Addendum No. 3

COPYRIGHT

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Whereas it is provided by the act of Congress of March 4, 1909, entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright," that the benefits of said act, excepting the benefits under section (e) thereof, as to which special conditions are imposed, shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, only upon certain conditions set forth in section 8 of said act, to wit:

(a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time of the first publication of his work: or

(b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this act or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto:

And whereas it is also provided by said section that "The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States, by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require:"

And whereas satisfactory evidence has been received that in Austria, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain and her possessions, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands and possessions, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland the law permits and since July 1, 1909, has permitted to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to citizens of those countries:

Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that one of the alternative conditions specified in section 8, of the act of March 4, 1909, is now fulfilled, and since July 1, 1909, has continuously been fulfilled, in respect to the citizens or subjects of Austria, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain and her possessions, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands and possessions, Norway,

Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland, and that the citizens or subjects of the aforementioned countries are and since July 1, 1909, have been entitled to all the benefits of the said act other than the benefits under section 1 (e) thereof, as to which the inquiry is still pending.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the [SEAL.] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth.

By the President:

P. C. KNOX,

Secretary of State

WM. H. TAFT

APPENDIX III

MANUSCRIPTS AND BROADSIDES

I. GIFTS, 1909-10

From William Beer, librarian, Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, La.:

Reproduction in color of Confederate battle-flags. (Lithograph) From Hon. J. Lawrence Campbell, Bedford City, Va.:

Miscellaneous papers of Richard K. Crallé, 1814–61. From Mrs. Mary W. Stevenson Colston, Cincinnati, O.: Papers of Andrew and John W. Stevenson, 1820-86. From Mrs. Andrew B. Cross, Baltimore, Md.:

Two Confederate bonds.

From William E. Curtis, Washington, D. C.:
Letter from Charles Lever, 1872.

From Mr. and Mrs. Gherardi Davis, New York City:
Letter-book of Dennys De Berdt, 1765-70.

From Henry R. Davis, Providence, R. I.:

Receipts for the household expenses of George Washington, 1787-91.

From N. Darnell Davis, Barbadoes, British West Indies:

Reprints of his historical notes on Barbadoes. Broadsides (II pieces)

From A. B. Eldredge, Marquette, Mich. :

Two letters from Silas Wright, 1842.

From R. D. Fisher, Baltimore, Md.:

Promissory notes showing the embossed tax stamp of the United
States and Maryland, 1813 and 1845. (13 pieces)

List of ships at Baltimore pending the embargo, 1808, May 19.
(Transcript)

From L. C. Handy, Washington, D. C.:

Photograph of the Washington Bible showing the entry of George
Washington's birth.

From Hon. Francis Burton Harrison, Washington, D. C.:

Miscellaneous letters of Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Jordan Harrison and of Henry Clay and Alexander Porter to Jesse Burton Harrison, 1812-39; Jesse Burton Harrison's notes of conversations with James Madison, 1827; Papers relating to the defense of Jefferson Davis and the breakup of the Confederate Govern. ment. (102 pieces in all)

From C. W. Higgins, Chicago, Ill..

Letters of Jefferson Davis to Crafts J. Wright respecting his capture, 1876-78. (Two originals and eight typewritten copies)

From Rev. George Hodges, D. D., Cambridge, Mass.:

Sermon of John Seely Stone, D.D., 186-.

From Capt. John L. Heupel, Washington, D. C.:

Menus of annual banquets of the Union Soldiers' Alliance, 18801909.

From De B. Randolph Keim, Washington, D. C.:

[New Orleans] broadside, "Le Porteur de La Renaissance à ses abonnés," 1864. Letter of Herman Strecker, 1879; letter of President Buenaventura Baez, of San Domingo, 1869.

From W. H. Lowdermilk & Co., Washington, D. C.:

Miscellaneous menus of dinners at the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, 1896-7.

From A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, Ill.:

Circular, tithe card, etc., with coupon stock certificates of John
Alexander Dowie's Zion City organization, 1902-21. (7 pieces)

From John MacLean, Glasgow, Scotland:

Address of the Clan MacLean to King George V, 1910.

