by L'Enfant, the French engineer THE PATENT OFFICE is the popular name for the seat of the Department of the Interior, of which the Patent Office is a bureau. It is of the Doric style of Greek architecture and stands on the ground set aside who planned Washington, for "a national church, meal, following the growth of patent business. of $2,347,011.65. Its construction has been piece- ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME SIX PAGE Declaration of War against Mexico. Patent Office, at Washington The Siege of Vera Cruz The Charge at Cerro Gordo . Storming of Chapultepec Storming of Tete de Pont, Churubusco Zachary Taylor (portrait) (sketch of his Louisiana home on tissue) Signature of President Taylor on a State Document 2392 2408 2440 2456 2486 2541 2566 (with sketch of his New Hampshire home on tissue) 317566 |