History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 / With Notices of Its Principle Framers

by George Ticknor Curtis

[260] Elliot, V. 443.

[261] Art. VII. § 1 of the first draft. Elliot, V. 379.

[262] Ibid. 440.

[263] Aug 18. Elliot, V. 445.

[264] Constitution, Art. I § 8, cl. 16.

[265] Art. I. § 8, cl. 15. Ibid. p. 467.

[266] Constitution, Art. I. § 8, cl. 18.

[267] Elliot, V. 447.

[268] See the statutes of Massachusetts and Connecticut, &c. cited in Curtis on Copyright, pp. 77, 78, 79.

[269] Ante, Chap. IX.