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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:  | | Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress, (1783) Source: The National Archives, Center for Legislative Archives: Papers of the Continental Congress, RG 360, 4: 369-373 (No. 78). Citation: Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress (1783), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1783b Full title Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress Full title original language N/A Abstract A letter sent by Joel Barlow to Elias Boudinot, the president of the Continental Congress. The letter explained various reasons for the need for copyright protection and urged Congress to recommend the states to legislate copyright statutes. Bibliography Bugbee, Bruce Willis. The Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Washington D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1967. Related documents in this database Author Joel Barlow Publisher N/A Location N/A Year 1783 Language English Source The National Archives, Center for Legislative Archives: Papers of the Continental Congress, RG 360, 4: 369-373 (No. 78). Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Barlow, Joel (1754-1812) Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821) Dwight, Timothy (1752-1817) Trumbull, John (1750-1831) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to America England Europe Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Continental Congress (1774-1789) Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authorship, romantic concept of creativity incentives labour theory learning, the advancement of lobbying natural rights reputation 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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