Pre-1870 Copyright Records

The Library of Congress has begun to put its pre-1870 copyright records online: Early Copyright Records Collection, 1790 to 1870. To learn more, visit the About this Collection page.

Copyright Records for the U.S. District Court at Montgomery, AL 1839-1869 (Gap for 1861-1865.)

District of Delaware Special Term Record Book 1792-1869. The record book for the Special Term of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, up to 1869. The bulk of the book is copyright records, but the book also contains naturalizations and records under the short-lived Bankruptcy Act of 1800. (Transcription available here.)

Title Pages Deposited for Copyright 1854-1863 with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Copyright Records from the District of Kansas for 1869-1870

Copyright Registrations done at the U.S. District Court in Frankfort, KY for 1797-1854 (Transcription available here.)

Copyright Registrations done at the U.S. District Court in Frankfort, KY for 1854-1862

Copyright Records for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana for the years 1837 and 1838

Copyright Assignment Book for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1834-1870

Index of copyright registrations in the District of Maryland, 1831-1851

Index of copyright registrations in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1852-1856

Account Book for copyright registrations in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1856-1859

Account Book for copyright registrations in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1860-1864

Copyright Registrations from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 1791-1821

Copyright Registration records from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 1821-1827

Title pages deposited for copyright protection with the Clerk of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, 1791-1870

Copyright registration records from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey for 1792-1845 (Transcription available here.)

Copyright Record Book for the District of North Carolina at Raleigh, 1796-1802

Copyright Record Book for the District of North Carolina at Raleigh, 1811-1857

Copyright registration records from the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 1865-1870

Copyright registration records from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Erie, 1867

Copyright assignment records from the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1842-1865

Index of copyright registration records from the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1790-1865

Title pages deposited for copyright with the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island between 1789 and 1842

Copyright Record Book of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 1795-1855

Copyright registration records from the U.S. District Court for the District of Tennessee at Nashville, 1809-1851

Copyright registration records from the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont for 1793-1822 and 1830

Title pages of works deposited for purposes of copyright registration with the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1821-1842

Copyright registration records from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia at Staunton, 1847-1857

Title pages deposited for purposes of copyright registration with the (Confederate) District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at Richmond for 1864 and 1865 (Transcription available here.)

Copyright registration records for the Federal Court in Clarksburg, 1847-1868: first in the Western District of Virginia, and then in the District of West Virginia