February 17, 1874
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State and accompanying papers.*
U. S. GRANT
*Report of John M. Thacher, United States delegate to the International Patent Congress held at Vienna in August. 1873, and exhibits.
Ulysses S. Grant, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203817