Southern District of New York, to wit.
Be it remembered, That on the twenty-ninth day of March, in the
fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America,
A. D. 1830, C. & G. & H. Carvill, of the said district, have
deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they
claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:
“Chronicles of the City of Gotham, from the papers of A Retired
Common Council Man. Containing, The Azure Hose. The Politician.
The Dumb Girl.—Edited by the Author of `The Backwoodsman,'
`Konigsmarke,' `John Bull in America,' &c. &c.”
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 time therein mentioned, and extending the benefits
thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical
and other prints.”
FREDERICK J. BETTS.
Clerk of the Southern District of New York.
Sleight & Robinson, Printers, New York.
