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Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill, Pennsylvania (1853)

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Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill, Pennsylvania (1853), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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said Book, delivered a copy of the same to the Clerk
of the said District, and did also, within three months
from the publication of the said Book, deliver or
cause to be delivered, one copy of the same to the
Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, and one
copy to the Librarian of Congress Library, for the
use of said Libraries.
            And your Orators further shew unto your Honors;
That your Oratrix has, since the printing and publication
of the said Book as aforesaid, printed and published
several editions of the same: And that your
Oratrix did give information of Copyright being
secured, by causing to be inserted in the several
copies of each and every edition so printed and
published as aforesaid, on the title page, or the page
immediately following, the following words, viz: "Entered
according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by ~
Harriet Beecher Stowe, in the Clerk's Office of the ~
District Court of the District of Maine." And that
your Oratrix hath complied with all the provisions
and requisitions of the Acts of Congress aforesaid.
            And your Orators further shew unto your Honors;
that your Oratrix never has assigned, transferred or
disposed of, her right, title and interest in the said
Book, or any part or portion thereof, or the copy or
copyright thereof, to the said F. W. Thomas, or to any
other person; nor ever consented that the same should
be translated [and copied], printed, reprinted or published, by or for
the said F. W. Thomas, or any other person; except
for herself, and under her direction, authority and control;
[and excepting also that she has authorized a translation of the same to be made & published in the Welsh language;]
but your Oratrix ever had, and still hath the
sole and exclusive right, to translate, print, publish
and sell the same, for her own private benefit and [advantage

    

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