From J. P. MacLean, Franklin, Ohio:

Various Shaker writings, liturgies, hymn books, etc., 1807-21.

From Mrs. Horne Payne, London:

Letter from Mrs. Isaac Hull (n. d.).

From Mrs. A. T. Perry, Marietta, Ohio:

Checks on the United States Bank for payment of the salaries of the Members of the Second Congress of the United States. (172 checks)

From Miss Sarah H. Powers, Worcester, Mass.:

Biographical sketches of Calvin Cutter, Carrie Eliza Cutter, and
Charles Plummer (Tidd).

From James A. Robertson, librarian, Philippine Government Library,
Manila, P. I.:

Transcripts from the Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, relating to Louisiana, 1785-1804.

From M. Ray Sanborn, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.:

Elegies on members of the Sanborn family. Broadside reprints of issues of 1795-99. New Hampshire oath of allegiance, 1776. Broadside reprint.

From Samuel S. Shaw, Boston, Mass.:

New London [Connecticut] Light-house lottery ticket, 1761. From heirs of Miss Margaret Bayard Smith (Mrs. Harold Dillingham, Honolulu, H. I., Mrs. Baldwin Wood, and Misses Alice and Henrietta Smith, San Francisco, Cal.):

Papers of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith, 1798–1845.

From Walter J. F. Toepfer, Toledo, Ohio:

Letters from constituents to Hon. John Klingensmith, 1832-4. (12 pieces)

From Miss Elizabeth H. West, Washington, D. C.:

Diary and miscellaneous sermon briefs of Moses Waddel, 1824-26.

Congress:

II. GENERAL LIST OF ACCESSIONS, 1909-10

UNITED STATES

Manuscripts selected from the files of the House of Representatives and transferred under authority of House Resolution No. 403, 61st Congress, 2d session.

Second Congress. Checks issued on the United States Bank for payment of salaries of the Members of Congress. (172 pieces) Promissory notes showing the embossed stamp of the internal revenue stamp tax of 1813. (7 pieces)

Secretary of the Treasury. Letter to George Poindexter, 1804.
Secretary of War. Three letters to Col. Return J. Meigs, 1795-1810;
one to George Poindexter, 1811, and one to M. T. Scott, 1846.
Revolution:

1776. Samuel Miles' account of the battle of Long Island.
1777. Letter of Robert Howe to the President of Congress.
1777. Andrew Graham's receipt for pay for military services.
1777-80. Proceedings of owners' meetings and the ledger of accounts
of the privateer General Sullivan.

1778. Thomas Grosvenor's receipt for rum for a working party. 1779. Seth Hastings' receipt for pay for military services. 1780. Letter-book of Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene. 1782. General orders of Maj. Gen. William Heath in the Highlands. Confederate States of America:

I vol.

Army. General and special orders, circulars, etc., from the
different departmental headquarters: Army of Northern Vir-
ginia, Army of the Potomac, Trans-Mississippi Department,
Missouri and elsewhere, 1861-5. (161 pieces)

Lithographic plate, in color, of the various battle-flags of the
Confederacy, 1864-5.

Correspondence of Gen. H. P. Bee with Gen. Albino Lopez, of
Tamaulipas, 1863. I vol. letter-book.

Crop subscription to aid the Confederacy, 1861, May.

Secretary of Treasury. Two letters to B. W. Saunders, 1863, May and June.

National and State bonds, notes, checks, etc.

Diary and private and official letter-books of Thomas C. Reynolds, 1862-5. (8 vols.)

Connecticut:

INDIVIDUAL STATES

[1681?, Oct.] Thomas Robinson's address to the Connecticut Legislature.

1755. Treasurer's receipt for State bills.

1761. New London light-house lottery ticket.

Louisiana:

1777, Feb. Anonymous letter on New Orleans business matters. 1785-1804. Transcripts from the Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, of papers relating to Louisiana.

1802, May. Passport of the Governor of Louisiana and West Florida to F. L. Claiborne.