Source: The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library, 814 W395 C1: Noah Webster, '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, 173-174.
Citation: Letter from Smith to Webster, Princeton (1782), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org