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Copyright law.
On April 5, 1789, Dr. David Ramsay, of South Carolina, sent a petition to Congress, setting forth that he was the author of two books—a History of South Carolina and a History of the American Revolution—and praying that body to pass a law giving him and his legal successors the exclusive right to vend and dispose of those works in the United States for a term of years.
A general bill to that effect was passed in 1790; and afterwards other bills were passed, incorporating with the copyright bill another for securing patents for mechanical inventions.
The term of a copyright was then fixed at fourteen years for books already published, and the same term for unpublished books, with the privilege of a renewal for fourteen years longer.
In 1831 a general copyright law was passed, granting copyright for twenty-eight years, and providing for a renewal for fourteen years. In 1856 a law was passed giving to the authors of dramatic compositions the exclusive right of publi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ramsay , David 1749 -1815 (search)
Ramsay, David 1749-1815
Historian; born in Lancaster, Pa., April 2, 1749; began the practice of medicine in Charleston, S. C., where he ardenty espoused the cause of the patriots, became active in the provisional free government, council of safety, etc., and when the Revolutionary War broke out became a surgeon in the military service.
He was among the prisoners captured at Charleston in 1780, and was closely confined in the fort at St. Augustine.
Dr. Ramsay was a member of Congress from 1782 to 1786, and was president of
David Ramsay. that body for a year.
His History of the Revolution in South Carolina was published in 1785, and his History of tDavid Ramsay. that body for a year.
His History of the Revolution in South Carolina was published in 1785, and his History of the American Revolution in 1789.
Both were translated into the French language and published in France.
In 1801 he published
Fort Marion, St. Augustine. a Life of Washington, and in 1809 a History of the United States to the close of the colonial period.
He also published some minor works.
He died in Charleston, S. C., May 8