Excerpt from George Washington as an Inventor and Promotor of the Useful Arts: An Address Delivered at Mount April 10, 1891It is not certain who introduced the proposition regarding Patents and Copyrights; but, considering the personnel of the convention, it might have originated with either Washington or Franklin, and was certain of an earnest support from both.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.