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Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton, New York (1828)

Source: Pierpont Morgan Library, Wheaton Papers MA 995: Robert Donaldson to Henry Wheaton, August 11, 1828.

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Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton, New York (1828), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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to deprive or injure us in said property & until
an example is made of [these] literary Pirates [X]
[XXX], there can be no security for the
labours of authors or publishers & it was
with no little satisfaction I learned from
a Decision made by judge Thompson a
few months since in his court held in
this City relative to a person who pub-
lished upon the copy-right of a Chart.
The judge decided that the piratical defen-
dant could not have had any right to
the whole or any part [share?] of the work. Paine
says this is a case in point - Mr E. Paine
has not made any payment to me since
you left him [???] He says he cannot
[???] [???] but [???] have from you
on [???] subjects as early as convenient.
Mr Peters' [???] is put at the same
price as your last & which has not
had the tendency to bring forward any
new [???] [???] purchasers than the
previous vol[ume]s- your Digest I have
reduced [???] [???] [???] so [???] & cannot
sell - It is with pleasure I have learned
from [???] [???]: H. Wheaton, that your he-
alth & spirits are much improved by
your voyage to Europe & that your
vacation [???] was most agreeable, up-
on which permit me to offer you my felicitations -

    

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