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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 Noah Webster to James Madison, Hartford, Connecticut (1784) Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, The James Madison Papers, 1723-1836: Noah Webster to James Madison, July 5, 1784, with Enclosure Advertising Stith's History of Virginia (1784) Series 1, Reel 2. Citation: Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison (1784), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1784 Full title Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison Full title original language N/A Abstract A letter written by Noah Webster to James Madison. In the letter Webster urged Madison to promote the passage of a general copyright statute in the state of Virginia or alternatively the grant of an individual legislative privilege to Webster in his "Grammatical Institute of the English Language". Bibliography Bugbee, Bruce Willis. The Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Washington D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1967. Micklethwait, David. Noah Webster and the American Dictionary. Jefferson N.C.: McFarland, 2000. Webster, N. "Origin of the Copy-right Laws of the United States." In A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary and Moral Subjects. New York: Webster & Clark, 1843. Related documents in this database Author Noah Webster Publisher N/A Location Hartford, Connecticut Year 1784 Language English Source Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, The James Madison Papers, 1723-1836: Noah Webster to James Madison, July 5, 1784, with Enclosure Advertising Stith's History of Virginia (1784) Series 1, Reel 2. Physical description microfilm Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Madison, James (1751-1836) Smith, John (1580-1631) Webster, Noah (1758-1843) Persons referred to in commentary Madison, James (1751-1836) Webster, Noah (1758-1843) Places referred to Connecticut Hartford, Connecticut New England New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Philadelphia Virginia Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Connecticut Copyright Statute 1783 New Hampshire Copyright Statute 1783 New Jersey Copyright Statute 1783 Pennsylvania Copyright Statute 1784 Legislation referred to in commentary Virginia Copyright Statute 1785 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Virginia General Assembly Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words duration grammars lobbying privileges, printing states, US 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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