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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 Petition, Charleston (1789) Source: National Archives, Records of the United States Senate, SEN 1A-G3, RG 46. Citation: Ramsay's Petition (1789), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1789d Full title Petition of David Ramsay of the State of South Carolina to the U.S. Senate Full title original language N/A Abstract 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 copyright protection petition 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 Charleston Year 1789 Language English Source National Archives, Records of the United States Senate, SEN 1A-G3, RG 46. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Adams, John (1735-1826) Ramsay, David (1749-1815) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Charleston, South Carolina Great Britain South Carolina Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to U.S. Constitutional Copyright Clause 1789 Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to U.S. Senate Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration constitution, US inheritability privileges, printing scholarly writing 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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