PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Pennsylvania (1853)

Source: National Archives

Citation:
Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Pennsylvania (1853), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Stowe v. Thomas, Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe

Full title original language:
N/A

Abstract:
Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe in the Stowe v. Thomas case. The case involved an unauthorized German translation of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. The court's decision rejected the claim that copyright protection prohibited translations.

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Bibliography:
  • Kaplan, Benjamin. An Unhurried View of Copyright. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967.

  • ___. American Women Authors and Literary Property, 1822-1869. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

  • Homestead, Melissa J. ''When I can Read my Title Clear': Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Stowe v. Thomas Copyright Infringement Case.' 27 Prospects 201 (2002).


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1852: Copyright and Natural Right
1853: Stowe v. Thomas
1853: Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill
1853: Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer
1853: 'Uncle Tom' at Law

Author: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1853

Location: Pennsylvania

Language: English

Source: National Archives

Persons referred to:
Hillard, George Stillman
Hutton, Hugo Rudolph
Perkins, Samuel C.
Perkins, Samuel H.
Stowe, Calvin Ellis
Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth, née Beecher
Thomas, F. W.

Places referred to:
Boston, Massachusetts
Maine
Pennsylvania

Cases referred to:
Stowe v. Thomas (1853)

Institutions referred to:
Library of Congress
Maine District Court
Pennsylvania District Court
Smithsonian Institution

Legislation:
U.S. Copyright Act 1790, 1 Stat. 124 (1790)
U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802)
U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436

Keywords:
authors' remuneration
formalities
newspapers
property theory, authors' property
transferability
translation, right of
translations, of contemporary works

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