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The Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the Establishment of its Constitution to the First Session of the…
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Copyright Act of 1790 (First Copyright Act adopted by the First Congress) [1st Congress, 2nd Sess., Chapter XV; Stat. 124-126]…
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