A. Records in the Library of Congress
The following inventory of the records now located in the Rare Book
Division of the Library of Congress has been prepared as an aid to
bibliographers who wish to check the copyright facts about a particular
book but have no idea what sort of record exists for the period and district
involved. Dates given by month or day below refer to the original entry
books; those given only by years are the "duplicates" (often submitted in
yearly batches), which may consist of full copies of the original entries, or
of abbreviated lists, or of both. Records of copyright assignments, when
kept in separate volumes from the title entries, are indicated by "A." The
approximate size of each record is suggested by the number of volumes, but
considerable quantities of material remain as unbound sheets (indicated by
"u"). For the original volumes the presence (+) or absence (-) of three
characteristics is recorded: whether they usually contain copy-deposit dates
after 1831 (D) in addition to title-entry
dates; whether they occasionally have printed title pages and labels pasted
in (T); and whether they are indexed (I) by names of proprietors and/or
authors (n) or by titles (t). The "duplicates" usually lack all three of these
features, and exceptions may occasionally be found in the original volumes
to the general attributes assigned them here:
- Alabama (Mobile): 1837, 1839, 1858-59 (u).
- Alabama (Montgomery): 1850-51, 1855, 1857-58 (u).
- Arkansas: 1837-70 (u).
- California: 23 July 1851-9 July 1870 (2 vols; -D, +T, -I);
1865-66(u). A 12 Sept. 1854-19 July 1870.
- Colorado: 14 Oct. 1864-6 May 1870 (1 vol; -D, +T,
-I).
- Connecticut: 10 Sept. 1804-9 July 1870 (4 vols; -D, +T, +In);
1831-53 (3 vols + u). A 29 March 1837-2 Sept. 1868 (1 vol).
- Delaware: 1849-54, 1855-56, 1865 (u).
- District of Columbia: 16 April 1829 (u), 8 Aug. 1845-6 July 1870
(2 vols; +D, +T, +In); 1818-45, 1848-53, 1855, 1858-64, 1866-67,
1869-70 (u).
- Georgia (Atlanta): 23 Feb. 1849-20 June 1870 (1 vol; -D, +T,
-I).
- Georgia (Savannah): 30 Dec. 1800-10 July 1870 (4 vols + u; -D,
+T, -I); 1856-59 (u).
- Illinois (Chicago): 24 Aug. 1821-7 July 1870 (7 vols; +D, +T,
+In); 1861-63, 1865-69 (u).
- Illinois (Springfield): 9 July 1855-12 July 1870 (1 vol; +D, -T,
+In); 1864-69 (u).
- Indiana: Oct. 1822-24 June 1870 (3 vols; +D, -T, +In); 1853-60,
1866-67 (u).
- Iowa: 20 May 1868-6 July 1870 (1 vol; -D, +T, -I).
- Kansas: 1865-69 (u).
- Kentucky: 22 Nov. 1860-8 July 1870 (1 vol; -D, +T, +Int);
1807-45, 1849-55, 1857-70 (u).
- Louisiana: 14 Nov. 1833 (u), 25 March 1835, 17 Nov. 1851-23
Sept. 1856, 13 Aug. 1863-17 June 1870 (3 vols; +D, +T, -I); 1832,
1838-44 (u).
- Maine: 14 Aug. 1790-1 July 1870 (2 vols; +D, -T, +In); 1792,
1819-28, 1832-55, 1857-69 (2 vols + u).
- Maryland: 24 Feb. 1831-5 July 1870 (6 vols; +D, -T, +In);
1831-55, 1867-69 (2 vols + u).
- Massachusetts: 10 July 1790-18 June 1870 (45 vols; +D, -T, +In
except Feb. 1804-July 1806, April 1814-1825, 1829-30); 1831-70 (13 vols
+ u). A 1834-70 (4 vols).
- Michigan (Detroit): 5 May 1824-9 July 1870 (5 vols; +D, +T,
-I); 1833-70 (5 vols + u).
- Michigan (Grand Rapids): 23 Sept. 1863-18 June 1870 (2 vols;
-D, +T, -I); 1863-66 (u).
- Minnesota: 20 July 1858-4 June 1870 (2 vols; +D, +T, +In after
24 Sept. 1866); 1858-62 (u).
- Mississippi: 12 Aug. 1850-27 April 1870 (1 vol; -D, +T,
-I).
