Dear Mr. Davis, Do you, or does anyone have knowledge about the reality of copyright protection back in 1868? Robert Bonner of The Ledger in New York commissioned Jesse Grant to write articles about his son, Ulysses. At the bottom of the first column he recorded that they'd been registered with a district something. Am I correct in assuming this was an effort to copyright the articles? (He did not add that protection to articles by Greely or H.W. Beecher.) And if so, what would infringe upon the copyright? Would there be consequences? Charles Dana of the SUN published the Ledger Grant articles in his paper BEFORE they appeared in the Ledger! Would this have any legal implications in those days? All this is significant to me in connection with an issue involving Twain. THANKS for any opinions or help, Arianne Laidlaw