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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:  | | Usher's Printing Privilege, Massachusetts (1672) Source: British Library 9551.k.10: Nathaniel B.Shurtleff ed., Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 1661-1674 (Boston, 1853-1854) 4: 527, 559. Citation: Usher's Printing Privilege (1672), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: us_1672 Full title John Usher's Printing Privilege Full title original language N/A Abstract The first exclusive printing privilege in the North American British colonies was granted in 1672 by the Massachusetts General Court to the bookseller John Usher. The commentary describes the framework of government's regulation of the printing press in Massachusetts and other American colonies. It surveys the two related aspects of the status of the press as an important but dangerous public resource: censorship and encouragement. The commentary explains that exclusive privileges to printers and booksellers, though sporadic, were not unique to Massachusetts. It concludes with a discussion of the first failed attempt of obtaining an author printing privilege in America at the eve of the Revolution. Bibliography Bugbee, Bruce W. The Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Washington: Public Affairs Press, 1967. Lehmann-Haupt, Helmut, Lawrence C. Wroth, and Ruth S. Granniss. The Book in America: A History of the Making, the Selling, and the Collecting of Books in the United States. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1951. Reese, William S. "The First Hundred Years of Printing in British North America: Printers and Collectors." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 99 (1989): 337-373. Roden, Robert F. The Cambridge Press, 1638-1692. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1903. Tebbel, John. A History of Book Publishing in the United States. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1972. Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Massachusetts Year 1672 Language English Source British Library 9551.k.10: Nathaniel B.Shurtleff ed., Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 1661-1674 (Boston, 1853-1854) 4: 527, 559. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Usher, John (1648-1726) Persons referred to in commentary Adams, Samuel (1722-1803) Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533) Berkeley, Sir William (1605-1677) Billings, William (1746-1800) Bladen, William (1673-1718) Bradford, William (1663-1752) Buckner, John (1631-1695) Cooper, Thomas (c.1517-1594) Davis, James (1721-1785) Day, Mathew (1620-1649) Day, Stephen (1594-1668) Dongan, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Limerick (1634-1715) Dunster, Henry (1609-1659) Eloy d'Amerval (fl.1455-1508) Fletcher, Col. Benjamin (1640-1703) Fowle, Daniel (c.1715-1787) Glover, John (fl.1642) Glover, Jose (d.1638) Green, Samuel (1615-1702) Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-1780) Johnston, Gabriel (1699-1752) Nuthead, William (d.1695) Parker, James (c.1714-1770) Parks, William (c.1698-1750) Usher, Hezekiah (1615-1676) Usher, John (1648-1726) Winslow, Samuel (fl.1641) Winthrop, John (1587-1649) Places referred to Massachusetts Bay Places referred to in commentary America Amsterdam Boston, Massachusetts Cambridge, Massachusetts England France Germany Jamestown, Virginia Maryland Massachusetts Netherlands New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Venice Virginia Williamsburg, Virginia Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33 Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Massachusetts General Court Institutions referred to in commentary Harvard University Massachusetts General Court Massachusetts House of Representatives Stationers' Company Key words book trade censorship duration law books licensing music, protected subject matter patronage penalties, paid to publisher(s) printing, history of privileges, printing Responsible editor Oren Bracha Copyright status (c) The British Library Board. 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