1672* | Usher's Printing Privilege (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1700 | Bladen's Privilege (United States) |
1746 | North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners (United States) |
1750 | New York Law Printing Privilege (United States) |
1772 | Second New York Law Printing Privilege (United States) |
1772 | William Billings' Second Petition (United States) |
1772 | William Billings' Printing Privilege (United States) |
1781* | Andrew Law's Petition (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1781 | Andrew Law's Privilege (United States) |
1782 | Letter from Smith to Webster (United States) |
1783 | Petition of John Ledyard (United States) |
1783* | Connecticut Copyright Statute (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1783 | Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress (United States) |
1783 | Continental Congress Resolution (United States) |
1783 | Massachusetts Copyright Statute (United States) |
1783 | Maryland Copyright Statute (United States) |
1783 | New Jersey Copyright Statute (United States) |
1783 | New Hampshire Copyright Statute (United States) |
1783 | Rhode Island Copyright Statute (United States) |
1783 | Ledyard Petition Committee Report (United States) |
1784 | Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison (United States) |
1784 | Pennsylvania Copyright Statute (United States) |
1784 | South Carolina Copyright Statute (United States) |
1785 | Virginia Copyright Statute (United States) |
1785 | North Carolina Copyright Statute (United States) |
1786 | Georgia Copyright Statute (United States) |
1786 | New York Copyright Statute (United States) |
1787 | Constitutional Convention Journal Entry (United States) |
1787 | Madison's Journal Record (United States) |
1787 | Madison's Edited Journal Record (United States) |
1788 | The Federalist No. 43 (United States) |
1789* | The Constitutional Copyright Clause (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1789 | Ramsay's Petiton House Record (United States) |
1789 | House Joint copyright and patent bill decision (United States) |
1789 | Joint Copyright Patent Bill [H.R. 10] (United States) |
1789 | Ramsay's Petition (United States) |
1790* | Copyright Act (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1790-1800 | Sample registrations (United States) |
1792 | Purcell's Printing Privilege (United States) |
1802 | 1802 Amendment (United States) |
1826 | Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster (United States) |
1826 | Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster (United States) |
1828 | Letter from Donaldson to Peters (United States) |
1828 | Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton (United States) |
1828 | Letter from Peters to Donaldson (United States) |
1828 | H.R. 140 Committee Bill (United States) |
1828 | H.R. 140 Consolidated Bill (United States) |
1830 | Judiciary Committee Report (United States) |
1830 | Letter from John McLean to Richard Peters Jr. (United States) |
1831* | Copyright Act (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1831 | House Debate (United States) |
1834* | Wheaton v. Peters (United States) |
1834* | Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report (United States) |
1834 | Letters from Sumner to Story (United States) |
1837* | Senate Report (United States) |
1837 | Petition of British Authors (United States) |
1837 | Debates in Congress (United States) |
1837 | Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States (United States) |
1838 | Address of Certain Authors (United States) |
1838 | Report, from the Committee on Patents (United States) |
1838 | Memorial of the New York Typographical Society (United States) |
1838 | Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston (United States) |
1841* | Folsom v. Marsh (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1841 | Master in Chancery Report (United States) |
1841 | S. 227 (Dramatic Works Public Performance Bill) (United States) |
1842 | Memorial of a Number of Persons Concerned in Printing and Publishing (United States) |
1843 | An Address to the People of the United States (United States) |
1844 | H.R. 9 (Ingersoll Bill) (United States) |
1847* | A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1848 | Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials (United States) |
1852 | Copyright and Natural Right (United States) |
1853 | Letters on International copyright (United States) |
1853 | British-American Copyright Convention Draft (United States) |
1853* | Stowe v. Thomas (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1853 | Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill (United States) |
1853 | Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer (United States) |
1853 | Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe (United States) |
1853 | 'Uncle Tom' at Law (United States) |
1856* | Copyright Act Amendment (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1861* | Confederate States of America Copyright Act (United States) |
1862 | Southern Feeling (United States) |
1863 | Confederate States of America Copyright Act Amendement (United States) |
1863 | Hardee's Memorial (United States) |
1863 | International Copyright Resolution (United States) |
1865* | Copyright Act Amendment (United States) |
1870 | Committee Report on S.703 (United States) |
1870* | Copyright Act (United States) |
1872 | International Copyright Bill (United States) |
1873 | Committee on the Library Report (United States) |
1879* | Drone on Copyright (United States) |
1879* | Baker v. Selden (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1879 | Selden's Argument (United States) |
1879 | Baker's Argument (United States) |
1882 | Oscar Wilde photograph (United States) |
1883 | Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony (United States) |
1883 | Sarony's Brief (United States) |
1883 | Burrow-Giles' Brief (United States) |
1885 | Carte v. Duff (United States) |
1886 | Committee on Patents Report (United States) |
1888 | American Authors and British Pirates (United States) |
1888 | The International Copyright Bill (United States) |
1890 | Report on H.R. 10881 (United States) |
1891 | Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co. (United States) |
1891* | International Copyright Act (The Chace Act) (United States) |
1893 | Falk v. Donaldson (United States) |
1894 | Report on H.R. 6835 (United States) |
1894 | H.R. 6835 (Cummings Bill) (United States) |
1896 | Public Performance Bill (United States) |
1896 | Report on H.R. 1978 (United States) |
1896 | Report on S. 2306 (United States) |
1896 | Hearing on H.R. 5976 (United States) |
1896 | Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) (United States) |
1896 | Debate in Congress (United States) |
1896 | The Question of Copyright (United States) |
1897* | Copyright Act (Public Performance of Musical Compositions) (United States) |
1899 | Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision (United States) |
1900 | Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision (United States) |
1902 | Bleistein's Brief (United States) |
1902 | Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief (United States) |
1902 | Bleistein: Three Posters (United States) |
1903* | Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1903 | Bleistein: Cartoon (United States) |