thomas Bourke
M'Queen M'Intosh
St. Mary's (G)
Hardwick
Louisville
Richard Ferguson Charles Pelham
Limestone Erie Miami
A. W. Walworth Almon Gibbs Peter P. Ferry
Sandusky
Marietta
Cincinnati
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Massac Netchez
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New Orleans
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Bayou St. John
Beverly Chew
Henry P Wilcox John Andrews Gideon D Cobb W. H. Beaumont William Emerson Louis Blanc
Charlestown (L) Teche
Francis Hawks Bridges Arundel Thomas H Blount Samuel Tredwell Levi Fagan Enoch Sawyer Thos. S. Singleton Simeon Theus Thomas Chapman William Joyner Arch. S Bullock James Holmes
Plymouth Camden*
Ocracoke*
Charleston* Georgetown (SC)* Beaufort (SC)*
Savannah*
Sunbury* Brunswick and Darien
3W. J. M.Intosh Archibald Clark John J. Jenkins
Washington* Edenton
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Newbiggin Creek Tombstone Murfreesborough Newbern Beaufort (N C)
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James Miller Mobile Adden Lewis Detroit William Woodbridge Michilimackinac Adam D Stewart 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-Sa- lem, Henry Elkins-Boston, Thomas Melville-Newport, Wal- ter Nichols-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 Ir- vine-New Orleans, Edwin Lorrain.
PUBLIC APPRAISERS, Appointed under the Act supplementary to the Collection Law, hassed during the late session.
Boston, William Little, Isaac Waters-New York, Ichabod Prall, Abraham R. Lawrence-Philadelphia, Samuel Ross, Thos. Stewart-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 re- sided 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 secre- tary 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 pe- tition ; and the money thus paid shall be in full for the sundry services to be performed 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.
States. , Secretary of State of the United
The petition of A. B. of --- , in the county of -- , and state of - , respectfully represents :
That your petitioner has invented a new and useful improve- ment [" or art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement in any art, machine, manu- facture. 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 latters patent of the United States may be issued, granting unto your petitioner, his heirs admistrators, or assigns,
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the full and exclusive right of making, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used, his 'said improvement, (art, inven- tion, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, &c.) agreeably to the acts of Congress in such case made and provi- ded ; your petitioner having paid thirty dollars into the treasury of the United States, and complied 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, designa- ting 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 applicant or any other, it ought to be so mentioned or de- scribed ; and as this specification, description, or schedule, enters into and forms part of the patent, it must be without any refer- ences to a model or drawing, and must be signed by the appli- cant 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 concerned in this attention. The modest inventor will, no doubt, exclude those panegyrics on the excel- lence 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 appli- cants, 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 ] accord- ing to law, that he verily believes himself to be the true and ori- ginal inventor 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.
Justice 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, been known or used, either in this or any foreign country " " Also, that he (or she) hath resided in the United States two years and upwards."
It is not necessary that the time of residence should immedi- ately precede the application.
If an inventor or discoverer should die intestate, before an ap- plication be made for a patent, his legal representatives may
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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 ac- companied with explanatory references. If the machine is com -- plex, a model will like wise be necessary, not only to explain and render it comprehensible to a common capacity, but also to pre- vent.infringements of rights ; for many will plead ignorance of drawings, who cannot avoid conviction by wheels and pinions.
The drawings ought not to exceed a quarto size, and if confin- ed to octavo they would be still better, where it can be done conveniently and distinctly.
Many of the drawings in this office are executed in a very handsome style, and do much credit to the gentlemen whose names are ascertained. If the artists would always sign them, with their directions, information might be given to the appli- cants for patents where to apply for drawings.
The papers must all be sent directed to the superintendent of the Patent Office, under cover to the secretary of state, which of course renders them free of postage ; but if models be sent, their freight or carriage hither must be paid, and, before pack- ing them, the name or names of the inventor or inventors should be written thereon, with the name of the machine, and the date ; for, sometimes, on receiving them, it is difficult to know to whom they appertain.
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The congress being impressed with a high sense of the value of the inventions of our citizens, have purchased an elegant and extensive building, wherein preparations are made for the ac- commodation of a very numerous collection of the machines il- lustrative of the ingenuity displayed ; and this Museum of the Arts, it is presumed, will stimulate the ingenious to send the models of their machines and inventions in a style , that will rather lionour than discredit themselves and our country.
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