- Missouri (Jefferson City): 10 Oct. 1857-22 June 1870 (1 vol; -D,
-T, -I); 1840-49, 1852-53, 1860, 1865-70 (u). A Dec. 1869-May 1870 (1
vol).
- Missouri (St. Louis): 24 March 1857-9 July 1870 (2 vols; +D,
-T, +In); 1854-59, 1861-62 (u).
- Nebraska: 29 Feb. 1868-13 July 1870 (1 vol; -D, -T,
+In).
- New Hampshire: 4 Sept. 1848-21 June 1870 (2 vols; +D, -T,
+Int); 1848-61, 1867-70 (u).
- New Jersey: 8 Jan. 1846-9 July 1870 (2 vols; -D, +T, -I);
1863-69 (u).
- New York (Brooklyn): 24 March 1865-9 July 1870 (2 vols; +D,
+T, +Int). A 29 Dec. 1866-21 Oct. 1869 (1 vol).
- New York (Buffalo): 21 Sept. 1813-8 July 1870 (16 vols; +D
after June 1861, -T, +In); 1853-68 (3 vols + u).
- New York (New York City): 30 April 1791-11 July 1870 (112
vols; +D, +T before 1834, +In through 4 Feb. 1831 except for 4 May
1820-11 Sept. 1824, +Int after 14 Feb. 1831); 1831-62, 1869 (136 vols +
u; + I 1831-53). A 4 Oct. 1834-7 Oct. 1870 (3 vols; +Int).
- North Carolina (Cape Fear): 30 Sept.-14 Nov. 1853, 4 Jan.
1859(u), 28 Nov. 1865-10 May 1870 (1 vol; +D, +T, -I).
- North Carolina (Pamlico): 1865-68 (u).
- Ohio (Cincinnati): 12 March 1806-9 Oct. 1828, 13 Sept. 1841-9
July 1870 (10 vols; +D from 1841, +T before 1828, +In from 1841,
+Int from 1859); 1816-53, 1859-70 (2 vols + u). A 18 April 1843-13
April 1870 (2 vols).
- Ohio (Cleveland): 20 March 1855-20 June 1870 (3 vols; +D, -T,
+In); 1859, 1861-69 (u).
- Pennsylvania (Erie): 1 April 1867-1 Aug. 1870 (1 vol; +D, -T,
-I).
- Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): 9 June 1790-8 July 1870 (36 vols;
+D, -T, +Int 1805-31, +In after 1831); 1831-38, 1842-46, 1850-59,
1861-69 (26 vols; +I 1831-53). A 12 Aug. 1834-10 May 1870 (2
vols).
- Pennsylvania (Pittsbugh): 6 Jan. 1819-5 July 1870 (5 vols; +D,
+T, -I); 1839-41, 1856-60, 1863-68 (1 vol + u).
- Rhode Island: 23 April 1831-23 June 1870 (2 vols; +D, +T,
+In); 1831-59, 1861-70 (1 vol + u).
- South Carolina: 1831-59, 1866-70 (u).
- Tennessee (Knoxville): 1831, 1834, 1855, 1857-60 (u).
- Tennessee (Memphis): 31 Oct. 1865-22 June 1870 (1 vol; -D, +T,
+In).
- Tennessee (Nashville): 5 Jan. 1865-6 June 1870 (1 vol; -D, +T,
+Int); 1831-34, 1839-55, 1857 (u).
- Texas (Austin): 1857 (u).
- Texas (Galveston): 5 June 1867-8 April 1870 (1 vol; -D, -T,
-I).
- Texas (Tyler): 1858 (u).
- Vermont: 21 March 1831-28 May 1870 (1 vol; +D, +T, -I);
1831-59 (1 vol + u).
- Virginia (Norfolk): 15 Sept. 1837-20 April 1870 (1 vol; -D, -T,
-I); 1831-32, 1844-59 (u).
- Virginia (Richmond): 9 May 1867-22 June 1870 (1 vol; -D, -T,
-I); 1831-32, 1834-36, 1838-39, 1847-48, 1864, 1866-70 (1 vol +
u).
- Wisconsin: 26 Dec. 1848-2 June 1870 (1 vol; +D, -T, +Int);
1848-55, 1857, 1860-69 (u).
