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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States, Washington D.C. (1837) Source: The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library: Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States, Praying an alteration of the Law regulating Copyrights, 24th Cong., 2d sess., 1837, Doc. 141. Citation: Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States (1837), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1837e Full title Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States, praying an alteration of the law regulating copyrights. Full title original language N/A Abstract A petition submitted to Congress by a group of American Authors. The petition advocated international copyright protection on the ground that it would benefit American authors. Bibliography Barnes, James J., Authors, Publishers, and Politicians: The Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement, 1815-1854. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul,1974 Clark, Aubert J., The Movement for International Copyright in Nineteenth Century America. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1960 Khan, B. Zorina, The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Washington D.C. Year 1837 Language English Source The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library: Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States, Praying an alteration of the Law regulating Copyrights, 24th Cong., 2d sess., 1837, Doc. 141. Physical description microform Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Biddle, H. (fl.1837) Bird, Robert Montgomery (1805-1854) Brooks, James (1810-1873) Buchanan, James (1791-1868) Clark, Willis Gaylord (1810-1841) Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Dawes, Rufus (1803-1859) Duer, William Alexander (1780-1858) Dunlap, William (1766-1839) Ewing, Thomas (1789-1871) Felton, Cornelius Conway (1807-1862) Jones, Joseph Seawell (c.1811-1855) King, Charles (1789-1867) Locke, Richard Adams (1800-1871) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) McVickar, Rev. John (1787-1868) Matthias, Benjamin (c.1809-1852) Mellon, Grenville (fl.1829-1837) Morris, George Pope (1802-1864) Morris, Robert (fl.1837) Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791-1872) Neal, John (1793-1876) Neal, Joseph Clay (1807-1847) Noah, Mordecai Manuel (1785-1851) Preston, William Campbell (1794-1860) Ruggles, John (1789-1874) Smith, Samuel Jenks (d.1840) Thomson, Charles West (1798-1879) Webb, James Watson (1802-1884) Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Wharton, George Mifflin (1806-1870) Wharton, Thomas Kelah (1814-1862) Woodworth, Samuel (1784-1842) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436 Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to U.S. Congress U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words foreign reprints incentives learning, the advancement of lobbying monopoly public good Responsible editor Oren Bracha Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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