December 15th...The U.S. Patent Office Fire

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 147. This time we examine the year 1836 as The U.S. Patent Office burns down.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

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Sources:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Which-was-the-first-patent-ever-to-be-granted/articleshow/806647.cms

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51814/first-10-us-patents

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington

https://www.freemansauction.com/news/1836-us-patent-fire/

https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3957.html

https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/support-centers/patent-and-trademark-resource-centers-ptrc/history-and-0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office

https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2018/12/13/recalling-the-devastating-patent-office-fire-of-1836/

https://suiter.com/the-united-states-patent-and-trademark-office-fire-of-1877/

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Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1836_U.S._Patent_Office_fire#/media/File:Blodget's_Hotel,_built_1793.tif