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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:  | | Ramsay's Petiton House Record, New York (1789) Source: Library of Congress: House Journal, 1st Cong., 1st Sess., April 15, 1789, 14-15. Citation: Ramsay's Petiton House Record (1789), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1789a Full title House Journal Record of the Petition of David Ramsay Full title original language N/A Abstract The House Journal record of a petition by David Ramsay from South Carolina. Ramsay petitioned Congress for exclusive rights in his works "The History of the American Revolution" and "The History of the Revolution of South Carolina from a British Province to an Independent State". It was the first petition for copyright protection received by Congress. The petition relied, among other things, on the copyright clause of the U.S. constitution. Bibliography Bugbee, Bruce Willis. The Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Washington D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1967. Shaffer, Arthur H. To Be an American: David Ramsay and the Making of American Consciousness. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991. Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location New York Year 1789 Language English Source Library of Congress: House Journal, 1st Cong., 1st Sess., April 15, 1789, 14-15. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Churchman, John (1753-1805) Huntington, Benjamin (1736-1800) Ramsay, David (1749-1815) Smith, William (1751-1837) Tucker, Thomas Tudor (1745-1828) White, Alexander (1738-1804) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Baffin's Bay South Carolina Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary U.S. Constitutional Copyright Clause 1789 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration constitution, US duration inventors patents, for invention privileges, printing 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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