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(1450-1900)

Hardee's Memorial, Richmond (1863)

Source: Boston Athenaeum P&W 5481: William Joseph Hardee, Memorial to the Congress of the Confederate States, December 14, 1863 (Mobile: 1863).

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Hardee's Memorial, Richmond (1863), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Memorial to the Congress of the Confederate States

Full title original language:
N/A

Abstract:
A petition by William J. Hardee to the Confederate Sates of America Congress. Before the Civil War Hardee entered a contract for publishing his book 'Rifle and Infantry Tactics' commissioned by the U.S. Army. While Hardee registered a confederate copyright for his revised edition the original book was never registered in the U.S. This resulted in republication of the original by southern publishers. In response and after losing a lawsuit on this matter, Hardee petitioned the Confederate Congress for a private legislation to protect in his book.

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Bibliography:
  • Robertson, Raymond. 'Confederate Copyright Entries.' 16 Wm. Mary Quarterly 284 (1936).

  • Patry, William F. Patry on Copyright, § 1:30. St. Paul, Minn.: Thompson-West, 2007.

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

  • Bryan, Thomas. 'General William J. Hardee and Confederate Publication Rights.' 17 J. Southern History 263 (1946).


Related documents in this database:
1861: Confederate States of America Copyright Act
1862: Southern Feeling
1863: Confederate States of America Copyright Act Amendement
1863: International Copyright Resolution

Author: William J. Hardee

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1863

Location: Richmond

Language: English

Source: Boston Athenaeum P&W 5481: William Joseph Hardee, Memorial to the Congress of the Confederate States, December 14, 1863 (Mobile: 1863).

Persons referred to:
Davis, Jefferson
Goetzel, Sigmund Heinrich
Hardee, William Joseph
Jones, William Giles
Lippincott, Joshua B.
Randolph, Joseph Williamson
Titcomb, Francis

Places referred to:
Alabama
England
Fort Morgan, Alabama
Georgia
Memphis, Tennessee
Mobile, Alabama
Philadelphia
Richmond, Virginia
Virginia

Cases referred to:
N/A

Institutions referred to:
Alabama Confederate District Court
Confederate Congress (1861-1865)
Confederate District Courts
Mobile Confederate District Court
S. H. Goetzel & Co., Confederate publishing firm (Alabama State)
U.S. Congress

Legislation:
Confederate Copyright Statute 1861
U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436

Keywords:
author/publisher relations
authors' remuneration
confederacy
contract
formalities
public domain
registration
royalty/royalties
technical manuals

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