Southern District of New-York, ss.
(L. S.) BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the eighth day of July, in the
forty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Charles Wiley,
of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof
he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:
“Koningsmarke, the Long Finne, a Story of the New World.
“`This affair being taken into consideration, it was adjudged that Koningsmarke,
commonly called the Long Finne, deserved to die; yet, in regard that many concerned
in the affair being simple and ignorant people, it was thought fit to order that the
Long Finne should be severely * * * * * * * * * *,'....Fragment of Minutes of Council
in New-York. In two volumes.
In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, “An Act
for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned;”
and also to an Act entitled, “An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, an
Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and
Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,
and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and
etching historical and other prints.
JAMES DILL,
Clerk of the Southern District of New-York.
